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Re: "Retirement expense" over "SS income"
Old 10-27-2006, 03:43 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Sam
1) I thought wife would get 50% of husband's SS.

2) Don't teachers pay SS tax?

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3 people choose "No SS for me". Are you guys/gals not US citizens?
There is a "Windfall Elimination Provision" that kicks in when someone is receiving a pension from a job where social security taxes were not withheld (like some teachers). If the pension is large enough, it eliminates the spousal social security amount.
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