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- How Retirement Benefits Are Calculated By Social Security - AARP
That’s the foundation the Social Security Administration uses to calculate your benefits, using a three-step process First, Social Security adjusts your earnings for historical changes in U S wages, takes your 35 best-paid years and produces what it calls your average indexed monthly earnings (AIME)
- How To Get A Verification Letter From Social Security - AARP
Another way to get a benefit verification letter is to call Social Security at 800-772-1213 or contact your local Social Security office Members only Local offices fully reopened in April 2022 after being closed to walk-in traffic for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic , but Social Security recommends calling in advance and
- How to Set Up an Online Social Security Account - AARP
Now that Social Security has mostly stopped sending out paper benefit statements, an online account is the primary way people can keep track of their retirement benefits About 86 million people have established My Social Security accounts, according to the SSA
- Who Can Collect the Social Security Death Benefit? - AARP
You can apply by calling the Social Security Administration at 800-772-1213 or scheduling an appointment at your local Social Security office You may need to provide the late worker’s birth and death certificates and other documents
- Social Security Customer Service - AARP
The Social Security Administration (SSA) offers customer service online, by phone and at field offices across the country You can conduct most routine business, including applying for benefits and filing appeals, at the Social Security website or by calling the SSA’s national customer service line (800-772-1213)
- SSA to Withhold Benefits to Recoup Overpayments - AARP
The Social Security Administration (SSA) doesn’t make payment errors often — less than 1 percent of the time, according to agency data But when it does pay a beneficiary more than they’re entitled to receive, the SSA is legally required to get the money back
- Social Security When A Spouse Dies - A Guide To Survivor Benefits - AARP
If you were already receiving spousal benefits on your mate’s work record, Social Security will in most cases switch you automatically to survivor benefits when their death is reported Otherwise, you will need to apply Call the Social Security Administration (SSA) at 800-772-1213 to schedule an appointment to file your claim
- Social Security Plans ‘Significant’ Staff Reductions - AARP
The Social Security Administration had seen staffing shrink even before the recent announcement SSA’s workforce had shrunk to a near-50-year low and attrition and hiring freezes were hamstringing efforts to improve customer service, SSA officials told AARP last year
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