As retirement nears, you may be wondering when to start taking Social Security payments. These benefits are primarily based on your earnings during your working years and your age when you start ...

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Dear Liz: You recently wrote about the complexity of retiring with a government pension and Social Security. You left out one very important resource: the Social Security Administration. Going into a ...

Your full retirement age is when you're eligible to receive your baseline monthly benefit. Claiming benefits before or after your full retirement age decreases and increases them, respectively. Your ...