When Are Social Security Benefits Paid in November? - AARP
Oct 31, 2025 · The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays benefits in the month following the month for which they are due. The payment you receive in November is for your October benefit.
First Social Security Payment At Full Retirement Age - AARP
Oct 10, 2018 · In this case, Social Security considers you to have attained full retirement age on the last day of the month preceding the milestone date. For example, if you were born January …
Stimulus Checks: Who Is Eligible and When Will You Get Them?
Dec 24, 2024 · Social Security recipients eligible for stimulus checks AARP worked to ensure that individuals who are collecting Social Security benefits for retirement, disability or Supplemental …
SSA to Withhold Benefits to Recoup Overpayments - AARP
Mar 12, 2025 · The Social Security Administration (SSA) doesn’t make payment errors often — less than 1 percent of the time, according to agency data. But when it does pay a beneficiary …
How to Fix a Social Security Benefit Payment Erroru2029 - AARP
May 1, 2025 · Why Social Security payment errors happen Incorrect payments occur for a variety of reasons: The SSA might be at fault — a computational error, or a failure to obtain or act on …
Do You Have to Pay Back Social Security When Someone Dies?
Oct 10, 2018 · Find out if you have to return a Social Security payment deposited in the bank after a loved one dies.
What Is the Break-Even Age for Social Security? - AARP
Dec 23, 2024 · Calculating your break-even age can help you determine which Social Security claiming strategy will pay the highest total benefits over your lifetime.
Biggest Social Security Changes for 2025 - AARP
Aug 18, 2025 · The COLA is applied to all Social Security payments — survivor benefits, family benefits and disability benefits, as well as retirement benefits — and to Supplemental …
How Often Does Social Security Recalculate Your Benefits? - AARP
Oct 10, 2018 · The SSA regularly recalculates your benefits each year based on recent work records and earnings. Learn more about how the SSA recalculates your benefits.
History of Social Security COLA Increases by Year - AARP
Oct 24, 2025 · Learn how the Social Security Administration measures inflation to calculate the annual cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for monthly benefit payments.