Social Security: A Widow and Widower

Social Security rules have eliminated "File and Suspend" or "Restricted Application" as a filing strategy for married people in 2015. For widows, the "Restricted Application" strategy still works as long as they have not remarried before 60. In this video, Tom and I discuss how two clients were recently helped and how they have been able to collect their benefits.

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