Can You Get Retroactive Social Security Benefits? - AARP
Sep 12, 2022 · If you are at full retirement age, which varies according to the year you were born, Social Security will pay benefits starting that month. If you apply one to five months after you …
What is Social Security Disability Back Pay? - AARP
Dec 23, 2025 · Find out who qualifies for Social Security past-due benefits, also known as back pay, which cover processing time for disability claims.
Social Security Changes ‘Clawback’ Overpayment Methods - AARP
Mar 22, 2024 · The Social Security Administration (SSA) says it will change its approach to recouping past benefit overpayments to recipients, easing policies that have left many older …
Can You Stop Social Security and Restart Benefits Later? - AARP
Dec 22, 2025 · Withdrawal is typically a tool for people who claimed Social Security early. Once you reach full retirement age (FRA), you have another option to build bigger Social Security …
Collecting Social Security at 62 vs 67 vs 70 - AARP
Oct 6, 2025 · Collecting Social Security Benefits at 62 vs. 67 vs. 70 How to receive your highest monthly benefit, and when it makes sense to start collecting early By 5
Do I Get Back Money Social Security Withholds Because I Work?
Oct 10, 2018 · When you reach full retirement age, Social Security resets your benefit to make up for money previously withheld due to the earnings test.
Are Social Security Benefits Taxable? - AARP
Jan 13, 2026 · Key takeaways You may pay taxes on Social Security benefits if your income is too high. The IRS decides if you owe taxes. About half have owed some. You can have tax …
SSA to Withhold Benefits to Recoup Overpayments - AARP
Mar 12, 2025 · The Social Security Administration (SSA) doesn’t make payment errors often — less than 1 percent of the time, according to agency data. But when it does pay a beneficiary …
Social Security Retreats on Plan to Claw Back Overpayments
Apr 30, 2025 · The SSA issues nearly $1.4 trillion in monthly payments a year to some 73 million Social Security and SSI recipients. The agency is required by law to try to claw back money …
7 Things Social Security Deducts From Monthly Payments - AARP
Feb 27, 2025 · Some kinds of debt Social Security benefits cannot be garnished to pay commercial debt (such as your car loan or credit card bills) or seized in a bankruptcy …