When we first talked about the Social Security COLA in February, the basis of the COLA, the CPI-W, had not risen considerably since the third quarter of 2011. To recap, the 2012 COLA, if there is one, will be equal to the percentage increase of the third quarter average in 2012 over that in 2011 [...]
Archive for May, 2012
New Online “Your Social Security Statement”
On May 1st the Social Security Administration announced that you can now get “Your Social Security Statement” online. To get your own personal statement you can go to: www.socialsecurity.gov/mystatement To obtain your statement you must first set up an account. This can take some time as it requires filling out some personal information and verifying [...]