If you are ever missing a payment, the agency recommends first contacting your bank or financial institution to see if there is a delay. If there is no delay, you can contact the agency at ...

The Social Security Board of Trustees expects the program to become insolvent in the next decade, which would result in a ...

But don't assume you'll get to collect those monthly Social Security checks tax-free. There's a good chance you'll end up ...

The Social Security Administration recently made a slew of changes to reduce costs and improve customer service. President ...

The program is in financial distress. It's been spending more money than it's taken in since 2021, and estimates say it has ...

The federal government sets a limit on the amount of income subject to Social Security tax, which you pay while you work, and is used to fund benefits for current beneficiaries. On ...

Talk of Social Security's trust fund potentially drying up in the 2030s has led many younger Americans to assume the entire ...

Immigrants are a critical part of the U.S. workforce and play a key role in strengthening Social Security’s finances. Like ...

President Donald Trump’s drive to deport immigrants and block new arrivals could chip away at Social Security’s finances at a ...

That’s because Social Security gets most of its funding from payroll taxes. But if there are fewer workers, that revenue stream will shrink. Compounding the issue is that as baby boomers retire ...

But doing so would actually increase the projected funding ... have required wealthier Americans to pay more in Social Security payroll taxes. However, as mentioned above, this alone wouldn ...