The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) can significantly impact your Social Security benefits if you receive a pension from a job where you didn't pay Social Security taxes. Learn how this ...

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 ...

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision. ... Social Security couldn’t pay that spouse’s benefit because their own benefit offsets it. Before enactment the GPO law in 1977, ...

Social Security changes slightly every year, undergoing adjustments that can significantly affect individuals receiving ...

Claims for Social Security benefits have skyrocketed since the beginning of 2025, data from the Social Security ...

Millions of seniors are getting a welcome windfall. And it’s about time. On Jan. 5, Congress ended two provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO ...

Both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) were repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act. This affected Social Security’s costs at a time when the ...

As President Donald Trump and Congress fumble through his One Big Beautiful Bill on the budget for fiscal year 2025-26, they ...

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

Social Security benefits will be depleted in 2033, according to SSA’s latest trustees report, and retirees will need extra ...