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Social Security Payments In 2012
There is good news for Americans that receive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits because there will be a Cost-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) increase for 2012.
It was recently announced that the the COLA increase for 2012 will be 3.6%. The increase in payments will begin December 30, 2011 for about 8 million SSI beneficiaries and during the month of January for the nearly 55 millions Social Security beneficiaries.
This means that after two years of no increase, Social Security recipients will get an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits.
Many retired people are very dependent on Social Security and have counted on an increase in COLA over the years, so this is very good news.
Federal law requires that the Social Security Administration base annual Social Security payments on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, which measures inflation.
The inflation in the third quarter of each year is compared to the inflation during the same period in the previous year. If inflation is negative, then there is no increase in the Social Security payments. That is what happened for the past two years.
Unfortunately, regardless of what the forumla displays, the real cost of living is going to go up and is definitely affecting seniors on a fixed income.
Due to the increase in average wages the maximum earnings amount subject to Social Security taxes will increase from $106,800 to $110,100. About 10 million people out of around 161 million workers will pay higher Social Security taxes because of the increase in the taxable maximum.
Medicare rates for Medicare premiums and deductibles will change in 2012. Visit MedicarePrograms.net to see the Medicare rates for 2012 and how they could affect your Medicare coverage.
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