One of the key components that the Social Security Administration uses to
calculate your Social Security retirement benefit is called the Average Indexed Monthly Earnings, or AIME (don't you just love the acronym - loving Social Security Administration?
Not exact matches
Then we use the average of your highest 35 years of indexed earnings to
calculate your
Social Security benefit at full
retirement age.
In addition, the SSA recommends before making your decision when to retire that you
calculate your future
Social Security benefits, and review your
retirement plan, and consider you financial needs and obligations.
Recipients can not assume their state ignores
Social Security retirement when
calculating unemployment
benefits.
Using the
Social Security Administration's MINT (Modeling Income in the Near Term) model, this paper
calculates the marginal returns to work near
retirement, as measured by the increase in
benefits associated with an additional year of employment at the end of an individual's work life.
Your
Social Security benefits are permanently cut to 25 % less than the amount
calculated at full
retirement.
Calculating the taxes you owe on your
Social Security retirement benefits is also explained in the instruction booklet accompanying your Form 1040 federal tax return.
When
calculating the income you will have in
retirement, you might recognize that
Social Security benefits may play a more limited role.
With
Social Security playing an increasingly important role in
retirement planning, it's important that you fully understand how your
Social Security benefits are
calculated.
For more information on how
Social Security benefits are
calculated, as well as an online calculator to compute the financial effects of taking an early or delayed
retirement, visit the SSA website at http://www.ssa.gov.
For more information on how
Social Security benefits are
calculated, as well as an online calculator to compute the financial effects of taking an early or delayed
retirement, visit the SSA website at http://www.ssa.gov.
In addition, the SSA recommends before making your decision when to retire that you
calculate your future
Social Security benefits, and review your
retirement plan, and consider you financial needs and obligations.
Social Security continues to be major source of income for Americans over the age of 65.1 For this reason, it's important to understand how it's earned and
calculated, and how you can better estimate and manage your
benefits when planning for
retirement.
The Spousal
Benefit of
Social Security gives pays the greater of 100 % of yours or 50 % your spouse's earnings while they're alive, as
calculated by the current full
retirement age of 62.
Find Your Full
Retirement Age To
calculate how much your
Social Security benefits can increase by delaying them, use the
retirement calculator on the
Social Security Administration (SSN) website.
Calculate your
Social Security benefits and take into account any pension income or
retirement savings you expect to receive during
retirement.
When each member of a married couple works in employment covered under
Social Security and both meet all other eligibility requirements to receive
retirement benefits, we
calculate their lifetime earnings independently to determine their
benefit amounts.