Social Security Primer.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Income tax.

Public welfare--Finance.

Public welfare.

Retirement income.

Retirement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (18 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Provides overview of social security funding and benefits under current law. Reviews origins and brief history of social security program; social security financing and trust fund status; how social security benefits are computed; types of social security benefits available to workers and their family members; basic eligibility requirements for each type of benefit; scheduled increase in social security retirement age enacted in 1983; and Federal income taxation of social security benefits.

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-R4-2035d in the 2014 issue.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Social Security Primer

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