We'll walk you through how surviving spouses might navigate different benefit types from the Social Security Administration ...

In 2026, Social Security's earnings-test limit is rising from $23,400 to $24,480 for people who will be under full retirement ...

Q: My husband died several months ago. I’m 64. I’m getting my own retirement benefits, and he was getting his own benefits. His Social Security check was more than mine, so I think I am due widow’s ...

This change can significantly impact your taxes: you may face a lower standard deduction, a higher marginal tax rate, more of ...

Over the past 17 years that I have been doing this column, I have written about 50 columns dealing with the Social Security offsets that impact some state and local government employees who work at ...

Alice Stone Nakhimovsky was forced to learn about her finances at a time of profound grief after losing her husband of nearly 50 years, exposing the risks of couples not sharing financial information.