Unless you are awarded SS Disability or a similar award, the qualifying retirement age is graduated depending on when you were born. Contact your local SS office for further information.
If you have accumulated enough work credits (typically 40) the earliest you can collect Social Security retirement benefits is 62. At that age, your monthly payment would be about 75% of the amount you would receive by waiting to retire at SSA's full retirement age.
Full retirement age:
You can receive Social Security disability benefits at any age if you have sufficient work credits (on your own or a spouse's work record, or on a parent's work record if disabled before age 22) and SSA determines your condition prevents you from engaging in Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA).
The earliest you can collect Social Security retirement benefits is age 62. You would be entitled to approximately 75% of the amount you would receive if you waited until full retirement age (66) to retire. This amount will not increase when you reach full retirement age, so there is a penalty for filing early.
The SSA does not make partial payments except when making adjustments to offset windfalls, other government pension checks, or excessive early retirement earnings. If you file for retirement benefits at age 62, they will pay the full monthly amount to which you're entitled.
If you were:
You can collect social security anywhere between the age of 62 and full retirement. This could possibly change depending on what age you are now.
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Can I collect social security when I turn 65?
What is the retirement age for someone born in 1956
I was born in 1956 so can I collect social security when I reach 66?
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You can only draw Social Security benefits at age 55 if you are disabled.
Don't think so, but go to the social security website for help. You need 40 quarters to collect social security and be 65.
Payment for retirement begins at 62 (at a reduced level), but payment for disability can be at any age.
For a minor child (under age 18) to collect Social Security, the child's parents must be eligible for Social Security. This generally occurs when the parent(s) become 62 or "permanently and totally disabled" as defined by Social Security.
why can i retire at 51 can i get any benenfit
You can collect Social Security retirement benefits as early as age 62 in 2014, but they will only be approximately 75% of the amount you can collect at your full retirement age of 66, in 2018.
i was laid off today, not due to poor performance, budgetary concerns. planned on working till 66.5 ....I am 62 ...can I collect unemployment and social security>
When you reach the age of retirement. This age varies on your birth date and if you have 40 quarters of work. With these two things you file with them in person, online, or by phone.
The age for retirement varies depending on the amount of time you have worked. For a list of Social Security benefit requirements go her to the governments social security website found at www.ssa.gov.
No. There really is no such thing as "unused" benefits. If a person pays FICA (Social Security and Medicare) taxes but dies before he or she can collect benefits, his or her widow or widower and minor children, or adult children disabled before age 22 (if applicable) can collect monthly checks for survivors' benefits. Able-bodied adult children or those who became disabled after age 22 cannot collect benefits from their mother's Social Security (FICA) contributions. The unpaid amount remains in the Social Security trust fund.
Age 73 is well beyond what Social Security considers full retirement age. There is no limit to how much income you can earn while continuing to draw benefits. You will not be penalized.