Plus, depending on your total income, up to 85
percent of your Social Security benefits could be subject to income taxes.
If you're married filing jointly and taking Social Security benefits, and you have between $ 32,000 and $ 44,000 in combined income, you may have to pay taxes on up to 50
percent of your Social Security benefits.
If half of your benefits plus your other income exceed $ 25,000 ($ 32,000 if married, filing a joint return), then 50
percent of your Social Security benefits are taxable.
Currently, about 8
percent of Social Security beneficiaries age 62 and older live in poverty, and 13 percent of beneficiaries have incomes less than 125 percent of the poverty line.
If you file as an individual and your combined income is between $ 25,000 and $ 34,000, you might have to pay taxes on up to 50
percent of your Social Security benefits.
Make more than $ 44,000, and you might be taxed on up to 85
percent of your Social Security benefits.
This income from taxation of benefits made up about 3
percent of Social Security's income in 2016.
If you're married filing jointly and taking Social Security benefits, and you have between $ 32,000 and $ 44,000 in combined income, you may have to pay taxes on up to 50
percent of your Social Security benefits.
However, some married taxpayers who file separate tax returns may have to pay tax on up to 85
percent of their Social Security income.
Older borrowers had a typical monthly offset that was slightly more than $ 140, and almost half of them were subject to the maximum possible reduction, equivalent to 15
percent of their Social Security benefit.
Not exact matches
Whenever you receive
Social Security, up to 85
percent of it could be subject to federal income tax depending on your modified adjusted gross income, or MAGI.
Rodriguez's
Social Security - related activities now comprise 30
percent of his practice — and that percentage is growing.
(Per
Social Security Administration data, 28
percent of final medical denials in 2013 were because the impairment was considered «not severe,» and another 31
percent because the applicant was still considered able to do other kinds
of work.)
About 35
percent of those attendees become paying clients for
Social Security consultations, and some convert to full - fledged clients
of his regular financial advising firm.
«As an industry, we completely missed the boat because
Social Security is the main asset for 99
percent of Americans,» said William Meyer, CEO
of Social Security Solutions and co-creator
of the widely used
Social Security Analyzer software.
Social Security's guaranteed compounding behavior from the earliest claiming age (62) to the latest (70) results in a benefit guaranteed to be 76
percent higher, said Ash Ahluwalia, CFP, founder
of National
Social Security Partners, and this notion can impact other portfolio decisions.
Based on projected balances in 2050, 39
percent of workers would have accounts large enough to delay claiming
Social Security by at least one year.
That's the conclusion
of a report released Monday from IT
security company Sophos, which found that the number
of firms suffering attacks through
social media jumped 70
percent between 2008 and 2009.
Perhaps the fear
of Web 2.0 isn't that surprising when you consider that a similar survey from IT
security company Sophos earlier this year found that the number
of firms suffering attacks through
social media jumped 70
percent between 2008 and 2009.
In 2013, the most recent year for which data are available, the government reports roughly 37
percent of men and 42
percent of women claimed
Social Security at age 62.
At the Federal Reserve's target rate
of 2
percent, inflation could erode more than $ 73,000
of a retiree's purchasing power over 20 years if that person were receiving the monthly average
Social Security retirement payment
of $ 1,341.
That makes inflation even more painful for seniors, since 22
percent of elderly married couples and about 47
percent of elderly unmarried people count on
Social Security benefits for 90
percent or more
of their income.
And 30
percent of veterans surveyed were unaware they could claim
Social Security and military retirement at the same time.
To that point, 69
percent of baby boomers — a generation
of individuals who are either in or approaching retirement — expect
Social Security to be a «major» source
of retirement income, according to a new report released this month by the Insured Retirement Institute.
In 2016, just 4.6
percent of women and 2.9
percent of men first claiming
Social Security benefits were age 70 or older, according to the latest data from the
Social Security Administration.
(By
Social Security Administration estimates, that benefit represents at least 90
percent of income for 23
percent of married couples and 43
percent of single individuals.)
Entrepreneurs must pay self - employment taxes, which include payments toward
Social Security,
of 15.3
percent.
What makes this law firm attractive to those thinking
of retiring is that workers receive a retirement contribution
of 7.3
percent of pay plus nearly 6
percent of any pay above the
Social Security wage base.
For example, the
Social Security Administration expects 33
percent of the its own workforce, including 48
percent of its supervisors, to be eligible to retire in 2015.
Rounding out the top five was Yahoo, which has had its share
of security breaches lately, at 58
percent, Facebook at 53
percent and South Korean
social giant Kakao at 50
percent.
To reduce
Social Security's projected funding shortfall, the commission would increase the taxable wage base by 2050 to include 90
percent of earnings, to increase the full - and early - retirement ages to 69 and 64 respectively by 2075, to cover newly hired state and local workers after 2020, and to create a hardship exemption allowing those who can not work past age 62 to receive benefits early.
Social Security is only intended to replace 40
percent of an average retiree's salary.
According to the
Social Security Administration, benefits are only intended to replace about 40
percent of your income.
Maybe 15
percent of your income is taken right off the paycheck by the FICA [Federal Insurance Contributions Act] for
Social Security and essentially pre-saving for
Social Security medical care (which provides the government with enough money to cut taxes on the higher brackets.)
For most people with less than $ 1 million at retirement,
Social Security will represent 66
percent to 80
percent of retirement income, and, again, that is a guaranteed, predictable monthly amount.
If you're self - employed, you're really hosed because you are responsible for the entire FICA tax rate
of 15.3 % (12.4
percent Social Security plus 2.9
percent Medicare).
On its website, the SSA says, «
Social Security replaces about 40
percent of an average wage earner's income after retiring, and most financial advisors say retirees will need 70
percent or more
of pre-retirement earnings to live comfortably.»
CBO projects
Social Security will grow from 4.9
percent of GDP in 2017 to 6
percent by 2027, federal health spending will grow from 5.4
percent to 6.9
percent, and interest will grow from 1.4
percent to 2.9
percent.
For about two - thirds
of the elderly,
Social Security is their major income source; for 36
percent, old - age benefits account for at least 90
percent of their income and these shares are even larger for minorities and for women.
«Using the» 4
percent rule» — drawing 4
percent annually from retirement savings — this level
of savings, coupled with
Social Security benefits, will probably meet all spending needs for the long duration
of retirement,» Kruzel said.
Without
Social Security income, and 42
percent of the elderly would be poor as opposed to 10
percent with the benefits.
According to latest data from the Bureau
of Labor Statistics, the typical U.S. household now spends about 20
percent of their annual budget outlays on health care, personal insurance, life insurance, pension - like products and
social security.
Under that scenario,
Social Security, health care, and interest will be responsible for 77
percent of nominal spending growth.
[1] Another tax law, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act
of 2011, extended through 2012 a cut in employees» share
of the payroll tax funding
Social Security, from 6.2
percent to 4.2
percent.
According to a 2011 Pew Research Center poll, more than 40
percent of people aged 18 to 30 believe they will receive no retirement income from
Social Security, even though
Social Security receipts are estimated to equal about 75
percent of benefits on a sustainable basis under the current regime.5
Employers and employees each pay
Social Security taxes equal to 6.2
percent of all employee earnings up to a cap ($ 127,200 for 2017 and indexed for wage growth) and Medicare taxes
of 1.45
percent on all earnings with no cap.
Going forward, that means you'll need names, birth dates,
Social Security numbers, home addresses and
percent of ownership for anyone deemed a beneficial owner.
Here's another rule
of thumb to consider: If you are drawing under 5
percent of your total retirement assets annually, and you haven't yet collected
social security, you are likely trending toward a large surplus and should consider Roth IRA conversions to ease some Required Minimum Distribution and end -
of - life tax issues.
Most employees pay 7.65
percent of their income into the
Social Security system, the combined rate for both
Social Security (representing 6.2
percent) and Medicare (1.45
percent).
-- Former Fed Governor Larry Lindsay: «Unfunded
Social Security and Medicare / Medicaid liabilities when added together to US Federal debt take US obligations closer to 300
percent (
of GDP) v. 100
percent, which is more than Greece's debt.»