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Popular Social Security Claiming Strategies Are Being Eliminated

Popular Social Security Claiming Strategies are being eliminated The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 included a section titled “Closure of Unintended Loopholes,” which has eliminated the popular Social Security maximization strategies of filing and then immediately suspending social security benefits and filing a restricted application for spousal benefits only. Why would Congress close the loophole?  […]