Social Security beneficiaries may face taxes if they have additional income sources or due to the COLA increase. Here's how to determine if you're affected. Blake Stimac Writer Blake has over a ...

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But if this trend continues, which seems likely, it will result in a smaller increase in the CPI-W, which means a smaller 2026 COLA. We won't know the real 2026 COLA until Oct. 15, 2025.

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment is expected to shrink in 2026 and could be the lowest increase seen in a decade. According to a forecast by the Senior Citizens League, the COLA could ...

The SSA calculates the COLA increase based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from the third quarter of the year (July, August, September) prior to ...

That would mark the smallest increase since 2016, when it was 0.03%, Johnson said. Regardless of which forecast pans out, the COLA is still seen as being lower than the 2.5% increase for 2025.

When you are on Social Security, you can expect your retirement benefits to increase during most years. That’s because Cost of Living Adjustments (COLAs) typically happen automatically from ...

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The percent increase becomes the COLA in the next year. Importantly, COLAs are designed to protect the buying power of Social Security by ensuring benefits increase at the same pace as inflation.

Another factor that could make a beneficiary owe taxes is the COLA increase for 2024. If your only source of income is your Social Security check, you likely won't need to file, let alone be ...

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