NEWS

JANUARY 2010                             

ss and RETIREMENT accounts 1.20.10

social security benefits can be impacted by many things, including prior earnings, the age at which someone first draws benefits, and wages earned while collecting BENEFITS. representatives from the beaumont office of social security appear monthly on the partyline program here on kshn radio. during a recent visit by social security representative joel smith, a caller asked who drawing money from another retirement account impacts social security benefits.

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joel smith said generally income doesn’t impact benefits while wages do. since retirement accounts are income not wages, he said it doesn’t impact social security BENEFITS. do you have a similar question about social SECURITY? REPRESENTATIVES from the beaumont office appear on kshn’s partyline on the fourth monday of every month. their next appearance is this coming monday at 8:30 a.m. also - those interested can receive direct one-on-one ASSISTANCE on the second WEDNESDAY of every month when a beaumont contact station travels to both chambers and liberty counties. they are in chambers county that day each month from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the dhs building at 204 north texas in anahuac. then, they come to the liberty center at liberty city hall from noon to 3 p.m. again, that’s the second wednesday of every month. the direct toll-free number for the beaumont social security office is 866-613-2864. for online help, go to www.kshn.com and click on the government tab for the social security link. repeating, according to social security’s joel smith, retirement earnings do not impact social security BENEFITS unless the account is classified as a non-DEFERRED COMPENSATORY ira pension.