The Windfall Elimination Provision reduced benefits for certain workers, but its repeal by the Social Security Fairness Act could change how you plan for retirement.

Affecting a small percentage of Social Security beneficiaries, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) is a modified benefit formula that can reduce the size of your Social Security retirement or ...

Photo: 401kcalculator.org via Flickr. The Windfall Elimination Provision is designed to prevent people who didn't pay Social Security tax on the majority of their income from receiving ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision can reduce the Social Security award by up to one-half of the pension derived from non-covered employment. As with the Government Pension Offset program, most of ...

T he Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) are two critical rules that can significantly impact your Social Security benefits. Established in 1983, the WEP aims ...

The Social Security Fairness Act gets rid of two long-standing laws: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the ...

The Social Security Adminitration will take an application by telephone for people who did not previously apply for spouse's or surviving spouse's benefits because of GOP and should call 1-800-772 ...

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

How does it affect my social security benefits? Tamara Walker. Asbury Park Press. ... The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), the act ends the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed in January, repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), boosting monthly checks for an estimated 3.2 million ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision, known as WEP, reduces Social Security retirement benefits by up to 55 percent for some individuals who receive a non-Social Security covered pension.