The Social Security Fairness Act provided more than 2.8 million beneficiaries with higher payments. Here's what to know about reporting that income to the IRS.

When it comes to Social Security changes, most Americans are focused on high-profile shifts that affect their finances, such ...

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Editor's note: A correction was made to this story to clarify that non-covered workers did not pay Social Security taxes on their pensions, according to the SSA website. On Jan. 5, former President ...

Social media has become such a key component of most people's lives that it is easy to think that it has always been there. SixDegrees, created in 1997, was the first social media site similar to the ...

Social Security is a vital income stream for millions of Americans. So, as you can imagine, those Americans have a vested interest in receiving as high a benefit as possible. The problem? Certain ...

WELCH, W.Va. — Veronica Taylor doesn’t know how to turn on a computer, let alone use the internet. The 73-year-old can’t drive and is mostly housebound in her mountainous and remote West Virginia ...

As of January, the average monthly retirement benefit for retired workers was just $1,979 -- only around $23,750 per year. If you boost that by 2.5%, it only becomes $2,028.48, or roughly $24,340 per ...