My husband suspended his ss benefits at age 66 and will turn 70 on Aug 9. When he turns 70 will his benefits automatically start or does he need to file to un-suspend his benefits? If he needs to do something is it better to do this online, in person or over the phone?

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Can I suspend my benefits at 69 + 8 months and restart it at 70 in May 7, 2017.

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You can suspend your benefits, but the earliest you can do it is the month after the month of your request. So, you only have a couple days left to suspend benefits starting with February 2017.

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Having recently (2010) been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, I filed for SSDI in 2011 (denied) and again in 2013. My husband had to start collecting early retirement as I was unable to work. My SSDI claim was finally approved in 2016. I read in your book about having to claim early due to hardship/recession and when turning 66 it may be good to suspend benefits until age 70. Is that correct? If it is correct, my husband turns 66 in February 2017 so does that mean he has to notify SSA to suspend benefits by the end of January 2017?

I am currently 59 yrs. old and have been receiving SSDI for 15 years. I understand that my SSDI benefits will revert to SS retirement benefits at age 66 yrs. old. I am married and my 69 yr. old husband is still working full time. My question is once my SSDI benefits convert to SS retirement benefits at age 66 yrs. old is there a way to suspend collecting my SS retirement benefits at that time in order to receive a higher amount of SS retirement benefits when I am 70 yrs. old? Can I at age 66 yrs. old claim SS retirement benefits on my husband's SS benefits?

I am currently recieving disability benefits, will be 66 in jan 2017 i went to the local social security office today to suspend my benefits at fra in order to recieve drc originally ssa agent said since i have recieved disability could not recieve drc, but upon ssa agent checking with someone else was advised i could recieve drc but could not apply/suspend until i have reached fra i was given a form ssa-795 looking again at a link you had sent me previously - ssa/voluntary suspension faq #1- it is saying suspend the month before payment is due (jan benefit = feb payment) so am

Thanks for taking this question. Have been getting conflicting answers from 2 different CFPs so here goes. I turned 66 this past August 2016. Applied for and begin receiving my Soc Security benefit at that time. Now 4 months later I realize I do not need the money at this time. Wife is 62 and is entitled to her own benefit which is higher than mine. We plan not to have her apply till age 70. She is not collecting any kind of Spousal Benefit.

My husband turned 66 May 5 and didn't file for Social Security, thinking he would try to maximize his total monthly benefit by waiting. However we have had a financial crisis and he now needs to apply. If he takes the 6 months retroactive benefits (which would help us through this emergency), but then got the job he has been hoping to get hired for sometime in 2017, could he suspend his monthly benefits and start re accruing the 8% per year again?

I am writing social security to suspend benefits however the only address they list is for public inquiries and am unsure if this is the correct place and for email it said not to include a social security number, so not that and for online, suspending benefits was not one of the choices from their drop down menus want to make sure i do this correctly thank you once again

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Hi, I am currently recieving disability benefits, and will reach fra in just a few weeks (4 jan 2017). To recieve drc when do I need to notify soc sec in Nov or Dec? Do I say effective with fra benefits? or suspend fra benefits? Having read the questions regarding drc benefits am quite confused. If I claim at age 70, would my full drc be included in the Jan 2021 benefit? and if I claim somewhere between fra and age 70, would I first recieve the fra amount with a retroactive adjustment to reflect the drc at a later date?

I started receiving my social security benefits at age 62. I am now 63 and am finding that I need to go back to work to offset our health insurance costs and lower farm income because of commodity prices. My husband is self employed and also 63. He is planning on taking his social security at 66. If I get a job, can I suspend my social security benefits until age 66?

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