If you have the ability to wait beyond your FRA to claim, you'll receive a higher benefit amount. Each year that you delay past your FRA, you'll earn an extra 8% until age 70, at which point you'll max out your benefit.

More Georgians will become eligible for Social Security benefits in 2025. But the Social Security full retirement age is increasing. Here's more.

If you were planning to retire next year, double check your math because a law passed in the ’80s is annually raising the age when Americans can collect their full Social Security benefits. And next year is no exception.

The minimum eligibility age for Social Security differs from the program's full retirement age, which is increasing in 2025.

If you've got Social Security on your mind, you need to know your "full retirement age" as your age in relation to that affects your benefit level.

“FRA is 66 years and 8 months for people born in 1958 and 66 and 10 months for those born in 1959; people born May 2, 1958, through Feb. 28, 1959, will reach it in 2025. Under current law, it will settle at 67 for people born in 1960 and afterward.”

In 2025, those born on May 2, 1958 through Feb. 28, 1959 will reach the full retirement age, according to AARP. However, for those born after that, the retirement age jumps from 66 years and 10 months to 67 years.

Tax season is almost here. If you receive Social Security benefits, here's how to find out if you need to file a tax return.

Social Security recipients will see changes to their entitlements in the New Year, with the maximum benefit for 2025 at $4,018 per month.