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According to Carroll, the WEP reduces benefits based on an individual’s own work record, while the GPO reduces spousal or survivor benefits that an individual has otherwise been entitled to receive.
The Windfall Elimination Provision affects people who qualify for Social Security benefits through their job but also receive a pension from another job where they didn't pay into Social Security ...
The GPO affects those who are entitled to spousal or survivors benefits, as well as a workplace pension. Under this policy, your benefit could be reduced by two-thirds of what you're collecting ...
Social security benefits were reduced by two-thirds of the non-covered government pension amount. [1] Note this is not two-thirds of the Social Security benefit; for example, a $600 non-covered pension benefit would reduce Social Security spousal benefits by $400, regardless of whether the spouse was entitled to $500 or $1000 on the Social Security record of the number holder.
The GPO, adopted in 1977, reduced spousal benefits for those who received retirement or disability income from government-based work that didn't require the payment of Social Security taxes.
The Government Pension Offset reduces survivor or spousal benefits if a person’s pension is non-covered. GPO affects fewer people, but it cuts the Social Security benefit by two-thirds of the ...
The change affects people who are eligible for a government pension program who also worked in another job that contributed to Social Security or whose spouse had a job that contributed to Social ...
The bill would also end a second provision that reduces Social Security benefits for those workers' surviving spouses and family members. The WEP impacts about 2 million Social Security ...