• Retire to Your Dream Job
  

• Fast Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
  

• Taxes on 401(k) and IRA Withdrawals
  

• Government Benefits Go Paperless
  

• Six Steps to Starting Your Own Business
  

• Getting Health Insurance on Your Own
  

• 4 Steps to Your Encore Job
  

• Resources for Work After Retirement
  

• Tax Toolkit for the Self-Employed
  

• Work and Still Get Social Security
  

• How to Suspend Retirement Account Payouts
  

• Laid Off? Start a Business
  

• Fatten Your Paycheck -- And Still Get a Refund
  

• Impact of a Paycheck on Retiree Benefits
  

• Save on Taxes If You Are Self-Employed
  

• Social Security Payments Could Shrink for Some
  

• Can I Count on Social Security?
  

• How Annuity Withdrawals Are Taxed
  

• Preserve Your Income
  

• Turn Your Pastime Into Paid Work
  

• Back-to-Work Benefits Squeeze
  

• Make the Most of Your Benefits
  

• Ways to Cut Small-Business Taxes
  

• Retirees Return to the Daily Grind
  

Social Security Website
Link to the official government Social Security website.

Plan Your Retirement
A secure, comfortable retirement is every worker's dream. And now because we're living longer, healthier lives, we can expect to spend more time in retirement than our parents and grandparents did. Achieving the dream of a secure, comfortable retirement is much easier when you plan your finances.

Calculate your benefits
Use the calculators to estimate your potential benefit amounts using different retirement dates and levels of future earnings.

Qualify and Apply
Find out if you are eligible for Social Security Benefits

Medicare Prescription Plan
Medicare beneficiaries are eligible for the extra help if they have limited income and resources. The extra help can increase their cost savings by paying for part of the monthly premiums, annual deductibles and prescription co-payments under the new prescription drug program. The extra help could be worth more than $3,300 per year

National Council on Aging
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is a nonprofit organization with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations which helps older people remain healthy and independent, find jobs, increase access to benefits programs, and discover meaningful ways to continue contributing to society