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2024 Election - Implications on Private Client

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As the 2024 election cycle unfolds, the landscape of U.S. policy is poised for potential shifts that could significantly impact individuals and families. With a Harris administration's focus on increasing tax rates for high...more

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Interaction between COBRA and Medicare in C-Suite Executive Severance and Retirement Arrangements

Both companies and their C-suite executives should be mindful of the interactions between COBRA and Medicare and their implications when negotiating a severance or retirement arrangement. This is because Medicare enrollment...more

Marshall Dennehey

Residual Functional Capacity to Perform Sedentary Work Leads to Denial of Social Security Benefits

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Ferraro v. O’Malley, 2024 WL 920056 - The plaintiff was involved in a motor vehicle accident that caused her to be out of work for six months. While the plaintiff did continue working after her alleged disability onset date,...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Do Personal Injury Settlements Affect SSI or SSDI Benefits?

The answer to how personal injury settlements affect Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits depends on your specific situation. However, there is a general answer: SSDI...more

Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP

ELDER LAW LEGAL UPDATE: Important Changes to Social Security Income, Medicaid Resource and Income Allowances, and Regional Rates...

The Elder Law Practice Group at Falcon Rappaport & Berkman would like to share some important Elder Law legal updates with our clients and professional partners that will impact Medicaid eligibility for applicants/recipients...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Elder Law and Special Needs Newsletter: February 2024 Issue

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Our February Elder Law and Special Needs newsletter is now available! In this issue, our attorneys delve into timely topics such as recent legislative developments in New Jersey. Specifically, we explore new laws designed to...more

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Elder Law and Special Needs Newsletter: November 2023 Issue

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Your Health, Your Choice: A Guide to Medicare Open Enrollment - The Medicare open enrollment period runs through December 7th, 2023. Medicare adjusts costs, coverage, and accepted providers on an annual basis. If you have...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Benefits Alert - November 2023

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The IRS and Social Security Administration have announced cost-of-living increases for retirement plans and other employee benefit plans for 2024....more

Smith Gambrell Russell

IRS Cost-of-Living Adjustments-Employee Benefit Plan Limitations for 2024

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Effective: January 1, 2024 The IRS has released the 2024 cost-of-living adjustments applicable to the dollar limitations on benefits and contributions of retirement plans and health and welfare benefit plans.  We recommend...more

Ruder Ware

2024 Qualified Plan Cost of Living Increases, 2024 Social Security Taxable Wage Base

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On November 1, 2023 the Internal Revenue Service announced the cost-of-living adjustments for the various qualified retirement plan limits.  Almost all of the limits shown below have increased from last year....more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

11 Things You Can Do Online Via the Social Security Website

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The Social Security Administration (SSA) website hosts a wealth of online tools that offer you convenient access to benefits information. To make the most of these tools, simply create a my Social Security account online. It...more

Frantz Ward LLP

Sixth Circuit Clarifies the Date on Which a Claim for Pension Benefits Under ERISA Accrues

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In Gragg v. UPS Pension Plan, 55 F.4th 1059 (6th Cir. 2022), the Sixth Circuit held that the limitations period for an ERISA claim to recover benefits due under a plan did not expire before the alleged underpayment on which...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

Protect the 401(k)

I saw a recent article by Matthew Breunig, suggesting that instead of cutting Social Security, we should end the tax breaks for 401(k) plans. He claims that the tax advantage of IRAs and defined contribution plans is $371...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Qualifying for Disability Benefits Through Parent Work Record

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a federal program primarily designed to aid people who have become disabled after having worked for a certain amount of time. Although the typical SSDI recipient has worked for a...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Protecting Government Benefits Using Supplemental Needs Trusts

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For disabled persons receiving financially-based government benefits, supplemental needs trusts (“SNTs”) can safeguard benefits and serve as an effective estate planning tool. SNTs allow individuals with disabilities to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at The Ninth: Offers and Offsets

This week, the Ninth Circuit examines whether a Rule 68 offer of judgment overrides a non-final order granting summary judgment, and explores the applicability of the Government Pension Offset to spousal Social Security...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week At The Ninth: Removal Power

This week, the Ninth Circuit considers the President’s authority to remove the Commissioner of Social Security. KAUFMANN V. KIJAKAZI - The Court invalidates that statutory removal provision for the Commissioner of...more

Hogan Lovells

Guerra en Ucrania: medidas laborales y de seguridad social en España

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El Gobierno español ha aprobado un nuevo Real Decreto Ley que establece medidas dirigidas a paliar la crisis generada por la guerra en Ucrania y su impacto en la economía española. Entre las medidas adoptadas se incluyen...more

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Mexico’s COVID-19 Traffic Light Monitoring System - March 2022 #2

Mexico’s federal government has indicated that the National Health Council will soon decree the end of the pandemic in Mexico. The expected announcement comes on the heels of signs that COVID-19 cases are significantly...more

Cozen O'Connor

Broad Street Brief: New Bill Targets Removing Lead from School Water

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CITY HALL- New Bill Targets Removing Lead from School Water Councilmember Helen Gym is proposing a bill that would require all Philadelphia public schools to install modern water filters wherever school water can be tapped...more

White and Williams LLP

Keep an Eye on Potential Offsets Against PA Workers’ Compensation Benefits

The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act) was amended in 1996 to allow an employer to take an offset against workers’ compensation wage loss benefits for 50% of Social Security retirement benefits received, if that...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

In 2022, Social Security Beneficiaries Will See the Biggest Increase in 39 Years

The year was 1983: The U.S. invaded Granada. A gallon of gas cost 96 cents. Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ video premiered. That year was also the last time that Social Security recipients saw a cost-of-living increase steeper...more

Ruder Ware

Breaking News: Social Security Administration Announces 5.9% Benefit Increase for 2022

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Today, the Social Security Administration announced in a press release that approximately 70 million Americans who receive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will receive a cost-of-living adjustment...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

You May Be Overestimating Your Social Security Benefits

Studies have found that workers overestimate how much they will receive in Social Security benefits when they retire. Having a good understanding of the realities can help you plan for retirement. Researchers from the...more

Freeman Law

How Long Can the IRS Levy on Social Security Benefits?

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To levy on Social Security benefits, the IRS generally issues Form 668-W to the Social Security Administration (“SSA”). After receipt of the Form 668-W, Notice of Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income, SSA will withhold...more

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