Though Congress acted on a bipartisan basis last year to pass legislation ending two controversial tax provisions that ...

It could take a year or longer to fully implement the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), says the Social Security Administration (SSA). The SSA has ...

Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination ...

These provisions only affected about 3% of households, but significantly reduced the amount of Social Security benefits one was able to receive. The WEP, enacted in 1983, was a reform that was ...

For decades, clients who worked in various state and local government positions have seen their Social Security benefits slashed because of two key provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

Retirees with public pensions and their spouses are now eligible for their full Social Security benefits.

The WEP reduced benefits for retired or disabled workers with fewer than 30 years of employment in which they paid into the social security system, if the workers also received non-covered pensions.