{"id":10243,"date":"2023-02-06T20:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T01:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abundantwealthmanagement.com\/?p=10243"},"modified":"2023-04-05T09:56:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T13:56:29","slug":"understanding-and-maximizing-your-social-security-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abundantwealthmanagement.com\/understanding-and-maximizing-your-social-security-benefits","title":{"rendered":"Understanding and Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10243\" class=\"elementor elementor-10243\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55ddf0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55ddf0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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<\/picture>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-20b2f77\" data-id=\"20b2f77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2069d460 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2069d460\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding and Maximizing Your Social Security Benefits<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20658be3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20658be3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before you retire, you should know what all your various sources of income will be, and how much you can expect to receive from each. Obviously, Social Security benefits will be one of those sources, but how much you can expect to receive depends on many factors. There are ways to help maximize your benefits and get the most you\u2019re entitled to, and there are strategies to help minimize your tax burden from Social Security. The most important thing to consider in working toward these goals, however, is whether your Social Security benefits are coordinated properly with your other assets and sources of retirement income. We\u2019ll address that shortly, but let\u2019s begin with some basic facts about Social Security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba4666a uael-gf-ajax-true uael-gf-style-box uael-gf-input-size-sm uael-gf-button-left uael-gf-btn-size-sm elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-gf-styler\" data-id=\"2ba4666a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-gf-styler.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-gf-style uael-gf-check-style elementor-clickable\">\r\n\t\t<h3 class=\"uael-gf-form-title\">Sign Up for Full Report<\/h3>\r\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">var 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