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  1. Can You Work and Still Collect Social Security? - AARP

    Aug 12, 2025 · You can work and collect social security benefits, but the amount you receive will depend on whether you’ve reached your full retirement age.

  2. How Social Security COLA May Increase 2026 Benefits - AARP

    Oct 30, 2025 · “ Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for 75 million Americans will be adjusted per the 2026 COLA, beginning January 1, 2026, without any delay …

  3. Are Social Security Benefits Taxable? - AARP

    Apr 16, 2025 · About half of Social Security recipients paid federal income taxes on their benefits in 2021, the most recent information available, according to an August 2024 Congressional …

  4. How to Set Up an Online Social Security Account - AARP

    Nov 19, 2025 · As the Social Security Administration stops sending paper account statements you should open a My Social Security online account to manage benefits.

  5. How 2026 Social Security Changes Could Affect You - AARP

    Nov 17, 2025 · The Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates that the average retirement benefit will rise by about $56 a month, from $2,015 to $2,071, starting with the payments going …

  6. Social Security When a Spouse Dies - Guide to Survivor Benefits

    Dec 5, 2025 · When a Social Security beneficiary dies, his or her spouse may be able to collect survivor benefits. Learn whether you qualify and how to apply.

  7. Social Security Calculator: Estimate Your Benefits - AARP

    Dec 2, 2025 · This calculator estimates your monthly Social Security retirement benefits based on your earnings history and the age when you start to claim benefits.

  8. Social Security Married and Divorced Spousal Benefits - AARP

    Apr 16, 2025 · Learn the rules of Social Security Spousal benefits and how to maximize your monthly payments based on your spouse's or ex-spouse’s earnings.

  9. Collecting Social Security Benefits as a Spouse - AARP

    Dec 4, 2025 · Yes, you can collect Social Security on a spouse’s earnings record. You may be able to do this in the form of spousal benefits, or as survivor benefits if you are a widow or …

  10. Social Security Report Projects Shortfall by 2034 - AARP

    Jun 18, 2025 · The trust funds Social Security uses to make sure recipients get their full benefits are projected to run out of money by 2034, according to the Social Security Board of Trustees. …