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Originally Posted by jcvdd1
Greetings ---
Understanding this is not a financial forum, but who better to ask than a group of older taxpayers.
Social Security question -
When my wife and I collect social security, will both my wife and I collect the same amount individually as both our ages and salary are identical or do we receive a reduced amount since we are married?
---A neighbor, (not sure if he was kidding) indicated that before he and his wife collect social security, they are going to divorce but still live together as a family in order to increase their social security benefits.--
THANKS
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If both of you were born on the same day, payed into S.S. the exactly same amount and retired the same day, I would say each of you would get an individual check for the same amount from S.S. That would be very unusual.
Don’t know if your neighbor was joking or not. Don’t know how that would work for your neighbor if he was serious. I do know that S.S. has closed some “loopholes” in the system the last few years to keep from “double dipping” but don’t know about this one. I wouldn’t divorce my wife for any money. Like that great philosopher, Forrest Gump said, “I think that’s all I’ve got to say about that”. Maybe S.S. Staff can give you better information than you get from me or anyone on TOTV.