The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

4 Low-Risk Ways To Build Your Savings in 2025 The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, which former President Joe Biden ...

The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

The Social Security Fairness Act gets rid of two long-standing laws: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the ...

The Social Security Fairness Act went into effect in Feb 2025 and the SSA has been sending billions in retroactive payments and benefit adjustments to qualifying individuals. The act gets rid of two ...

The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.

Social Security employees fear that adding complicated unpaid pension claims to their priority list will push routine needs ...

Now, more than 40 years after WEP was enacted, the Social Security Fairness Act has rolled it back. With bipartisan support, the act was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2025.

If the Social Security Fairness Act comes up for a vote in the Senate, it's expected to pass, having already secured the majority needed to send it to President Joe Biden for his signature.

Editor's note: A correction was made to this story to clarify that non-covered workers did not pay Social Security taxes on their pensions, according to the SSA website. On Jan. 5, former ...

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Social Security Fairness Act and taxes: Bottom line. If you’re receiving Social Security benefits, understanding the potential tax impacts of the Social Security Fairness Act is essential.