Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hager – “Mister Social Security” – offers expert advice from Ohio. This article is written to provide you with the reasoning ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) historically reduced Social Security retirement or disability benefits for individuals who also received a pension from employment not covered by Social ...

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset, which had reduced benefits for those with non-covered pensions. Retroactive payments ...

Officials at the Social Security Administration said it could take more than a year for the agency to fully implement recently enacted legislation repealing two controversial tax provisions that ...

Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act repeals WEP and GPO, triggers retroactive lump-sum payments, and raises monthly ...

On Jan. 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) into law, repealing two onerous Social Security provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government ...

Eileen Kleinman always thought it was unfair her working as a Cincinnati, Ohio school teacher meant her Social Security would be reduced when she retired. However, that might be changing. Together, ...

A law signed in January 2025 eliminated two provisions that had reduced or wiped out Social Security benefits for earners who ...

Congress will soon consider the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which would unfairly increase benefits for individuals with earnings that ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to repeal two provisions that lower or eliminate Social Security benefits for many former public employees who have paid into the system, Senate ...