It could take a year or longer to fully implement the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), says the Social Security Administration (SSA). The SSA has ...

Though Congress acted on a bipartisan basis last year to pass legislation ending two controversial tax provisions that ...

Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination ...

Those who applied for Social Security and were denied due to government pension offset rule or windfall elimination provision ...

Investopedia spoke with Isabel Barrow at Edelman Financial Engines to discuss the changes the new Social Security Fairness ...

In 1983, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which reduced Social Security payments for retired police officers, firefighters, postal workers and teachers ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions only affected about 3% of households, but significantly reduced the amount of Social Security ...

On Jan. 6, President Joe Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act. This law repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). This is a momentous ...

President Joe Biden recently signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. This new legislation will increase benefits for nearly 3 million public sector workers who receive government pensions.

For decades, clients who worked in various state and local government positions have seen their Social Security benefits slashed because of two key provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

The Social Security Fairness Act sees public workers’ pensions go up The Social Security Fairness Act cancels two provisions, the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.

The new law repeals the 1980s-era Windfall Elimination Penalty and Government Pension Offset that prevented about 2.4 million government retirees nationwide who earned pensions from those careers ...