Why you should Check your Social Security Statement – No Matter your age! Confirm you received credit for your Payments/Earnings History!

Double Check that Social Security Statement

In true practice what we preach, last years reminder allowed our own internal team to discover our 2021 Social Security Credits were not posted! We have since sent the documents three times … hopefully this time they will have been credited – No matter, use our experience as incentive to check your own- it does happen and we for sure have now sent our files in FOUR times!

Ok, here is your reminder!

Why You Should Check your Social Statement? Confirm your Credits!

Unless you are already drawing Social Security, or unless you have no earnings, you should have a Social Security Account and should check it annually…

Here is the log in – Actual link (not hot linked) for security purposes – https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/ Only takes a few minutes to get your account set up!

Confirm your credits via your Earning History

Confirm you received credits for your hard earned money is very important, and easy…. here is what the screen shot look like – pull down your Social Statement and check page 2!

Screenshot of a Social Security online portal, featuring options to download your Social Security Statement, replace your Social Security card, access your Benefit Verification Letter, and upload documents.

In the event you have missing reporting, here is a screenshot of the contact information for the SSA again from page 2 of your statemenet- again once in side your SSA portal, it is fairly intuitive!

Screenshot of a Social Security Earnings Record reminder, highlighting the importance of reviewing your earnings history to ensure accuracy for future benefits.

Have a Great “Social Security Earnings/Credit Reminder” Day!

John A. Kvale CFA, CFP

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