A five-step process for making the claim process go smoothly.

“A surviving spouse, at full retirement age or older, generally gets 100% of the worker’s basic benefit amount,” the IRS says. “Surviving spouse, age 60 or older, but under full retirement age, gets ...

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Your Social Security payment date depends on your birth date: 2nd Wednesday (1st-10th), 3rd Wednesday (11th-20th), or 4th Wednesday (21st-31st) of each month SSI recipients get payments on the 1st of ...

When someone dies, their bank accounts don’t just disappear. What happens next depends on how the accounts were set up and whether the person planned ahead. The process can be quick and simple or ...

Social Security gets the majority of its revenue from payroll taxes. But it's not a given that you'll pay Social Security taxes on all of your income. Each year, the Social Security Administration ...

The Trump administration yesterday issued a lengthier denial of a whistleblower's allegation that DOGE officials at the Social Security Administration (SSA) copied the agency's database to an insecure ...

Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano gave an update on the SSA's new technology push on Friday during a visit to the Social Security field office in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Bisignano spoke ...

Rep. Lloyd Smucker, R-Pa., has introduced the Social Security Child Protection Act, which is aimed at safeguarding children from identity theft when their Social Security cards are lost or stolen.The ...

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SSI is a federal welfare program that really has nothing to do with Social Security, other than the fact that it is managed by the Social Security Administration. Juanmonino / Getty Images I can tell ...

The more than 70 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits are expected to see a slightly larger bump in their monthly checks next year than they did in 2025. Each year, Social Security ...