SS reduced for spouse because of my Gov. Pension? (pensions, social security, federal)
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Hello and I hope one of you SS experts can educate me a little on something I read on the SS website that just doesn't seem fair or right if I am in fact reading this correctly?
From the SS website; " We reduce spouse’s or surviving spouse’s benefits if you also get a pension based on your own federal, state or local government work not covered by Social Security. This reduces your Social Security benefit by two-thirds of the amount of the government pension. This sometimes reduces a spouse’s benefit to zero."
My wife worked for many years before we were married and I already knew that the SS WEP would reduce my SS check by up to 2/3rds. But I sure didn't think they would reduce my wife's until I read this today.
Hello and I hope one of you SS experts can educate me a little on something I read on the SS website that just doesn't seem fair or right if I am in fact reading this correctly?
From the SS website; " We reduce spouse’s or surviving spouse’s benefits if you also get a pension based on your own federal, state or local government work not covered by Social Security. This reduces your Social Security benefit by two-thirds of the amount of the government pension. This sometimes reduces a spouse’s benefit to zero."
My wife worked for many years before we were married and I already knew that the SS WEP would reduce my SS check by up to 2/3rds. But I sure didn't think they would reduce my wife's until I read this today.
Do any of you have any experience with this?
Thanks
I believe this only is if she is asking for benefits as a spouse against your earnings. If she is entitled to SS she should be getting that regardless. I believe that others will chime in. I hope that I am right though as I read the GPO instructions.
I believe this only is if she is asking for benefits as a spouse against your earnings. If she is entitled to SS (on her own work record) she should be getting that regardless. I believe that others will chime in. I hope that I am right though as I read the GPO instructions.
When I took an early retirement at age 49 with 30 yrs of service from the U.S. government Civil Service Commission and Air Force Reserves in N. Calif., the "SS-WEP" affected my SS benefits when I requested for it early at age 62, which was a meager amount about 1/4 or less. I can live with it, because I'm already receiving three other pensions, my Military Reserves Pay, Civil Service pension and VA Disability Compensation and all have the "Survivor's Benefit Plan" (SBP) for my spouse upon my demise.
From my research, GPO only applies only if your wife is getting a pension from working where she did not pay into SS. When you read the linked document, it is based from your wife's standpoint, so the pension they're referring to is her pension if she's getting one and not yours. None of it applies if her work history paid into SS.
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