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Social Security planning still critical after demise of file and suspend

Remaining claiming strategy offers eight more years of creative options for some retirees.

Even after the “file-and-suspend” Social Security claiming option sunsets on April 29, many Americans age 62 or older still will have a lot to cheer about.
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 eliminated two key Social Security claiming strategies. The first one, known as file and suspend,

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