Social Security

Tax Friendly Retirement States

2019-11-06T11:44:52-05:00November 6th, 2019|Retirement, Social Security, Taxes, Uncategorized|

Georgia ranks as one of the most tax friendly states for retirees. Georgia does not tax Social Security benefits and provides a deduction of $65,000 per person on all types of retirement income for those individuals 65 and older. Most counties within Georgia also provide for additional senior exemptions as a means to lower [...]

Social Security Benefits Cost-of-Living Adjustment for 2020

2019-10-15T15:54:46-04:00October 15th, 2019|Retirement, Social Security|

On October 10, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that recipients will be receiving a 1.60% raise in January 2020 in the form of a cost-of-living adjustment.  SSI recipients will receive their increased paychecks in December 2019. The raise is lower than the last couple of years because inflation in the third quarter (July, [...]