Social Security benefits are supposed to be one of the most stable income sources that retirees have. Since you contribute to Social Security throughout your working life, you earn benefits that are ...

All the misleading buzz about Social Security and tax cuts for seniors in "One Big Beautiful Bill" foreshadows one ugly scene after another at tax preparation offices next year. It's not going to be ...

Social Security benefits are getting a 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the new year. If you're collecting spousal benefits, you're eligible for a COLA, too. That raise, however, may not go ...

For the vast majority of people, the stream of promised retirement checks is worth more than anything else, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets ...

An increase in Social Security benefits is coming in 2026. However, these retirement benefits are not enough to live on. Retirees will want to focus as well on having other income sources. CEO says ...

Many of marriage's benefits are emotional and psychological, but the union of two souls famously offers some legal and financial advantages, too. Today, I'm going to focus on one of the potential ...

When medical costs are rising rapidly, Medicare consumes a larger portion of Social Security benefits each year. Recipients of Social Security will experience that in a big way in 2026. Social ...

No provision in the new tax bill makes Social Security benefits tax free. Social Security benefits began being taxed at the federal level in 1984 to shore up the Social Security trust fund, which was ...