Category - Congress

The sunny name of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 belies the fact that it unnecessarily guts important provisions that benefit both married and divorced spouses. AARP estimates that only 1/10 of one percent of eligible Americans take advantage of these provisions. But, even if every single eligible beneficiary maximized the use of timing strategies, …Read More

By now it seems to be common knowledge that Congress is intent on “fixing” the Social Security “loopholes” created by themselves with the obnoxiously titled “Senior Citizens’ Freedom to Work Act of 2000” (what we really need is a bill titled “Congressional Freedom to Resign Act of 2016”). The “Bipartisan Kumbaya* Budget Act of 2015” …Read More