Social security calculators provided by other companies or. While kotlikoff s software is perhaps the least visually appealing in its output for clients, it is arguably the most analytically robust, especially regarding some of the more esoteric social security situations, like calculating the windfall elimination provision wep and government pension offset gpo rules, the social security. A final point that deserves some attention is the belief that social security is going bankrupt and that it wont be around for future generations of. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Kotlikoff provides a social security tool for both consumers and financial advisors through his company that he hopes will help steer them in the right direction. The authors of the book are laurence kotlikoff, a boston university.
Want to know how to navigate the forbidding maze of social security and emerge with the highest possible benefits. You could try reading all 2,728 rules of the social security system and the thousands of explanations of these. In 2009, senior officials at the social security administration were made aware of grossly underpaying widows who were entitled to much larger benefits. The revised secrets to maxing out your social security. It is an engaging manual of tactics and strategies written by wellknown. Maximizing your social security retirement benefit takes knowhow. The problem with quick and easy social security calculators pbs. The calculation of your pia is subject to a set of percentages derived from the aime, known as bend points. How a book led to the end of some social security claiming. Essentially, the pia is the sum of three parts of your aime. Calculators can help you figure out when you should claim. My colleagues and i have developed pathbreaking and widely acclaimed software tools to dramatically improve personal financial planning. His new book, get whats yoursthe secrets to maxing out your social.
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Larry kotlikoff is a professor of economics at boston university and the founder. The secrets to maxing out your social security by kotlikoff. Mike piper is the author of the book social security made simple. Social security calculators on the market aim to help consumers and. It covers just about any social security claiming scenario you might encounter, from child benefits to whether youre a divorcee, parent, retiree, spouse, or survivor. We cant provide your actual benefit amount until you apply for benefits.
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Kotlikoff is william fairfield warren distinguished professor and a professor of economics at boston university. Youve always known the decision about when, and how, to take social security benefits isnt easy. For security, the quick calculator does not access your earnings record. Get whats yours has proven itself to be the definitive book about how to navigate the forbidding maze of social security and emerge with the highest possible benefits. My weekly ask larry column ran for almost four years at pbs newshours site.
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