Social Security

Amelia Brust/Federal News NetworkTammy Flanagan

Why you need a strategy when it’s time to claim Social Security benefits

Social Security taxes start automatically the day you start working. But when the time comes you have got to file an application to get your benefits.

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Peter MusurlianThiago Glieger

Why it pays to think twice about paying off that mortgage before retirement

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TSP, retirement

The Social Security evil twins WEP and GPO get a fresh look from Capitol Hill

The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) have for decades limited Social Security payments available to certain…

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social seciurity, fraud, AI

Nah, debt default won’t stop Social Security checks

Treasury has a way to ensure continuity of Social Security benefits payments without the need to raise the debt ceiling

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(Amelia Brust/Federal News Network)Retirement

The three-legged stool of federal retirement might have a fourth leg

Federal retirement tends to stand like a three-legged stool: the FERS annuity, the Thrift Savings Plan and Social Security. But a fourth leg could make for an even sturdier retirement. Good old fashioned Savings Bonds are another instrument federal employees can invest in for their personal savings.

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