Social Security Beneficiaries Affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision in 2006.
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) is an alternative method of computing benefits for some workers who receive a pension based on work not covered by Social Security. The WEP computation results in a lower benefit than the worker would receive under the regular computation method. This article...
| Publicado en: | Social Security Bulletin Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 21 - 40 |
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Social Security Administration
2008
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