Requiem for a Claiming Strategy
Submitted by Grunden Financial Advisory, Inc on November 24th, 2015On the surface, it seems too good to be true. You have a married couple, where (let’s say) the husband has earned higher yearly income than his wife. That means he has contributed more to Social Security over his working life. The husband files for Social Security benefits at full retirement age (currently age 66) and then immediately files to suspend those benefits.