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April 14, 2023

Can I Use The Program If I'm Receiving Benefits And I'm Older Than Age 70?

September 22, 2022

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August 28, 2022

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August 19, 2022

Does Your MMSS Software Cover This Scenario?

July 23, 2022

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June 9, 2022

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April 16, 2022

If I Purchase The Software, Will I Be Able To Have My Questions Answered Through Correspondence?

April 1, 2022

Is There Something That Your Software Can Do For Me?

February 28, 2022

Does Your Software Allow For Choosing Future Dates Of Death For Either Spouse?

February 19, 2022

Does Your Software Take Into Account The 2015 Social Security Amendments?

January 31, 2022

Has The 5.9% Increase Already Been Included In Your Software?

December 15, 2021

Will Your Software Allow Me To Calculate How Much My Benefit Rate Would Be Reduced If I Earn More?

December 6, 2021

If I Buy Your Software How Can I Get Assistance If Needed?

October 7, 2021

Will Your Software Program Maximize The Options For People Who Are Eligible For City Or State Pensions?

July 10, 2021

Does Your Software Offer Any Benefits To Someone Like Me?

February 20, 2021

Will Your Software Be Able To Show Me The Impact Of Future Wages On My Benefit Rate?

November 19, 2020

Do I Need To Know What My Benefit Would Have Been At Age 65 To Use Your Software?

September 12, 2020

Does The Software Handle The Scenario My Wife And I Have In Mind?

June 26, 2020

Can You Comment On When Your Software Will Be Able To Reflect This Quirk In SS?

February 10, 2020

Can Your Software Calculate Benefit Rates For People Who Retire Early But Want To Wait Until Age 70 To Claim Benefits?

February 7, 2020

Does Your Software Address Situations Where Only The Younger Spouse Has A Work History?

November 19, 2019

Can I Still Use Your Software If I Can't Get A Copy Of My Deceased Wife's Earnings History?

November 9, 2019

Is Your System Detailed Enough To Account For The Pensions I Receive And The Effects Of WEP?

October 29, 2019

Does My Annual Amount As Currently Calculated By Maximize My Social Security Include Next Year's 1.6% COLA?

October 10, 2019

Do You Consult With People Individually?

December 3, 2018

Does Your Software Account For My Other Income Streams?

November 28, 2018

Does Your Calculator Include SSDI For Disabled Child Calculations?

October 25, 2018

Is There Any Benefit To Your Software If I'm Already Collecting My Benefits?

October 23, 2018

Does Your Software Allow The User To Consider The Impact On IRA Withdrawals?

August 15, 2019

Does Your Software Allow You To Do What-If Scenarios With Regard To Dates Of Work Stoppage?

August 4, 2019

How Does Your Software Account For Life Expectancy?

July 10, 2019

Would Your Software Show What Would Happen If My Wife Filed At Age 62 And I Filed For A Spousal Benefit?

July 7, 2019

Would Using Your Calculator Be Of Any Benefit To Us?

June 4, 2019

Can You Help Me?

May 23, 2019

Does The Software Consider Disabled Child's Benefits When Evaluating Filing Options For The Parents?

May 10, 2019

How Should I Proceed To Use MMSS?

April 1, 2019

Do You Still Offer A Personal Advisory Service?

June 20, 2018

Does Your ESPlanner Software Cover All Of The Things Your Maximize My Social Security Software Covers?

April 22, 2018

Does Your Software Take Into Accout The Ability To File A Restricted Application?

April 15, 2018

Would An Up To Date Analysis Benefit Me?

March 5, 2018

Is Your Software Up To Date?

March 2, 2018

How Do I Go About Using Your Maximization Software?

January 23, 2018

Can You Recommend Someone To See About My Social Security?

January 23, 2018

Is Your Software Automatically Renewed?

January 6, 2018

Is The Software Up To Date For 2018?

January 3, 2018

Does Your Calculator Handle My Type Of Scenario?

December 19, 2017

Would The Maximization Software Be Of Any Benefit To Me If I'm Already Drawing Benefits?

December 15, 2017

Is The Social Security Calculator In The Maxifi Program?

October 26, 2017

Which Of Your Software Options Would Be Best For Me?

August 29, 2017

Would It Be Possible To Speak With Someone On How To Move Forward?

August 16, 2017

Does Your Software Consider Start, Stop, Start Strategies?

June 4, 2017

Does Your Software Analyze IRA Conversions?

November 8, 2016

Would Your Software Help Us?

October 8, 2016

How Can I Determine How Much My Social Security Benefit Will Be?

July 15, 2016

I Use MaximizeMySocialSecurity, What Should I do?

July 11, 2016

What Is That One Weird Trick to Get an Extra $1,000 per Month?

July 10, 2016

Why Does MaximizeMySocialSecurity Show This Filing Strategy?

July 10, 2016

Does MaximizeMySocialSecurity Consider Alternative Investments?

July 7, 2016

Will Maximize My Social Security Software Handle A Disabled Child?

July 7, 2016

Can the Software Consider Our Situation?

July 7, 2016

Can the Software Help Us if We've already Filed?

July 4, 2016

Social Security Says I Can't Do What Your Program Says

July 2, 2016

Will Fixing Errors in My Earnings Record Increase My Benefits?

July 2, 2016

How Can We Know Our Benefit Amounts at Different Dates?

July 2, 2016

At What Age Should I Buy the Software?

July 2, 2016

How Does the MaximizeMySocialSecurity Software Maximize My Son's Disability Benefit?

July 1, 2016

What Licenses Do I Need for Me and My Mother?

June 29, 2016

Where Can I Get Your Software?

June 29, 2016

Can Your Software Determine Benefits with a Younger Spouse and Child?

June 17, 2016

What MMSS License Do I Need?

March 19, 2017

Does The Maximization Software Account For My Military Service?

February 27, 2017

What Can We Do With The Software?

February 20, 2017

Does My Wife Need To Wait A Year To Apply For Spousal Benefits?

February 8, 2017

What If I Have A Question About Calculations Made By The Software?

January 29, 2017

What If I Have Questions About The Software?

January 22, 2017

What Is Our Best Strategy?

January 5, 2017

Would It Make Sense For Me To Purchase Your Program?

December 30, 2016

When Would Be The Best Time To Purchase Your Software?

December 13, 2016

Is Your Software Updated When Laws Change?

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