If
your benefits as a spouse are higher than your own retirement benefits, you will get a combination of benefits equaling the higher spouse benefit.
If you start receiving
benefits as a spouse at your full retirement age, you will get 50 percent of the monthly benefit your spouse would receive if their benefits started at full retirement age.
If your spouse is already receiving benefits when you apply, or if you and your spouse apply at the same time, we will also check your eligibility for
benefits as a spouse.
Your benefits as a spouse do not include any delayed retirement credits your spouse may receive.
If you qualify and apply for your own retirement benefits and for
benefits as a spouse, we always pay your own benefits first.
If your spouse is already receiving benefits when you apply, or if you and your spouse apply at the same time, we will also check your eligibility for
benefits as a spouse.
If
your benefits as a spouse are higher than your own retirement benefits, you will get a combination of benefits equaling the higher spouse benefit.
Florida offsets unemployment by Social Security retirement benefits received on a number other than the worker's, such as
benefits as a spouse or widow.
If you qualify and apply for your own retirement benefits and for
benefits as a spouse, we always pay your own benefits first.
The first rule for obtaining
benefits as a spouse is that you don't already qualify for higher benefits on your own record.
As well as a higher benefit based on your spouse's earnings, it will also affect
your benefits as a spouse, widow, or widower.
The reduction for starting
benefits as a spouse at age
If you and your spouse apply online for retirement benefits at the same time, or if your spouse applies online after you start receiving benefits, we will check their eligibility for
benefits as a spouse.
If you start receiving
benefits as a spouse at your full retirement age, you will get 50 percent of the monthly benefit your spouse would receive if their benefits started at full retirement age.
If you retire from the Federal service under CSRS and are also eligible for Social Security
benefits as a spouse, former spouse, or survivor, your Social Security benefit will be reduced.
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 one spouse earned low wages or did not earn enough Social Security credits (40) to be insured for retirement benefits, he or she may be eligible to receive
benefits as a spouse.
Not exact matches
Say your
spouse has a credit card with little or no balance and a great payment history; if he or she agrees to add you
as an authorized user, from a credit score point of view you automatically
benefit from her card's available credit
as well
as her payment history.
As AARP explains, the older
spouse claims retirement
benefits at full retirement age and immediately suspends them.
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.
-- Discriminating in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, such
as providing a lower salary to an employee because of sexual orientation, or denying spousal health insurance
benefits to a female employee because her legal
spouse is a woman, while providing spousal health insurance to a male employee whose legal
spouse is a woman.
Delaying claiming
benefits until age 70 could result in
as much
as a 40 percent to 50 percent increase in
benefits for surviving
spouses, according to Jones.
Benefits paid to you
as a
spouse will not decrease your
spouse's retirement
benefit.
If you turn 62 on or after January 2, 2016, and will be eligible for
benefits both
as a retired worker and
as a
spouse (or divorced
spouse), then the new law applies to you.
But during a voluntary suspension, other
benefits payable on your record, such
as benefits to your
spouse, are also suspended.
Under existing law, if you are eligible for
benefits both
as a retired worker and
as a
spouse (or divorced
spouse) in the first month you want your
benefits to begin and are not yet full retirement age, you must apply for both
benefits.
If you are a widow or a widower, you are eligible to collect your former
spouse's Social Security payments
as a survivor
benefit.
Considering Social Security strategies
as a household decision rather than an individual one can maximize the
benefits for the
spouse who lives the longest.
The challenge is determining how to gain maximum after - work income while retaining your retirement savings
as long
as possible — and provide the highest surviving
spouse benefits.
Deemed filing means that when you file for either your retirement or your
spouse's
benefit, you are required or «deemed» to file for the other
benefit as well.
This assumes they're eligible for retirement
benefits and their retirement rate is higher than their rate
as a widow, widower, or surviving divorced
spouse.
If your widow, widower, or surviving divorced
spouse receives
benefits on your record, they can switch to their own retirement
benefit as early
as age 62.
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.
If your surviving divorced
spouse qualifies for retirement
benefits on their own record they can switch to their own retirement
benefit as early
as age 62.
If your widow, widower, or surviving divorced
spouse remarries before they reach age 60 (age 50 if disabled), they can not receive
benefits as a surviving
spouse while they're married.
If you have a surviving divorced
spouse, they could get the same
benefits as your widow or widower provided that your marriage lasted 10 years or more.
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.
As a widow, you essentially «step into the shoes» of your deceased
spouse and begin collecting his
benefit in place of any
benefit you got while your husband was alive.
This system applies to people who claim
benefits as a former
spouse, too.
isn't it true, though, that when you collect on a
spouse's
benefit before your own Full Retirement Age you condemn yourself to collecting less when it's time to collect on your own
benefit as well?
The program was and still is designed to serve
as a financial safety net for retirees and those receiving
benefits as a surviving
spouse, surviving dependent child or
as a person who is permanently and totally disabled.
They may receive this
benefit as early
as age 62
as well, whether or not the primary working
spouse has attained age 62 or is receiving
benefits.
I'm also considering getting spousal
benefits instead, since I found out that my husband, who is 67, can apply for SS, I can collect
as a
spouse, and then he can immediately suspend his
benefits since he wants to let them simmer and grow until he's 70.
If we draw Social Security
benefits at FRA on the former
spouse's earnings and postpone taking Social Security
benefits based on our earnings history, we can take advantage of that 8 % per year
benefit payout increase effectively increasing our lifetime payout by
as much
as $ 100,000 to $ 200,000!
As a surviving
spouse, you can take ownership of the annuity, including any riders and death
benefits within 1 year of your
spouse's death.
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 simplest explanation of this rule is this: the biggest Social Security check in the family is a 100 % «joint - and - survivor»
benefit, meaning that large check keeps paying
as long
as either
spouse is living.
--- Receiving veterans» and military
benefits for
spouses, such
as those for education, medical care, or special loans.
In the church context, our kids need to know that we,
as pastors and pastors»
spouses, are not relying on them to help maintain or
benefit our reputation with congregants.