[Nfbf-l] Social Security Increase
Sherri
flmom2006 at gmail.com
Tue Oct 18 22:21:24 UTC 2016
Hey, try not to spend all this in one place. I just got this in an e-mail
from the Social Security Administration.
Sherri
Press Office | Press Releases
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Press Releases
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
For Immediate Release
Mark Hinkle, Acting Press Officer
press.office at ssa.gov
News ReleaseSOCIAL SECURITY
Social Security Announces 0.3 Percent Benefit Increase for 2017
Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for
more than 65 million Americans will increase 0.3 percent in 2017, the Social
Security Administration announced today.
The 0.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits
payable to more than 60 million Social Security beneficiaries in January
2017.
Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on
December 30, 2016. The Social Security Act ties the annual COLA to the
increase
in the Consumer Price Index as determined by the Department of Labor's
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Some other adjustments that take effect in January of each year are based on
the increase in average wages. Based on that increase, the maximum amount
of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will
increase to $127,200 from $118,500. Of the estimated 173 million workers who
will
pay Social Security taxes in 2017, about 12 million will pay more because of
the increase in the taxable maximum.
Information about Medicare changes for 2017, when announced, will be
available at
www.Medicare.gov.
For some beneficiaries, their Social Security increase may be partially or
completely offset by increases in Medicare premiums.
The Social Security Act provides for how the COLA is calculated. To read
more, please visit
www.socialsecurity.gov/cola.
NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS: Attached is a
fact sheet
showing the effect of the various automatic adjustments.
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