04/09/13 The Raw Social Security News Feed

Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Social Security.

• US wholesale stockpiles fell 0.3 pct. in February _{2013-04-09, 10:25 am}
  ... That would be a vast improvement over the 0.4 percent growth in the final three months of 2012. In January, Social Security taxes rose on nearly all Americans who draw a paycheck. The increase leaves a person earning $50,000 with about $1,000 less ...
• Don't Fall for these 4 Top Tax Scams _{2013-04-09, 10:17 am}
  ... personal information to file a tax return , and then has your refund sent to him or her. Someone uses your Social Security number to get a job, and when the employer sends its withheld taxes to the IRS., the IRS. thinks you have not been claiming ...
• Last-Minute Tips for California Taxpayers _{2013-04-09, 10:15 am}
  ... within five years generally qualify. a€¢ Watch for errors if filing a paper return. Double check your math, social security number(s), and the tax amount from the tax tables. You can also use the Tax Calculator to figure your 2012 tax by using your ...
• What to Expect in Obama's Budget _{2013-04-09, 10:12 am}
  ... plan for fiscal year 2014. The major headline news is already known: Obama will offer to make cuts to Social Security benefits, as he did during the fiscal-cliff negotiations with Republican House Speaker John Boehner. But, apart from the ...
• Top Five Things to Remember Before Tax Day _{2013-04-09, 10:06 am}
  ... 1098s, incomes/interest statements, bank account numbers, previous years' tax returns, charitable donations, social security numbers, dates of birth, and other important receipts. 1. Maximize your money. Filers can put their refunds to good use ...
• Women Spends Dead Fathers Social Security _{2013-04-09, 09:46 am}
  ... SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A judge has accepted a guilty plea from a Saginaw-area woman who spent $154,000 in Social Security benefits long after her father died. Rita Strickland's dad died nearly 20 years ago, in 1994, but the Social Security ...
• Liberal groups take aim at Dem lawmakers who support entitlement reform _{2013-04-09, 09:32 am}
  ... Democrats on notice that support for President Barack Obama's budget - which proposes cuts to Medicare and Social Security - would be tantamount to betrayal. PCCC, a prominent liberal group, also launched a website called NoBenefitCuts.com. It asks ...
• Social Security's needed expansion _{2013-04-09, 09:30 am}
  On the very day that a bleak jobs report showed how feeble the recovery is, the White House revealed that the president will propose a budget that features cuts in Social Security .
• Wide Gap In Understanding Of Social Security Benefits _{2013-04-09, 09:21 am}
  Knowledge of Social Security benefits and other offerings of the nation's most important retirement program varies widely among middle-income Americans who are nearing retirement, according to a recent survey.
• Collecting Taxes, Dispensing Fear _{2013-04-09, 09:21 am}
  ... not put in higher tax brackets without a real increase in income, and there is an inflation adjustment for Social Security and some other government payments. Congress has never told the IRS to tax gains solely due to inflation the agency just does ...
• Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Tuesday _{2013-04-09, 09:11 am}
  ... Republican attacks and notes that it will show more savings over the next 10 years from Medicare and Social Security than Paul Ryan's House budget does. [ Off the Charts ] Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal pulled the plug on his "dramatic proposal to swap ...
• Obama budget plan revisits small-bore budget cuts _{2013-04-09, 09:09 am}
  Even as it adds fuel to battles over taxes and Social Security, President Barack Obama's budget will reprise lots of smaller bore proposals that have gone nowhere in a gridlocked Washington.
• The Sinking American Electorate: African Americans Still In Depression _{2013-04-09, 08:57 am}
  When President Obama formally unveils his fiscal 2014 budget on Wednesday, a lot of the progressive movement focus will be on his plan to cut Social Security benefits through a reduced cost-of-living adjustment called the "chained CPI." But there will be another scandalous policy decision reflected in that budget as well, and this one is a sin of ... (more)
• Progressive Breakfast _{2013-04-09, 08:57 am}
  ... with the groups say crossing them on entitlements will energize a liberal base that holds Medicare and Social Security programs near and dear. And after last year's redistricting process, many Democratic House members find themselves in districts ...
• Police Calls: Arrests for Assault on Parking Officer & Burglary; Rude Pot Smokers _{2013-04-09, 08:52 am}
  ... - A woman on Adams reported that someone previously withdrew funds from her back account is now using her Social Security number to file a tax return. Disposition: Log note only. Disrespectful pot smokers - At 3:38 p.m., police received a report of ...
• AFIP imposes staffing levels for polo and freight transport _{2013-04-09, 08:50 am}
  ... regulate the number of workers which should be hired for each activity and its consequent deductions for the social security system. The AFIP via its Social Security Funding Directorate-General, determines the minimum number of workers necessary for ...
• Obama budget _{2013-04-09, 08:42 am}
  ... mainly on the wealthy whom he has regularly targeted for new revenue, and by slowing the rise in spending on Social Security and other popular government programs with a change in how the consumer price index is calculated. Republicans, as might be ...
• Do you want fewer public services or more taxes? _{2013-04-09, 08:41 am}
  Treasury and Resources minister Gavin St Pier, left, board member Deputy Roger Perrot, deputy Treasury minister Deputy Jan Kuttelwascher and Deputy John Gollop, a member of the Social Security board, right, at yesterday's launch of a consultation over major reform of personal tax, benefits and pensions.
• Chained CPI Could Cut Social Security Increase Benefits _{2013-04-09, 08:35 am}
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.- Benefits for Seniors and Veterans could be in jeopardy. The cost of living adjustments may be measured in a new way, which could slash social security increase benefits for seniors, veterans and the disabled.
• Saginaw woman guilty of spending dad's Social Security _{2013-04-09, 08:35 am}
  A judge has accepted a guilty plea from a Saginaw-area woman who spent $154,000 in Social Security benefits long after her father died.