Not exact matches
Here's how it works: The higher - earning (first)
spouse files for benefits at full retirement age, enabling the other to file for spousal benefits
as early
as age 62 — which, again,
amounts to half of what the first
spouse is entitled to.
If you want to test my theory, have your
spouse, or parent add you
as an A.U. on a couple of their cards without even giving you the physical card (to avoid risk if they worry about abuse) watch your scores go through the statosphere if the balances are low because it increases your presumed available
amount of credit and expands your ratio of credit vs balances
Benefits paid to a surviving divorced
spouse who meets the age or disability requirement
as a widow or widower won't affect the benefit
amounts your other survivors will receive based on your earnings record.
How it works: When you die, your
spouse is eligible to receive your monthly Social Security payment
as a survivor benefit, if it's higher than their own monthly
amount.
While your
spouse could file for spousal benefits
as early
as age 62, he or she will get the maximum
amount only if you both wait until your full retirement ages before claiming benefits.
If you or your
spouse is covered by a retirement plan at work (such
as a 401k or 403b) and you make a significant
amount of money, you may not be able to deduct your traditional IRA contributions from your current year's taxes.
An individual who is physically or mentally incapable of self - care, lived with you for more than half of the year, and either: (i) is your dependent; or (ii) could have been your dependent except that he or she has gross income that equals or exceeds the exemption
amount, or files a joint return, or you (or your
spouse, if filing jointly) could have been claimed
as a dependent on another taxpayer's 2015 return.»
Think about it this way: Using the average individual benefit of $ 1,341 per month in 2016, finding a similar investment paying the same
amount for
as long
as you live, with inflation adjustments and survivor benefits for your
spouse, would cost nearly $ 450,000.
The annual disclosure forms legislators are required to submit to the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics only asks the elected officials to provide income ranges, not specific dollar
amounts, for their outside income
as well
as the value of stock and property owned by them or their
spouse.
The
amount an individual will receive
as a loan will depend on the value of the home, the age of the youngest borrower or eligible non-borrowing
spouse, and current interest rates.
That's because the working
spouse — provided she has the RRSP contribution room — can contribute $ 25,000 to her own RRSP
as well
as $ 25,000 to a spousal RRSP, doubling the
amount a couple can withdraw.
Regarding the decisions about apporting assets among adult children (beneficiaries), there are several consideratikons: relative wealth of each beneficiary; age of each beneficiary,
as a guide to life expectancy; other sources of income, if any, available to each beneficiary such
as working
spouse or likely inheritance and
amount from
spouse's parents; support and help rendered during lifetime, especially later years; # of young children and their ages for each beneficiary; relative need among beneficiaries to maintain a reasonable standard of living; and so on.
The right policy and
amount of coverage depends on your needs — such
as the
amount of income you'd want to provide a surviving
spouse, expenses to cover, charitable giving, or wealth transfer goals.
CSTs are sometimes referred to
as bypass, family, or exemption trusts and are typically funded with assets having a value equal to the applicable exclusion
amount ($ 11.18 million in 2018) of the first
spouse to die.
But if you give more than the annual exclusion
amount ($ 14,000
as of 2016) to one person other than your
spouse in a single year, you'll have some planning concerns — and a reporting obligation.
Married couples have even more opportunities for increasing the
amount they'll collect over their joint lifetime by engaging in various claiming strategies, such
as the older
spouse filing and suspending his or her benefit at full retirement age so the younger
spouse can collect spousal benefits while the older
spouse's benefit continues to grow.
The loan
amount is based on the age of the youngest borrower or eligible non-borrowing
spouse, the interest rate,
as well
as the lesser of the home's value or sales price, subject to HECM lending limits.
That's because the
spouse who is working — if he has the RRSP contribution room — can contribute $ 25,000 to his own RRSP
as well
as $ 25,000 to a spousal RRSP, effectively doubling the
amount a couple can withdraw for a home purchase.
But for Revised Pay
As You Earn Repayment Plan, your wife will not be included in your family size if your
spouse's income is not included in the calculation of your payment
amount.
The spousal benefit can be
as much
as half of the worker's «primary insurance
amount,» depending on the
spouse's age at retirement.
If the transaction requires you to report gain (such
as a sale to a related person other than your
spouse), any gain that exceeds the
amount of compensation income should be reported
as capital gain (which may be long - term or short - term depending on how long you held the stock).
In some cases, the maximum death benefit for an additional insured can be
as high
as those of the primary insured, meaning your
spouse would have the same
amount of coverage
as you.
You'll report 50 % of this
amount as tax withheld (or $ 5,000) and your
spouse will report the other $ 5,000.
If you or your
spouse is covered by a retirement plan at work (such
as a 401k or 403b) and you make a significant
amount of money, you may not be able to deduct your traditional IRA contributions from your current year's taxes.
The extent to which pension income splitting will be beneficial will depend on the marginal tax bracket of you and your
spouse or common - law partner,
as well
as the
amount of qualifying income that can be split.
Find out what you should if a family members, such
as a parent or
spouse, steals your identity to open credit cards and rack up a large
amount of debt in your name.
(ii) to the extent that the
spouse or common - law partner does not, at the time of the contribution of the property under the TFSA, have an excess TFSA
amount (
as defined in subsection 207.01 (1)-RRB-.»
If your
spouse will receive a pension for work not covered by Social Security such
as government employment, the
amount of their Social Security benefits on your record may be reduced.
A family living trust (typically husband and wife) or a joint trust with two grantors can be used to shift assets between the
spouses upon death
as a way to most effectively use the deceased
spouse's exemption
amount.
If you want to test my theory, have your
spouse, or parent add you
as an A.U. on a couple of their cards without even giving you the physical card (to avoid risk if they worry about abuse) watch your scores go through the statosphere if the balances are low because it increases your presumed available
amount of credit and expands your ratio of credit vs balances
Both
spouses can contribute the full
amount as long
as the couple earns $ 159,000 or less in 2008 and $ 166,000 in 2009.
For purposes of the means test, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code defines current monthly income
as including: «any
amount paid by any entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor's
spouse), on a regular basis for the household expenses of the debtor or the debtor's dependents (and in a joint case the debtor's
spouse if not otherwise a dependent)...» Benefits received under the Social Security Act, payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against humanity on account of their status
as victims of such crimes, and payments to victims of international terrorism or domestic terrorism on account of their status
as victims of such terrorism are excluded from the means test.
The
amount of your payments will be determined by the value of your RRSP, your age and sex, current interest rates, and whether you want all or a portion of the payments to continue for
as long
as your
spouse lives.
Disabled veterans and the surviving
spouses of disabled veterans potentially qualify for an exemption for
as much
as $ 122,128 on the property value assessment, in some circumstances, this
amount can increases to $ 183,193.
(The percentages are slightly off, but the concept is the same — delaying the benefit of the
spouse with the higher primary insurance
amount increases the
amount the couple receives
as long
as either
spouse is still alive, while delaying the low - PIA
spouse's benefit increases the
amount the couple receives while both
spouses are alive.)
If the beneficiaries are
spouse and United Way in equal shares, United Way
as the sole surviving beneficiary, gets the entire
amount; if 50 % shares, half the IRA goes to your estate where it is subject to estate tax (possibly) and income tax definitely.
You'll need to know your Modified Gross Adjusted Income (and your
spouse's, where applicable)
as well
as the
amount of student loan interest you paid during the tax year.
What happens if your
spouse has capital gain in a previous year (say $ 10,000) and no other income, no taxes were paid, however if capital lose 0f $ 10,000 was carried back her income would drop to zero thus allowing the other
spouse the ability to use her personal
amount as a tax credit for that year.
Although only Direct Loans may be repaid under Pay
As You Earn, your (and, if you are married and file a joint federal tax return, your
spouse's) eligible FFEL Program loans will also be taken into account when determining whether you qualify for Pay
As You Earn based on the
amount of your federal student loan debt relative to your income.
If the combined monthly
amount you and your
spouse would be required to pay under Pay
As You Earn is lower than the combined monthly
amount you and your
spouse would pay under a 10 - year Standard Repayment Plan, you and your
spouse are eligible for Pay
As You Earn.
If the agreement or court order doesn't identify an
amount as being solely for the support of a
spouse or common - law partner, it will be treated
as child support.
That is, your
spouse's survivor benefit would be 50 % or 25 % of the
amount of your benefit at retirement, plus the total percentage of cost - of - living increases you received
as a retiree.
Similar to the dual entitlement provision discussed above, under the Government Pension Offset Provision, the
amount of a person's Social Security benefit
as a
spouse or surviving
spouse will be reduced by two - thirds of the
amount of the Government pension (for example, a CSRS annuity) the person receives based on his / her own work that was not covered by Social Security.
If you begin receiving Social Security benefits
as a dependent of your
spouse at age 65, you will receive a monthly check from Social Security in the
amount of $ 600.
The Commissioner has become aware that industry participants have inferred that subsection 307 - 5 (3) provides a mechanism for the
spouse of a deceased member to roll over a death benefit income stream and retain the
amounts as their own superannuation interest without the need to immediately cash - out that benefit.
If one
spouse's W - 2 wages matches with any of the
amounts listed
as statutory employee income for the other
spouse, you can not use this system.
Experian's spokeswoman said a consumer's credit report contains four types of data on the borrower: identifying information (including name, address, phone number, Social Security number, date of birth and
spouse's name), account history (individual credit account information such
as the date opened, credit limit or loan
amount, balance, monthly payment, payment status and payment history), data from public records (such
as federal bankruptcy records, tax liens, monetary judgments and overdue child support payments) and a record of inquiries into your credit history.
They are intended
as a practical tool to assist
spouses, lawyers, mediators and judges in determining the
amount and duration of spousal support in typical cases.»
The
amount of spousal support will depend on factors such
as the difference between the parties» disposable income, length of cohabitation, the responsibilities of each
spouse during cohabitation, and the effect of childrearing on the
spouse's earnings.
For
spouses whose current employment contributes towards a pension or retirement plan, filing a marital dissolution action
as soon
as the parties separate reduces the incentive for the other
spouse to drag out negotiations and increases the
amount of one's client's retirement that he or she can expect to keep.