Higher retirement plan contribution levels, lower ‘safe’ withdrawal rates, changes to Social Security benefits, and more.

Social Security is not an entitlement program or a handout, it’s an earned benefit paid into by workers and their employers. When we retire, we expect to receive the full ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the repeal will cost taxpayers $196 billion over the next decade, plus an ...

Kathryn McCall, a CFP and financial adviser with CAPTRUST, highlights how individuals previously affected due to shifting from private to public sector roles will now receive fair compensation without ...

The Government Pension Offset, or GPO, was another provision that can significantly reduce Social Security benefits. GPO also ...

President Joe Biden recently signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. This new legislation will have a big impact on ...

The Social Security Fairness Act of 2024 removes the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset rules, benefiting nearly 3 million retired public service employees with increased and ...

In 1983, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which reduced Social Security payments for retired police officers, firefighters, postal workers and teachers ...

On January 5, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security ...

I stood in front of my colleagues at the National Education Association Representative Assembly to fund efforts to repeal two unfair Social Security provisions — the Government Pension Offset and ...

Answer: The Social Security Fairness Act, which did away with the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset, was signed into law Jan. 5. These two provisions affected people ...