Publisher's Synopsis
Social Security rules have changed, and it's urgent for you to discover how to maximize your benefits, now. Don't leave thousands of Social Security dollars you have earned and are eligible to take on the table. In this Second Edition of Social Security - Maximize Your Benefits, Kathleen Sindell, Ph.D. a bestselling financial planning expert brings together the information every holder of a Social Security card needs to know to create a strategy for attaining those maximum benefits. You'll discover how same-sex, married and unmarried couples can coordinate claiming strategies to gain the maximum benefits. Find out how delaying Social Security benefits can have a direct effect on the financial well-being of a surviving spouse. Understand what divorced spouses need to do to receive the highest amount of lifetime benefits and how to choose between claiming their own or their ex-spouses benefits. Get a hold of how singles need to decide the true value of not claiming until 70. Become aware of how families with minor dependent children (or disabled children) should investigate the start-stop-start strategy to decide if it is best for boosting income when it is needed most. Grasp how survivors can optimize benefits by being flexible when determining the order in which they claim benefits. Select the optimal claiming strategy that applies to your personal financial circumstance. Follow step-by-step instructions to maximizing your Social Security benefits. You can quickly select what works best for you from dozens of examples, figures, tables and graphs.
