Finance

The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, explained. By Hannah Sammut There were two Social Security policies that impacted a select number of earners who benefit from a public pension that is based on work that was not covered under Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions … Read more

By Matthew Allen First of all, if you (or a spouse) have never worked in a job where you did not pay into Social Security, you can stop reading this right now because the Social Security Fairness Act would not directly impact you. The Social Security Fairness Act gets rid of two long-standing laws: the … Read more