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The Benefits Blog provides expert insights, updates, and strategies on Social Security and Medicare, tailored for financial professionals looking to enhance their knowledge and better serve their clients. Stay informed with the latest developments and tips to maximize benefits for your clients.

Impact of Earnings on Social Security Benefits for a Widow and Her Children annual earnings test (aet) benefits for minors family maximum hey marc! widow benefit Dec 02, 2022

A woman referred to me whose husband passed in November at age 46. She is also age 46. She is scheduled to collect SS for her two kids ages 11,13. She isn’t currently working. She will go back in 2023. Will her earnings affect the SS her children receive?

In this situation, the woman's earnings wi...

Social Security Benefits for Children Under 18 benefits for minors hey marc! primary insurance amount (pia) social security benefits Sep 07, 2022

I have a client who has 3 kids under 18 –> 8, 11, 13. Do you have to claim kids on taxes to be able to claim for SS benefits? What do those benefits look like for him? His SS benefit at 67 is $2,765.

Your client’s children do not need to be claimed on his tax returns to be eligible for Social Sec...

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A woman referred to me whose husband passed in November at age 46. She is also age 46. She is scheduled to collect SS for her two kids ages 11,13. She isn’t currently working. She will go back in 2023. Will her earnings affect the SS her children receive?

I have a client who has 3 kids under 18 –> 8, 11, 13. Do you have to claim kids on taxes to be able to claim for SS benefits? What do those benefits look like for him? His SS benefit at 67 is $2,765.

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