SSA confirms the average payments of $1,976 and $1,580 for retirement and SSDI next week

The Administration has confirmed that there will be a new payday for both retirees and SSDI recipients next week. Retirement benefit payments are higher than those for Disability Insurance. So, retirees could get about $1,976 on average and SSDI recipients about $1,580. Thanks to the 2025 COLA increase retirement and disability benefit payments are 2.5% … Read more

Top 5 States with the highest average SSI payments in December 2024

The SSI program is a Federal benefit that helps Americans with a low income and limited resources. The latest average payment for all beneficiaries was $696 as of December 2024. However, the maximum benefit amount was $943 in 2024 and it has become $967 in 2025. Not all SSI recipients qualify for the full amounts … Read more

Last stimulus checks of $1,400 from the IRS arriving in late January, but PFD payments will continue

Getting extra money in 2025 has become a priority for millions of taxpayers in the United States. The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) made an announcement that was so surprising, that many Americans were taken aback. The Agency has decided to send automatic special stimulus checks to taxpayers who filed a 2021 tax return, and qualified … Read more

3 groups of retirees will not get Social Security payments on February 3, 2025

3 groups of American retirees will have to wait for their Social Security payment until the second, third, or fourth Wednesday in February. The exact dates they will receive their monthly payment will depend on their birth dates. For example, if your birthday is from the 1st to the 10th, your check or direct deposit … Read more

Rachel Reeves’ Bold Move – Cutting DWP Sickness Benefits for the ‘Too Ill to Work’

Labor’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the plan for major welfare system reforms which focus on sick benefits and fraud to solve what she identifies as Britain’s unemployment issue. These reforms will serve three main purposes: they will reward employment while relieving public taxation while also restricting benefits fraud. Reeves presented this view in The Sun … Read more