A half-dozen changes, concerning everything from Social Security checks to the payroll tax select workers will owe, are now ...
Social Security beneficiaries have some changes coming in December and January, due to quirks of the calendar and a payment hike.
Social Security is tweaked each year to account for changes in areas such as life expectancy and cost of living.
It has been my custom for most of the past 27 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security updates scheduled to take place the following year.
Social Security benefits have gone up 2.5% in 2025, thanks to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). It's a smaller increase than the 3.2% bump that recipients saw in 2024, reflecting ...