Because of the calendar, Social Security recipients who get Supplemental Security Income benefits get their March 2025 check on Feb. 28, 2025.

If you're wondering why younger retirees have such smaller benefits, here's why: Each of us has a full retirement age at which we can start collecting the full Social Security benefits to which we're entitled, based on our earnings record. For most of us, that age is 66 or 67.

You can definitely work while receiving retirement benefits -- and you may eventually get more money because of it.

Here’s how many Social Security retirement checks go out to people 99 and older. Hint: It’s far fewer than Trump claims.

You'll need to be a high earner to get the maximum possible benefit, but there are a few other details you have to get right.

Each year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) adjusts the amount of money that recipients receive in benefits, helping to account for factors such as inflation. Ideally, the adjustments give the 68 million Social Security benefit recipients more purchasing power during their retirement years.

Eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits would provide current beneficiaries with thousands more dollars but could cause younger generations to lose thousands in benefits.

The average Social Security retired worker's monthly benefit in 1965 was $83.92. Today, the average has jumped to $1,929.20 as of the end of January -- close to a 2,200% increase.

Hopefully, if you owe them, you have the savings you need to pay your tax bill when you file your return. Not everyone owes Social Security benefit taxes. It depends on your provisional income, which is your adjusted gross income (AGI),

Social Security will run out of money in 2035. It really doesn’t work that way. The fund will only be able to 83% or so of the benefits it pays today. That number will drop to 70% a few years after that.

Social Security is likely a big part of your retirement planning, and it's best to have all the facts straight before you sign up.