Making the wrong move here could prove costly in the long run.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your age at sign up will dictate the size of your Social Security benefit. Spouses can coordinate their claiming strategies to ...

Your Social Security benefit is based, in part, on your full retirement age (FRA). Your birth year will determine yours, but for most workers today, FRA is 67. Claiming before you reach your FRA will ...

If you've signed up for Social Security within the last year, you have the option to withdraw your Social Security application, meaning you'd stop receiving checks and the government would treat you ...

You signed up for Social Security early to receive the most checks, but now you're worried you may have short-changed yourself. Applying as soon as possible reduces your monthly benefit by up to 30%.

Choose your claiming age carefully and understand how this affects the size of your benefit. It's best to apply several months in advance of when you hope to claim. Gather your documents ahead of time ...

You've looked forward to claiming Social Security for a long time. Now you only have an application and a few months of waiting standing between you and monthly checks for the rest of your life. Those ...

When you sign up determines the size of the check you qualify for, along with your income history from your working years. You can apply as early as age 62, but that's considered claiming early, and ...