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Old 12-07-2019, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jcvdd1 View Post
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To clarify, at the time of collecting social security benefits, are both myself and my wife's benefits calculated as an individual recipients are do we receive benefits based as a married couple ?
Benefits are individual—if you don’t need it now put off taking it until about age 72 —benefits will increase, then start leveling off. People divorce to reduce taxes, not SS benefits.