Now, you can start collecting Social Security as early as age 62 or as late as age 70. But if you start early, your benefit will be permanently reduced by as much as 30%, depending on how soon you file for benefits. On the other hand, if you wait until after full retirement age, you can get as much as 24% more if you wait until 70.

Help Register Login Login Hi, %{firstName}% Hi, %{firstName}% Games Car rental The Social Security Administration (SSA) is scaling back a policy shift that would have cut off benefits to people whom the agency overpaid in the past until the debt is repaid.

Those that receive Social Security benefits in addition to Supplemental Security Income will get three payments in May. Here's why.