In a new CNBC series on which I'll be a regular contributor, I offered some «Straight Talk» on
Social Security retirement benefit strategies that, while simple, are all too often missed.
Not exact matches
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retirement expense will be just $ 280K How to decide if you should delay claiming
Social Security Hidden tax
benefits for retirees and their caregivers
Married couples need to think about how their
Social Security claiming
strategy will affect [one another's]
benefits and income in
retirement.
After all, the age you retire will affect
Social Security benefits and how you approach your
retirement savings
strategy.
While not everyone can
benefit from this
strategy, it can be an effective method of ensuring that you get the maximum out of your
social security benefits to help you fund your
retirement.
Ultimately, understanding the role of your
Social Security benefit in your
retirement income
strategy can help you to prepare for what lies ahead.
As we pointed out in our post last week, a withdrawal rate
strategy should respond to market factors like equity valuations and bond yields as well as personal factors like age,
retirement horizon, and expectations about pension and
Social Security benefits.
Found buried on the 150th page of the 214 page, $ 3.9 trillion budget, was this key sentence: «In addition, the budget proposes to eliminate aggressive
Social Security - claiming
strategies, which allow upper - income beneficiaries to manipulate the timing of collection of
Social Security benefits in order to maximize delayed
retirement credits.»
The only comprehensive
retirement training organization in the financial services industry focused exclusively on educating professionals on the nuances of
Social Security retirement planning, the organization creates and provides a training course on
Social Security retirement benefits and claiming
strategies and provides advisors with the opportunity, for those inclined to do so, to sit for a comprehensive exam that if completed successfully will provide them with the Certified in Social Security Claiming Strategies de
strategies and provides advisors with the opportunity, for those inclined to do so, to sit for a comprehensive exam that if completed successfully will provide them with the Certified in
Social Security Claiming
Strategies de
Strategies designation.
In 2013, the Corporation for
Social Security Claiming
Strategies was formed and one year later, A Comprehensive Guide to
Social Security Retirement Benefits and
Social Security Claiming
Strategies was launched endeavoring to provide advisors with the knowledge necessary to advise clients on the intricacies of the
Social Security system and teach them to utilize that information as the foundation for
retirement income plans sustainable throughout their client's lifetime and beyond.
To do that, you'll want to go through a rigorous
retirement - income planning process that starts with thinking seriously about how you'll live in
retirement and then moves on to such tasks as making a
retirement budget; assessing different
strategies for claiming
Social Security benefits; considering whether you want more guaranteed income than
Social Security alone offers (which is where an annuity might play a role); and, settling on a withdrawal rate that has a reasonable shot at making your savings last as long as you do.
To find out, you need to know your full
Social Security retirement age — a crucial piece of information, especially if you're married and trying to figure out the best
strategy for claiming
benefits.
The «claim now, claim more later»
strategy outlined in a new study by the Center for
Retirement Research at Boston College is based on the fact that married individuals are entitled to either a
Social Security benefit based on their own earnings or to a spousal
benefit equal to one - half of their spouse's full
retirement benefit.
Even people decades away from
retirement should pay close attention to how Congress just ended two lucrative ways of taking
Social Security benefits, known jointly as the «claim now, claim more later»
strategy.
Consult with your financial professional to learn how different
Social Security claiming
strategies could impact your
retirement plan and figure out the optimal time to start collecting
benefits.
Funding Your
Retirement - Planning
Strategies See what experts have to say about sources of income,
social security benefits, working in
retirement, and reverse mortgages.
Consequently, you should not determine your
strategy for
Social Security benefits in isolation — instead, you should strive to maximize your total
retirement income.
For many married couples today,
Social Security still makes up a significant part of any
retirement strategy, and now same - sex married couples can also include these
benefits in their financial planning.