Unlike a full-time employee whose taxes are deducted from their paycheck, if you're an independent contractor, it's your job ...

WASHINGTON — Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek is backing down on a threat to cease operations at the agency after a federal judge blocked staffers at Elon Musk’s Department of ...

But if you do any self-employed or freelance work, you may receive 1099 forms from each of your business clients. Anyone who received income from investments, retirement accounts, Social Security ...

Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security data. (AP ...

A U.S. district judge in Maryland blocked the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing personal data from the Social Security Administration—delivering the latest legal blow to ...

Cavan Images / Getty images Social Security isn't just for retirement. It also provides benefits to the dependents of covered workers, including spouses, dependent parents, children, and ...

Musk’s statement that Social Security is a “Ponzi scheme,” and his plans to cut up to 12 percent of the Social Security Administration’s workforce, are giving GOP lawmakers heartburn.

Significant changes will be coming for Social Security recipients. Millions will no longer be able to verify their identity over the phone, creating a challenge for older Americans and those with ...

The Social Security benefits program has crucial differences from a Ponzi scheme, which is an illegal money-making fraud. A Ponzi scheme is based on signing up more and more investors to pay off ...

More Americans may need to visit their Social Security offices in person after the agency that runs it announced an update to its security policies. The Social Security Administration announced ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. To limit fraudulent Social Security claims, the Trump administration is stopping identity verifications over ...

Income at or above those thresholds would trigger a Form 1099-K, or report of payments you received for goods or services during the year. The law was supposed to go into effect in 2022 but was ...