Bill Losey, America’s Retirement Strategist®, has just published a new article answering a common question about when to apply for Social Security.

Saratoga Springs, NY – March 7, 2014 – Bill Losey, Retirement Intelligence publisher and Retirement Advisor, recently published an article about deciding when one should apply for Social Security. The article found on his website http://www.BillLosey.com, is titled “Should You Apply for Social Security At Age 62, 66, or Later?”

Bill writes, “When it comes to the question of Social Security income, the choice looms large. Should you apply now to get earlier payments? Or wait for a few years to get larger checks?”

Throughout the article Bill takes a hypothetical baby boomer through six common scenarios:

1. Consider what you know (and don’t know)
2. When are you eligible to receive full benefits?
3. How much smaller will your check be if you apply at 62?
4. Remember the earnings limit
5. How does the SSA define “income”?
6. Some fine print worth noticing.

On how much smaller your check will be if you apply at 62, Bill writes, “The answer varies. As an example, let’s take someone born in 1952. For this baby boomer, the full retirement age is 66. If that baby boomer decides to retire in 2014 at 62, his/her monthly Social Security benefit will be reduced 25%. That boomer’s spouse would see a 30% reduction in monthly benefits.”
Should that boomer elect to work past full retirement age, his/her benefit checks will increase by 8% for every additional full year spent in the workforce. (To be precise, his/her benefits will increase by .67% for every month worked past full retirement age.) So it really may pay to work longer,” he continues.

Read the entire article at http://www.billlosey.com/articles/should-you-apply-for-social-security-at-age-62-66-or-later.php

Other recent articles written by Bill Losey include “Asset Location & Timing to Reduce Taxes in Retirement,” “Asset Location & Timing to Reduce Taxes in Retirement ,” “6 Ways To Retire Happy & Comfortable ” and “2014 IRA Deadlines Are Approaching” among others.

Bill Losey is a nationally known and respected retirement planning advisor, specializing in 401k rollover advice, self-directed IRA rollovers, 401k direct rollovers, and many other investment and retirement strategies.  Bill’s company, Bill Losey Retirement Solutions, LLC, is an independent registered investment advisory firm that caters primarily to couples as well as divorced and widowed women nationwide (age 55+) who demand objective financial and retirement advice; customized, fee-only investment management; attention to detail; and impeccable service.

Each issue of Bill Losey’s award-winning free weekly email newsletter, Retirement Intelligence®, reveals how-to-articles, secrets, investment ideas, a “Joke Of The Week”, fitness and diet tips, and promotes upcoming seminar dates to keep subscribers “in-the-know.”  Bill and his staff seek to provide informative and entertaining information readers can use to simply and confidently enhance their health, wealth and happiness.

Bill is also a contributing author for MarketWatch Retirement – a section of MarketWatch.com launched by The Wall Street Journal Digital Network. Featuring news, advice and analysis targeted towards people saving for retirement, those who should be, and those already retired, this section brings together the expertise of MarketWatch’s retirement reporters and columnists.

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About Bill Losey, CFP®, CSA
America’s Retirement Strategist®

Bill Losey, CFP®, caters to women and couples (age 50-80) who seek to reduce post-retirement risk and generate a predictable, sustainable, increasing stream of retirement income they won’t outlive.  As a qualified professional in the areas of retirement strategies, personal finance and investment management, Bill has been seen and heard on hundreds of TV and radio stations such as FOX News, NPR, CBS News, CNBC, Business Week, TIME, AARP, U.S. News & World Report, and Oprah & Friends.

Bill has over 20 years experience in the financial services industry and is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner and Certified Retirement Coach.  He is the owner of Bill Losey Retirement Solutions, LLC, a fee-based registered investment advisory firm serving a small nationwide clientele.  Bill is the author of Retire in a Weekend! The Baby Boomer’s Guide to Making Work Optional and he publishes Retirement Intelligence®, a free, weekly, award-winning newsletter that reaches over 5,000 subscribers worldwide.  Formerly, Bill was the “resident retirement expert” on CNBC’s “On the Money” television program.

In his leisure time, Billy, as his friends call him, loves to sing.  He is an accomplished vocalist and has performed the National Anthem at Madison Square Garden, the Pepsi Arena, and other sporting venues.  Currently Bill is the lead singer of a vocal duo called The New York Lounge Lizards. He has been married for nearly 25 years to his wife Tori.  Together they have three sons, two dogs, and one fish.

Learn more at www.BillLosey.com or by calling 518-581-1666.