Then, between the ages of 66 and 70, you would
earn delayed retirement credits which would increase the ultimate benefit amount when you collect at age 70.
Hold out past your full retirement age, and you'll receive
delayed retirement credits of 8 percent per year until age 70, when your monthly benefit stops increasing.
If I claim at age 70, the latest year I can delay and still benefit
from delayed retirement credits, I'll get the equivalent of 124 % of my full retirement benefit.
In your case, you may also restrict your application to apply only for spouse's benefits and delay filing for your own retirement in order to
earn delayed retirement credits.
If you were born in 1943 or later, for every year you postpone collecting benefits beyond your full retirement age (typically 66 or 67), you can earn an
annual delayed retirement credit of up to 8 percent.
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.»
Policies like Social Security's
delayed retirement credit reward individuals who retire later with an increased percentage of benefits and encourage workers to work for more years.
If you submit a request to suspend your benefits to earn
delayed retirement credits on or after April 30, 2016, you will not be able to receive auxiliary benefits on someone else's Social Security record.
Age 62 is the earliest age to start collecting Social Security; waiting until age 70 to collect allows claimants to earn the
most delayed retirement credits.
If you have reached your full retirement age (and turned 62 before January 2, 2016), you may also elect to receive spousal benefits and delay taking your benefits, allowing your
own delayed retirement credits to accrue, and switch to your own benefit at a later date.
Your benefits as a spouse do not include
any delayed retirement credits your spouse may receive.
If you delay your retirement benefits until after full retirement age, you also may be eligible for
delayed retirement credits that would increase your monthly benefit.
Rather, the withheld amount will be applied as
a delayed retirement credit, which can permanently increase your retirement benefit once you reach full retirement age.
Can I restrict my application for benefits and apply only for spouse's benefits and delay filing for my own retirement benefit in order to earn
delayed retirement credits?
Thanks to
delayed retirement credits, working until 70 can result in a much bigger Social Security check.
If your only consideration is maximizing your monthly income from Social Security,
delayed retirement credits could make waiting to claim until 70 smart.
These delayed retirement credits increase your Social Security income by two - thirds of 1 % for every month you hold off claiming, and you can collect these credits up until age 70.
Since you earn
a delayed retirement credit for every year that you wait beyond your Full Retirement Age, this can drastically increase the amount of Social Security you receive.
Because you can't file for benefits on their record until they do, this would allow them to continue earning
delayed retirement credits, but would also allow you to file for spousal benefits.
On the other hand, if your husband delays receipt of benefits until age 70, he earns
delayed retirement credits and he locks in a benefit that is 32 % higher than the amount he receives at full retirement age (age 66) and 76 % higher than the benefit he would have received had he started taking benefits at age 62 (Source: Social Security Administration).
Your benefits as a spouse do not include
any delayed retirement credits your spouse may receive.
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduces your Eligibility Year (ELY) benefit amount before it is reduced or increased due to early retirement,
delayed retirement credits, cost - of - living adjustments (COLA), or other factors.
You will still be able to file and suspend your benefits in order to earn
delayed retirement credits.
Increases
the delayed retirement credit in gradual steps from 3 percent for workers reaching full benefit retirement age (age 65) before 1990, to 8 percent for workers reaching full benefit retirement age after 2008.
Can I restrict my application for benefits and apply only for spouse's benefits and delay filing for my own retirement benefit in order to earn
delayed retirement credits?
In your case, you may also restrict your application to apply only for spouse's benefits and delay filing for your own retirement in order to earn
delayed retirement credits.
If you wait until after your full retirement age to start receiving benefits, you may be eligible for
delayed retirement credits that would permanently increase your monthly benefit (there is no further benefit increase after age 70, even if you continue to delay benefits).
Rather, the withheld amount will be applied as
a delayed retirement credit, which can permanently increase your retirement benefit once you reach full retirement age.
Some people initially file only for spousal benefits and delay their own retirement benefits until later (up to age 70) to take advantage of
delayed retirement credits.
If you delay your retirement benefits until after full retirement age, you also may be eligible for
delayed retirement credits that would increase your monthly benefit.
That's because your monthly benefit amount will continue to increase for several years past your FRA as a result of
delayed retirement credits — credits you receive for delaying benefits beyond your FRA.
First, once you reach your full retirement age, you can suspend your benefit and earn
delayed retirement credits.
Conversely, pushing the date forward earns
you delayed retirement credits (up to age 70) and increases the size of your monthly Social Security check.
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