Ken and Rick discuss the pros and cons of retiring early and how this can affect social security benefits and taxes.

The year you were born, how much you've worked, and the year you claim your benefits determine how much you receive, but very few will qualify for the maximum benefit.

Social Security has some flaws that President Trump may seek to address. There could be a shift to full retirement age, and ...

In a hypothetical scenario, if a business owner, Jerry, has consistently paid himself the maximum Social Security wage base but his spouse, Jamie, has no earnings record, their combined Social ...

Since 2019, we have asked working people to talk about their experiences of work over the past 12 months, and what their thoughts are on issues likely ...

Yet while other parts of the Tax Code—such as income brackets, the standard deduction and the Social Security wage base—are updated routinely, the PAL threshold has stayed frozen in time, actively ...

One claiming age within the traditional initial collection range of 62 through 70 is likeliest to maximize lifetime income ...

The closer you are to retirement age, the easier it becomes to estimate your monthly Social Security benefit. That’s because ...

A growing number of Americans are heavily reliant on Social Security to make ends meet in retirement. 60% of retirees said ...

Women Caring For Aging Parents Face Long-Term Economic Consequences The career penalties for working women engaged in eldercare can jeopardize women’s long-term financial security.

In a recent tweet, the American billionaire investor casually proclaimed that AI must "crash" everyone's wages before it can deliver us an economic utopia — one that'll definitely happen ...