Not exact matches
If you choose to
start collecting your Social Security
retirement benefit before or
after you reach
full retirement age, your PIA, which we discussed in the previous section, will be permanently adjusted to compensate according to these rules:
If you were born
after 1937, you also can
start your Social Security benefits as early as
age 62, but your
full retirement age is more than 65.
Full retirement age is based on your date of birth,
starting at
age 65 if you were born in 1937 or earlier and increasing to
age 67 if you were born any time
after 1938.
If you choose to
start collecting your Social Security
retirement benefit before or
after you reach
full retirement age, your PIA, which we discussed in the previous section, will be permanently adjusted to compensate according to these rules:
I'll receive the same monthly benefit amount whether I
start collecting before or
after my
full retirement age.
You can also boost your monthly payment above the normal amount by delaying your
start date even
after you reach
full retirement age.
Both rules give the same result if your benefits
start exactly three years before your
full retirement age, because 15 years
after the benefits begin is the same as 12 years
after you reach
full retirement age.
The break - even point is the number of months
after the
start of your benefit when the total of all your delayed payments will be equal to the total you would have received if you
started your payments at
full retirement age.
If you
start receiving benefits the month
after reaching
full retirement age, you'll receive the
full benefit.