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• Christa, aged 37, left behind her husband, a nine-year-old son and a six-year-old daughter. Her remains were buried at Blossom Hill Cemetery in Concord, New Hampshire.

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January Often the Best Month to File for Social Security I write a column similar to this one every January. However, I don’t mind plagiarizing myself because it contains a very important message for people planning to retire in 2013. January is a critical month for the hundreds of thousands of potential Social Security beneficiaries who are reaching their so-called “full retirement age” in 2013. The important message: All of them should at least consider filing for their benefits this month, even though they may not be reaching their retirement age until later in the year. The reason for this early-filing timeframe has to do with some quirky and complicated features of Social Security’s earnings penalty provisions. Those provisions generally keep seniors who are still working off of Social Security until they reach that magic “full retirement age.” For most people reading this column, your full retirement age is probably 66. (Check out the Social Security Administration’s website at www. socialsecurity.gov for a chart listing the various full retirement ages.) The law essentially says if you are over 62 but under your full retirement age and are still working full time, you are not eligible for Social Security. Specifically, the rules require that the SSA deduct one Ad Proof: dollar from any retirement benefits you might be due Bram’s for every two dollars you earn over $15,120 in 2013. However, rules say once you reach your 1/12th page,theB&W, 26xthat rate ($89.00/wk) full retirement age, you are due full Social Security Oct. 21, 2012 • Volume 8: Issue #43 benefits even if you are still working and no matter how much money you are making. Let’s follow due an example. Let’s Mon. say Ed 10/15/12 was born in Corrections by: 5 pm, July 1947, which means he’ll reach his full retirement age of 66 in July 2013. And let’s further say Ed generally makes about $80,000 per year, and he plans to continue working indefinitely. Based on the earnings penalty rules I briefly outlined above, Ed figures he must wait until July (his full retirement age) to begin collecting his Social Security benefits. As I said, at that magical point the earnings penalty rules no

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