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Maximize My Social Security Software
April 14, 2023
Can I Use The Program If I'm Receiving Benefits And I'm Older Than Age 70?
September 22, 2022
Will The Maximize My Social Security Software Allow Me To Compare Filing At FRA Vs. Age 70?
August 28, 2022
Will Your Software Provide Results For A 40 Year Old Widower With A Minor Child?
July 23, 2022
Does The Maximize My Social Security Software Include Next Year's COLA Increase?
April 16, 2022
If I Purchase The Software, Will I Be Able To Have My Questions Answered Through Correspondence?
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?
December 15, 2021
Will Your Software Allow Me To Calculate How Much My Benefit Rate Would Be Reduced If I Earn More?
October 7, 2021
Will Your Software Program Maximize The Options For People Who Are Eligible For City Or State Pensions?
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?
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 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?
July 10, 2019
Would Your Software Show What Would Happen If My Wife Filed At Age 62 And I Filed For A Spousal Benefit?
May 23, 2019
Does The Software Consider Disabled Child's Benefits When Evaluating Filing Options For The Parents?
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?
December 19, 2017
Would The Maximization Software Be Of Any Benefit To Me If I'm Already Drawing Benefits?
July 2, 2016
How Does the MaximizeMySocialSecurity Software Maximize My Son's Disability Benefit?

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