As retirement nears, you may be wondering when to start taking Social Security payments. These benefits are primarily based on your earnings during your working years and your age when you start ...

Dear Liz: You recently wrote about the complexity of retiring with a government pension and Social Security. You left out one very important resource: the Social Security Administration. Going into a ...

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Your full retirement age depends on when you were born, but the earliest age for anyone to file for Social Security is 62. Delaying Social Security benefits can take years to break even but can still ...