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Executive Order Deferring Payroll Tax Cut Just Adds To The Mess

Executive Order Deferring Payroll Tax Cut Just Adds To The Mess President Donald Trump, citing inaction by Congress, decided to use his favorite tool as president, the executive order, to provide his own idea of economic relief due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but just minutes after Trump signed the executive orders many experts indicated these… Read more »

Tips On Having A Successful Phone Hearing

Social Security is conducting phone only hearings on disability cases and has done so since mid March due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the future of in-person hearings now in doubt. Having a phone hearing typically does not allow a claimant or a representative to present the best case possible to obtain benefits. People with… Read more »

Campaign Spotlight Focuses On Social Security

President Donald’s Trump’s decision to use an executive order to defer the payroll, which allows employees to forego paying Social Security and Medicare taxes through the end of the year, has opened the topic of Social Security as the presidential race approaches the final stretch. There are many criticisms of Trump’s decision, including from Trump’s… Read more »

Social Security Revamps Benefit Verification Letters

Social Security beneficiaries are learning about new benefit verification letters the agency is making available. These new letters are a response to recommendations made to the agency of how to improve these letters. These letters are very important for beneficiaries. Many times beneficiaries rely on these verification letters to show proof of income for loans,… Read more »

President Still Pushing For Payroll Tax Cut

President Donald Trump has pushed the idea of a payroll tax cut as one way to stimulate the economy as part of a new COVID-19 stimulus package, but he is getting push back from nearly everyone with the exception of members of his administration. A payroll tax cut may sound like a great idea to… Read more »

Labor Department Says SSDI Recipients Are Eligible For PUA

The enhanced unemployment benefits that were part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided addition funds to people who lost jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, but at least two states in the country, Wisconsin and North Carolina, have a law preventing Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries from collecting unemployment. The… Read more »

Phone Hearings And Visiting SSA

As we have said in previous blog posts local Social Security offices have opened on a limited basis for what is considered “critical services” for people who have made appointments. These appointment opportunities are very limited as Social Security remains closed to walk-in service. If you do receive one of these appointments you should be… Read more »