Retirement Rules For Social Security In Franklin
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You can start receiving your Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62. However, you are entitled to full benefits only when you reach your full retirement age. If you delay taking your benefits from your full retirement age up to age 70, your benefit amount will increase.
Information About You Your date and place of birth and Social Security number; The name, Social Security number and date of birth or age of your current spouse and any former spouse. The names of any unmarried children under age 18, age 18-19 and in elementary or secondary school, or disabled before age 22;
Certain circumstances make it logical to claim benefits as soon as you're eligible. “If you need the income at 62, you are going to claim,” Orman wrote. “Or if you arrive at age 62 in poor health, claiming your benefit early may make sense.”
Some American workers do not qualify for Social Security retirement benefits. Workers who don't accrue the requisite 40 credits (roughly 10 years of employment) are not eligible for Social Security. Some government and railroad employees are not eligible for Social Security.
For anyone born 1960 or later, full retirement benefits are payable at age 67.
The full retirement age is 66 if you were born from 1943 to 1954. The full retirement age increases gradually if you were born from 1955 to 1960 until it reaches 67. For anyone born 1960 or later, full retirement benefits are payable at age 67. The chart on the next page lists the full retirement age by year of birth.
