Social Security News

      From the Washington Post: A new report projects that the Social Security Trust Fund might run out of money within six years under a Do...

    From The Case For Using Subsidies For Retirement Plans To Fix Social Security by Andrew Biggs and Alicia Munnell: The U.S. Treasury es...

      From GOBankingRates.com : Employers and self-employed individuals who chose to defer paying part of their 2020 Social Security tax obl...

     John Larson, the Chair of the House Social Security Subcommittee, has been pushing the Social Security 2100 Act. Now comes word that ...

     I missed that the big tax bill passed at the end of 2017 contained a change that benefits some disabled individuals. You were already...

     The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a fine way to help low income workers. The problem with the EITC is that you must have some ...

     The FICA tax that supports the Social Security trust funds is not insignificant. It's 15.3% if you're self-employed. Many s...

     From an opinion piece written for The Hill by Nancy Altman, co-director of Strengthen Social Security and a member of the Social Se...

     The tax bill that Republicans hope to pass would potentially have effects upon Social Security. It would trigger budget rules that...

     From the Washington Post : The Treasury Department refuse[d] to stop forcing permanently disabled people to pay taxes on student...

     From a study by Social Security's Office of Retirement and Disability Policy : Since 1984, Social Security beneficiaries with t...

     This  Article highlights the fact that the taxability of Social Security disability benefits paid in a lump sum causes problems for m...

     The Congressional Research Service is out with a report on the concurrent receipt of Social Security disability benefits and unemploy...

     There is a serious threat that the N.C. General Assembly will extend the state's sales tax to services, including legal services, ...

     From The Hill : Vice President Biden on Friday told Florida seniors that Mitt Romney wants to make them pay $460 more in taxes on S...

     From a letter to the editor published in Sunday's New York Times : In a nation that prides itself on fair play and equal opportuni...

According to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Social Security has 1,913 employees who owe federal taxes totaling $16,426,239. Social Sec...

Anybody at Social Security want to explain why this is a big secret? Identification Number AM-09032 SEN Effective Date: 02/23/2009 Intended ...

From TaxMama's TaxQuips : Today TaxMama hears from Scott in Utah, who’s upset . “My wife and I E-filed using TurboTax online deluxe, rep...