Answering Americans' Top Five Questions about Social Security
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans want to know how to get the most from their Social Security benefits, and they have posed more than 11,000 questions to AARP over the years.
The group of more than 37 million people age 50 and older has been collecting these queries - and answers to them - in an online searchable database launched eight months ago.
The list of most frequently asked questions offers insight about the Social Security issues that matter most to older Americans. The most popular questions run the gamut from taxation of benefits to the consequences of filing early.
As a child and later as an adult, I always remembered the commercial regarding Hebrew National hot dogs. Hebrew National hotdogs explained that they exceeded the Federal Government's guidelines regarding hotdog production and that they couldn't use non-meat fillers because they were Kosher and had to answer to a higher authority. In the world of retirement plans, larger retirement plans have to answer a higher authority through the independent audit requirement. The purpose of this article is let you know about the plan audit requirement and what to look for in hiring an independent auditor for your retirement plan.
