Social Security Guides

• Aug 11, 2023

  Will Social Security Run Out?

  And what happens if it does? Learn more about the Social Security Trust Fund, how it's slowly running out, and how what happens next could affect your benefits.

• Apr 29, 2023

  Bump in delayed benefits after January

  For those starting benefits after Normal Retirement Age, there is a small delay in some of the delayed credits until the following January.

• Dec 4, 2022

  Federal Taxation of Social Security Benefits

  A Comprehensive Guide to Calculating the Taxability of Social Security Benefits Based on AGI.

• Jun 26, 2022

  International Agreements

  How does working abroad affect social security?

• Jun 5, 2022

  Rules for those born on the 1st or 2nd of the month

  Learn more about how Social Security law is affected by the day of the month one was born in.

• Dec 28, 2020

  Why does ssa.tools use the current year's indexing factors for someone younger than 62?

  SSA.gov publishes estimated future indexing factors based on economic projections. Should ssa.tools use these factors and why?

• Dec 1, 2020

  The effect of AWI declining in 2020 due to Covid

  For earners who were born in 1960, the effect of a potentially much lower average wage in 2020 may have an outsized impact on their lifetime benefit.

• Nov 28, 2020

  Earnings Caps

  How do Social Security annual earnings caps work?

• Aug 3, 2019

  Maximum Benefits

  What is the maximum possible Social Security benefit that someone can recieve?

• Nov 23, 2018

  Social Security and Inflation

  Learn how two different types of inflation, wage increase and consumer price index, each interact to affect your social security benefit.