2019 Social Security Changes That Everyone Should Care About

If you’re still working – either in the middle of your career or approaching retirement – you may not be inclined to notice changes to Social Security. However, they can certainly have a tremendous impact on you, not just in the future but in THIS year.

A few big changes that are taking place in 2019 include –

Income Subject to Social Security Tax - Only a certain portion of your earnings is subject to Social Security Taxes. If you have a compensation package above that limit, you will notice that your paycheck gets bigger once that threshold is reached. In 2019, the limit increased to $132,900.

Earnings Limit – If you collect Social Security and continue to work, you are limited by how much you can earn without temporarily reducing your Social Security check. In 2019 the limit increased to $17,640 for work before your full retirement year.

Full retirement age – If you turned 62 in 2019, your full retirement age is 66 and 6 months, a two month increase from 2018.

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