Cost-of-living adjustments are meant to protect seniors from inflation, but they’re pushing millions into unexpected tax ...

Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 could be 2.4%, up from last month's forecast for 2.2%, according to an independent analyst.

The estimate, released by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), is slightly up from April's 2.3 percent forecast.

If you are ever missing a payment, the agency recommends first contacting your bank or financial institution to see if there is a delay. If there is no delay, you can contact the agency at ...

If you're due for a bump thanks to the Social Security Fairness Act, but didn't see an increase with your April payment, watch for notices from the Social Security Administration. It should inform ...

Some Social Security beneficiaries will be getting higher ... Any beneficiaries due to get a one-time retroactive payment – to cover the increase in their benefit amount back to January 2024 ...

when beneficiaries experienced an increase of just 1.3%. As the Covid-19 pandemic drove up inflation, Social Security cost-of-living adjustments reached four-decade highs. In 2022, the COLA was 5. ...

The official announcement for next year's adjustment won't come until October, but there are already predictions around what the 2026 COLA might look like. Right now, beneficiaries are on track to ...

Social Security beneficiaries may receive a 2. ... This followed a 5.9% increase in 2022, which was the highest in four decades. A check of $1,000 in 2021 would have increased to $1,059 in 2022.

And while living costs aren't rising quite as rapidly these days as they were when inflation peaked in 2022 ... seniors on Social Security saw their benefits increase by a mere 2.5%.

So much so that the SSA reported in late April that it has seen a "dramatic increase" in the number of Americans filing for initial Social Security benefits since January. This increase is across ...

The second round of Social Security Disability Insurance payments ... The COLA for 2025 introduced a 2.5% increase in monthly benefit checks, but exactly how much of an increase will depend ...