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.

Retirement income.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

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

Notes:

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Other Format:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2012-DSP-0014

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license