The question of whether retroactive Social Security payments still exist is highly relevant, especially with recent legislative changes affecting millions of retirees. The direct answer is yes, ...

The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), enacted on January 5, 2025, marks a significant shift in Social Security benefits, ...

The WEP is a formula that can reduce monthly Social Security benefits for workers who received pensions that didn’t pay into Social Security.

Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under ...

There is a companion law called the “windfall elimination provision,” more commonly known by its acronym, WEP, which usually reduces any Social Security retirement benefits earned at side jobs ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision reduced benefits for certain workers, but its repeal by the Social Security Fairness Act could change how you plan for retirement.

Timeless in Texas The windfall elimination provision: Public, government employees are not being shorted Most folks impacted by WEP hate the law — until they understand why it exists.

The windfall elimination provision and government pension offset both can reduce the Social Security payments a public employee collects. But there's a bill in Congress, which has strong backing ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision To qualify for Social Security retirement benefits, you must earn 40 credits of coverage or the equivalent of 10 years of Social Security covered employment.

You’ll then enter each year’s worth of “substantial earnings” into Social Security’s windfall elimination provision calculator to determine what your benefit is likely to be at various ages.

As a retired Social Security Administration employee who is currently adversely impacted by Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), I am in agreement with Brenton Smith’s ...

In addition to fixing the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, policymakers must fix Social Security as a whole.