Social Security and pension questions from readers
Readers ask about splitting business earnings for Social Security benefits and risks of partnership status. Other letters seek retirement timing effects on benefits, widow veterans pensions under old and new laws, and notes on the Mason-Dixon Line and Utah’s Great Salt Lake.
Social Security early retirement rules explained by age 62 case
A reader asks if working after starting benefits at 62 affects eventual full benefits. The guidance: benefits are recalculated as if retirement occurred six months before 65, reducing full benefits by a bit over three percent, with earned income included. Overall, retiring early then returning to work can leave the person better off than the initial 62 retirement.
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