In our latest Ask the Editor round-up, Joy Taylor, The Kiplinger Tax Letter Editor, answers four questions on the new $6,000 ...

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The future of Social Security is uncertain, with projections indicating a depletion of trust fund surpluses by 2034. This ...

If you're laid off in your 60s, you may decide to use it as an opportunity to retire on the spot. But maybe that's not what ...

Question: I’m 62 and worried about Social Security’s future, especially given that it is projected to pay me less than I ...

Collecting Social Security is a major financial milestone. But it's best to head into this new phase of life with full knowledge of your budget and your options. Because while you can "undo" your ...

If billionaires paid taxes into the Social Security system, they're likely eligible to collect Social Security benefits in ...

Social Security's official name is Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI). It essentially insures workers and their families against the potential loss of earnings due to retirement ...

Question #3: "How will my Social Security income be taxed?" Red Flag: "It's 85 percent taxable." For affluent retirees, this may be true, but it isn't if your income is less than $100,000.

The question is, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates don't need Social Security. Shouldn't we means test Social Security so that they don't get anything, is the implicit question. There's a few things ...

Americans have rarely been more wrong about Social Security. As Nationwide Financial found in a recent survey, 40% of Americans say they're either confident or very confident in their knowledge of ...