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Recomputations
May 24, 2023
Is It Too Soon To Expect An Answer From Social Security Regarding My Request For A Benefit Recalculation?
December 29, 2022
Will My 2022 Earnings Replace A Lower Earnings Year That Was Used To Calculate My Benefit?
October 20, 2022
Will Social Security Automatically Give My Credit For My Higher 2021 Earnings?
August 1, 2022
Should My Benefit Amount Be Recalculated After Each Additional Year I Work?
March 21, 2022
Where Does It Say In The Law That My Benefit Can Be Recalculated Annually?
February 7, 2022
When Social Security Recalculates My Benefit Amount For Last Year's Earnings, Will It Be Retroactive To January 2022?
January 20, 2022
Will The Fact That I Was Penalized For Going Over The Earnings Limit Have An Affect On My Future Payment Amount?
January 9, 2021
What Can I Do To Make Sure That Social Security Computed By Benefit Amount Correctly?
September 3, 2020
If I Keep Working After I Start Collecting Benefits Will My Benefit Rate Increase?
August 19, 2020
Should Social Security Have Adjusted The Rate Of Benefits I Collected Prior To FRA?
April 11, 2019
Will I See An Increase In My Survivor Benefit Rate If Some Of My Benefits Were Withheld Due To The Earnings Test?
October 19, 2017
When Will My Benefit Rate Be Recalculated To Give Me Credit For The Months That My Benefits Were Suspended?

About the Author
Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists