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- Social Security: Calculation and History of Taxing Benefits
- This report discusses the Social Security system that provides monthly benefits to qualified retirees, disabled workers, and their spouses and dependents.
- The Social Security Cash Benefits Provisions of H.R. 17550 As Passed By The Senate
- This report describes the major provisions of Senate bill H.R. 17550, that relate to social security cash benefits.
- Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments
- This report discusses the issues surrounding Social Security recipients that usually receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
- Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments
- This report discusses the issues surrounding Social Security recipients that usually receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
- Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments
- This report discusses the cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for Social Security and the upcoming COLA set to begin in January 2018. Calculations used to determine COLA amounts and a brief history of their use is also included.
- Social Security: Cost-of-Living Adjustments
- To compensate for the effects of inflation, Social Security recipients usually receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Benefits will be increased by 1.7% in 2015, following an increase of 1.5% in 2014. This report discusses how the COLA is determined.
- Social Security: Coverage of Household Workers - A Fact Sheet
- On October 22, 1994, President Clinton signed legislation (P.L. 103-387) that changes social security coverage of household workers. The new law changed the threshold to a yearly amount and raised it (to $1,000 in 1994, indexed thereafter to average wage growth-it became $1,100 in 1998, 1,200 in 2000, and 1,300 in 2001). It remains at $1,300 in 2002. In addition, the new law exempted most domestic workers under age 18, and provided that Social Security and unemployment taxes will be reported on the employer's annual federal tax return.
- The Social Security Deficit - 1976 Estimates
- This report tells us about the social security trust funds which are being helped for old-age, survivors, disability insurance and etc.
- The Social Security Deficit in 1977 and the Administration Proposals for reducing it.
- This report addresses the Social Security Deficit in 1977 and the Administration Proposals for reducing it.
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Medicare: The 24-Month Waiting Period for SSDI Beneficiaries Under Age 65
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- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Reform: An Overview of Proposals to Manage the Growth in the SSDI Rolls
- This report provides background information on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Also, this report provides an overview of proposals to manage the long-term growth in the SSDI rolls. Most of the proposals focus on reducing the inflow (enrollment) of new beneficiaries into the program.
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): The Five-Month Waiting Period for Benefits
- This report explains the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and its legislative history. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is authorized by Title II of the Social Security Act and provides income replacement for eligible individuals who are unable to work due to a longterm injury or illness that is expected to last at least one year or result in death.
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): The Five-Month Waiting Period for Benefits
- This report explains the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and its legislative history. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is authorized by Title II of the Social Security Act and provides income replacement for eligible individuals who are unable to work due to a longterm injury or illness that is expected to last at least one year or result in death.
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): The Five-Month Waiting Period for Benefits
- This report explains the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and its legislative history. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is authorized by Title II of the Social Security Act and provides income replacement for eligible individuals who are unable to work due to a longterm injury or illness that is expected to last at least one year or result in death.
- Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI): The Five-Month Waiting Period for Benefits
- This report explains the five-month waiting period for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and its legislative history. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is authorized by Title II of the Social Security Act and provides income replacement for eligible individuals who are unable to work due to a longterm injury or illness that is expected to last at least one year or result in death.
- Social Security Disability Insurance: The Five-Month Waiting Period for SSDI Benefits
- Current law requires that a person wait five months from the onset of a qualifying disability before receiving Social Security benefits. This report explains the five-month waiting period and its legislative history. This report also provides information on other programs that provide income support during this waiting period. It also briefly describes legislation introduced in the 110th Congress that would reduce or eliminate the five-month Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) waiting period (H.R. 69, H.R. 2713, and S. 2050).
- Social Security Financing
- The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program, the largest of the social security programs, will not have sufficient resources to meet its benefit payments on time in July 1983. Even if the program were permitted to continue to borrow from the other social security programs, the financial the shortfall would re-emerge in 1984.
- Social Security Financing: A Guide to Sources of Information
- This research guide identifies the information sources for the issue of social security financing as well as for a number of specific topics related to this subject.
- Social Security Financing Reform: Lessons from the 1983 Amendments
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- Social Security: How is it Treated in Determining the Federal Budget?
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- Social Security: Major Decisions in the House and Senate Since 1935
- This report is a reference document on the major statutory decisions made by Congress on the Social Security program, including a summary table of all of the legislation discussed.
- Social Security: Minimum Benefits
- This report explains how the Special Minimum Primary Insurance Amount (PIA) functions under current law and presents arguments for and against expanding it. It then discusses criteria for evaluating proposals for change and describes some specific options for increasing benefits paid to people with low earnings or low income
- Social Security Notch Issue: A Summary
- This report discusses recent attempts at legislative action regarding changes to the computation of benefits under Social Security Amendments of 1977 (P.L. 95-216), which directly affected retirees born in the 5- to 15-year period after 1916. These persons fall in the "notch" between previous Social Security legislation and those affected by the amendments.
- Social Security Notch Issue: A Summary
- This report discusses recent attempts at legislative action regarding changes to the computation of benefits under Social Security Amendments of 1977 (P.L. 95-216), which directly affected retirees born in the 5- to 15-year period after 1916. These persons fall in the "notch" between previous Social Security legislation and those affected by the amendments.
- The Social Security Number: Legal Developments Affecting Its Collection, Disclosure, and Confidentiality
- This report provides a comprehensive list of federal developments affecting use of the social security number, from 1935 to the present. This list includes federal statutes regulating the collection and disclosure of SSNs, as well as specific authorizations for the use of SSNs, confidentiality provisions, and criminal provisions relating to SSN misuse.
- The Social Security Number: Legal Developments Affecting Its Collection, Disclosure, and Confidentiality
- This report provides a comprehensive list of federal developments affecting use of social security numbers (SSNs), from 1935 to the present. This list includes federal statutes regulating the collection and disclosure of SSNs, as well as specific authorizations for the use of SSNs, confidentiality provisions, and criminal provisions relating to SSN misuse.
- Social Security Primer
- Report that provides an overview of Social Security financing and benefits under current law.
- Social Security Primer
- This report provides an overview of Social Security financing and benefits under current law. The report covers a brief history of the program; Social Security financing and the status of the trust funds; how Social Security benefits are computed; the types of Social Security benefits available to workers and their family members; the basic eligibility requirements for each type of benefit; the scheduled increase in the Social Security retirement age; and the federal income taxation of Social Security benefits.
- Social Security Primer
- This report provides an overview of Social Security financing and benefits under current law. Specifically, the report covers the origins and a brief history of the program; Social Security financing and the status of the trust funds; how Social Security benefits are computed; the types of Social Security benefits available to workers and their family members; the basic eligibility requirements for each type of benefit; the scheduled increase in the Social Security retirement age; and the federal income taxation of Social Security benefits.
- Social Security Program Protection Act of 2002 (H.R. 4070)
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- Social Security Program Protection Act of 2002 (H.R. 4070)
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- Social Security Program Protection Act of 2002 (H.R. 4070)
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- Social Security: Proposed Changes to the Earnings Test
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- Social Security: Proposed Changes to the Earnings Test
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- Social Security: Proposed Changes to the Earnings Test
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- Social Security: Proposed Changes to the Earnings Test
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- The Social Security Protection Act of 2003 (H.R. 743)
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- The Social Security Protection Act of 2003 (H.R. 743)
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- The Social Security Protection Act of 2003 (H.R. 743)
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- Social Security Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- This report discusses certain provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that pertain to Social Security. The ARRA as passed by the House of Representatives and Senate provides over $1 billion in supplemental appropriations to the Social Security Administration (SSA) and provides for a onetime $250 payment to all SSI recipients and adult Social Security beneficiaries.
- The Social Security Provisions of P.L. 93-66
- This report outlines a proposed temporary benefits increase for Social Security.
- Social Security: Raising or Eliminating the Taxable Earnings Base
- This report discusses the Social Security taxes that are levied on covered earnings up to a maximum level set each year. In 2010, this maximum—or what is referred to as the taxable earnings base—is $106,800.
- Social Security: Raising or Eliminating the Taxable Earnings Base
- This report discusses the Social Security taxes that are levied on covered earnings up to a maximum level (base) set each year. It includes information about how the base has been determined demographically and how it has changed over time, as well as possible future implications and impacts of either raising or eliminating the base, with arguments for and against.
- Social Security: Raising or Eliminating the Taxable Earnings Base
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- Social Security: Raising or Eliminating the Taxable Earnings Base
- Social Security taxes are levied on earnings up to a maximum level set each year. In 2004, this maximum — or what is referred to as the taxable earnings base — is $87,900. There is no similar base for the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) portion of the tax; all earnings are taxable for HI purposes. Elimination of the HI base was proposed by President Clinton and enacted in 1993, effectively beginning in 1994. Recently others have proposed that the base for Social Security be raised or eliminated as well. They complain that taxing earnings only up to a certain level creates a regressive tax. They point out that 94% of all workers whose earnings fall below this level have a greater proportion of earnings taxed than the 6% whose earnings exceed it.
- Social Security: Raising or Eliminating the Taxable Earnings Base
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- Social Security: Raising the Retirement Age Background and Issues
- The Social Security "full retirement age" will gradually rise from 65 to 67 beginning with people who attain age 62 in 2000 (i.e., those born in 1938). Early retirement benefits will still be available beginning at age 62, but at lower levels. To help solve Social Security's long-range financing problems, it has been proposed that these ages be raised further.
- Social Security: Raising the Retirement Age Background and Issues
- The Social Security “full retirement age” — the age at which retired workers, aged spouses, or surviving aged spouses receive benefits that are not reduced for “early” retirement — will gradually rise from 65 to 67 beginning with people who attain age 62 in 2000 (i.e., those born in 1938). Early retirement benefits will still be available beginning at age 62 (age 60 for aged widows and widowers), but at lower levels. This report discusses bills introduced in the last four Congresses that would, among other things, accelerate the phase-in of the increase in the full retirement age to 67, raise the early retirement age to 65 or 67, and raise the full retirement age to 69 or 70.
- Social Security: Raising the Retirement Age Background and Issues
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- Social Security: Recommendations of the 1994-1996 Advisory Council on Social Security
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