Social Security Administration


Court Ruling Halts Government Plan to Punish Small Businesses

By Angus Loten |  Oct 12, 2007

The Department of Homeland Security plan was part of a crackdown on undocumented workers and their employers.  Read story

When Should You Commence Social Security Benefits?

By Barbara Weltman |  Sep 1, 2000

Assuming you've worked a sufficient amount of time and paid into the Social Security system (through FICA withholding on your wages or taxes on your net e...  Read story

Feds to Revise No-Match Rule

By Angus Loten |  Nov 28, 2007

A move to punish employers who hire illegal workers is shelved to assess its impact on small business.  Read story

Gender Gap in Retiree Income

By Laura Palotie |  May 8, 2008

Higher life expectancy and shorter careers have many retired women struggling.  Read story

Employers Protest New Immigrant Background Checks

By Angus Loten |  Aug 13, 2007

Starting next month, companies will be required to fire employees whose Social Security numbers do not match government records.  Read story

Social Security FAQ

Jan 10, 2000

Social Security is the general term that describes a number of related programs: retirement, disability, dependents and survivors benefits. These programs...  Read story

Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA)

The Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA) of 1954 is a tax law that requires the owners of small businesses—such as S corporations, partnerships, and...  Read story

Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid are health insurance programs sponsored by the federal government that cover medical expenses for elderly, disabled, and low-income ...  Read story

Mail

By Inc Staff |  Jul 1, 2007

The Good, the Bad, the Underfunded Robb Mandelbaum's feature about the Small Business Administration was the most balanced article I have read...  Read story

Uncle Sam Doesn't Know Much About You

By Robert E. Berney |  Dec 1, 1981

Unless small businesspeople demand that the U.S. collect better information, nobody will know how important they are.  Read story

Disability Insurance

Disability insurance or disability income insurance (abbreviated DI in the industry), is designed to compensate the policy holder for income lost if the h...  Read story

Garbage In, Gospel Out;

By JAY FINEGAN |  Apr 1, 1988

Last October 14th, with gloom gathering like a thunderhead over Wall Street, the government reported the trade deficit for August -- an abysmal $15.7 bill...  Read story

Retirement Planning

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Disability's Deep Costs

By Nadine Heintz |  Jun 1, 2003

The soaring number of workers on permanent disability threatens to drive up payroll taxes.  Read story

Alien Employees

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Tax Returns

Tax returns include all the required paperwork that accompanies the remittance of taxes to the appropriate government agencies, the largest of these being...  Read story

Payroll Taxes

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Economic Forecaster Stanley Salvigsen

By Robert A. Mamis |  Sep 1, 1988

Interview with economic forecaster who advises on reducing debt to prepare for hard times ahead.  Read story

Fica Taxes

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The Market Makers

By John Case |  Dec 1, 2000

Profile of how America's fastest-growing small private companies create their markets.  Read story

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