May 03 5 secrets and 5 gotchas to help you navigate Social Security’s new rules By Laurence Kotlikoff Here are five Social Security gotchas and five secrets from the new and revised book, "Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security."… Continue reading
Apr 26 Last call to pursue Social Security’s file and suspend strategy! By Laurence Kotlikoff The deadline to pursue the file and suspend strategy is April 29, 2016. Do you know what your retirement plans are?… Continue reading
Apr 19 Just 10 days left to meet Social Security’s April 29 deadline By Laurence Kotlikoff If your optimal Social Security lifetime benefit maximization strategy requires you to file for retirement benefits and immediately suspend them, make sure you do so by April 29. Continue reading
Apr 14 Column: What’s the real deadline for the file and suspend strategy? By Laurence Kotlikoff Is the April 29 deadline hard and true?… Continue reading
Apr 11 Do the recent changes in Social Security rules allow you to file and suspend? By Laurence Kotlikoff Changes to Social Security rules in November may affect your ability to use the file and suspend strategy. Continue reading
Apr 05 What if you can’t get an appointment with Social Security before the file and suspend deadline? By Laurence Kotlikoff How can one file and suspend before the deadline -- if, indeed, this is the optimal strategy -- if one can't get in the Social Security door?… Continue reading
Mar 28 Don’t take a one-time payment. You can’t count on dying on time By Laurence Kotlikoff Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff answers your Social Security questions. Continue reading
Mar 21 When should I take my Social Security? By Laurence Kotlikoff A financial adviser tells a reader she should start taking her benefits at 65 or 66, but continue working until 70. Is the adviser right?… Continue reading
Mar 15 Social Security’s divorced widow abuse — an isolated case? By Laurence Kotlikoff It's important for anyone dealing with Social Security to know exactly what they are due and to tell, not ask Social Security to give them what's theirs, writes economist Larry Kotlikoff. Continue reading
Mar 07 Column: Social Security staffers are clueless about the new law By Laurence Kotlikoff Are you trying to file and suspend before the April 29 deadline? Here's what you need to know before you talk to Social Security. Continue reading