If I start SS after FRA and then suspend benefits, will my benefit be higher due to deferred credits and cola raises when I restart benefits?

Hi. Yes, if you suspend your Social Security retirement benefits between full retirement age (FRA) and age 70, your benefit rate will be increased by 2/3rds of 1% for each month that you don't collect benefits. And, yes, you'll also receive credit for any Social Security cost of living (COLA) increases that occur while your benefits are suspended.

32 yrs of working, how could I get them to reevaluate my ssa, I made over a million in my years of working.

Hi Larry, I WORKED FOR DEPT. PUBLIC WORKS, I WAS PAID $12 - $13 DOLLARS HUR. & OVER TIME. FROM 1979 - 2005 & paid retirement, insurance for me & 3 kids. Now on disability, I only receive $840 month, I think I should have received more money than this, I paid lawyer.

I drew my benefits early at 62 and continued to work. I exceeded the earnings limit in 3 different years and lost my benefits. I reached FRA May of 2021 and my understanding was that at that time my benefits would be recalculated and given back to me in my monthly benefits. When I call the Social Security office about it they claim they do not know what I am talking about but it is on their website. Am I correct and if so how do I get my money back?

When my son turns 16 and my benefits are stopped will his go up or stay the same? It's only us two receiving benefits. Thank you.

What is PIA used in calculating Spousal Benefit?
That is Spousal Benefit = Larger of (Spouse Own work Benefit ) vs (1/2 of PIA of primary worker)

1)Is PIA always SS amount at FRA or
2)is it the SS amount when Primary Worker takes Social Security Benefit (Say 3 years after FRA) or
3) is it the current SS amount given to Primary worker?

Does PIA increases with COLA adjustment every year?

I started to recieve Social Security (SS) when I turned 70 on 2/4/18 (born 2/4/49) receiving $3,083.10 and now receive, with one increase, every 2nd Wednesday of each month, $3,249.50. I was told by 3 different people at SS, 3 different amounts. The last person I spoke to a year ago (4th person) agreed I was getting the correct amount.

Larry,
I reached my FRA in December 2021 (age 66 and 2 months). I applied for my Social Security benefit in February 2022. My awarded amount was the same as Social Security advised it would be at FRA. Am I entitled to a slightly larger amount (age 66 and 4 months)? I spoke with an agent and she said the amount would be going up in January, but I think that may be the annual Cost of Living increase.

will my social security benefits increase at at 65 if i retire at age 62 and still continue to work until im 65?

Hi. Your Social Security retirement benefit rate can potentially increase after any year in which you have Social Security covered earnings, regardless of when you start drawing benefits. However, additional years of earnings only increase a your benefit rate if they're higher than one or more of your previous highest 35 years of Social Security wage indexed earnings.

My husband died in 2016 when I was age 61 and I waited until my FRA (at age 66) to take the survivor benefit at 100%. I work part time but the survivor benefit will always be higher than my own benefit. I took my own reduced benefit at age 62 until age 66 and then switched to the survivor benefit starting in March 2021. All was fine through last year until SS took into account that my own benefit would increase slightly due to my part time job income from 2020.