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Those On Social Security Will Get Less Than 2 Percent Cost-Of-Living Increase In 2020

By NWPB News October 14, 2019

The increase amounts to $24 a month for the average retired worker, according to estimates released Thursday by the Social Security Administration. Following a significant boost this year, the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for 2020 reverts to its pattern of moderate gains.Read More

Tax Form Typo Or Undocumented Employee? Federal Government Again Sends ‘No Match’ Letters

By Esmy Jimenez April 16, 2019

Immigrant farm worker Defelia Hernandez works in the milking parlor at Gervais Family Farm in Bakersfield, Vt., Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The farm was among five dairy farm operations targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented foreign farm workers where Clement Gervais says he believed two of his workers cited as unemployable had proper documentation. CREDIT: ALDEN PELLETT/AP

For the first time in seven years, the Social Security Administration is sending “no-match” letters. These notices alert employers that something isn't quite right with tax forms that were submitted by their employees.Read More

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