The Social Security Administration has confirmed the next payment for March 26. While current beneficiaries will receive it ...

The SSA is transitioning to stronger identity verification procedures for some new benefit claims and direct deposit changes.

Accessing Social Security benefits has become more convenient than ever, thanks to the efforts of Social Security Public Affairs. The official website, SSA.gov, provides a seamless way for you to ...

You may also be able to fill out an application for Social Security retirement benefits through your online account. “Certain types of benefits, such as claiming benefits as the survivor of a ...

However, as you approach retirement age ... supply inaccurate information on your application, such as a transposed number in your birthdate or Social Security number, for example, you can ...

Baby boomers turning full retirement age in 2019 are the last class that can take advantage of a valuable Social Security strategy. The strategy lets a beneficiary restrict an application to ...

Bruce Tannahill, director of estate and business planning at MassMutual, explains how a reader can file a restricted Social Security application ... to earn delayed retirement credits for my ...