3 Social Security Mistakes That Could Cost You Over $10,000
Over the course of a long retirement, your Social Security benefits can really add up. Your lifetime payout from the program could easily be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
But you can also cost yourself tens of thousands of dollars in potential income from Social Security if you make one of the all-too-common mistakes outlined below.
Your monthly Social Security benefit will be based primarily on your income during your 35 highest-earning working years, adjusted for inflation. You can review your earnings record anytime using your my Social Security account.
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