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The 3 Rules About Social Security Checks Everyone Should Know

The 3 Rules About Social Security Checks Everyone Should Know
Trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on Feb. 11, 2005. Bradley C. Bower/AP Photo
Tom Margenau
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There are some basic facts about when and how Social Security checks are due and delivered that confuse many people. To help you understand, here are three rules about getting Social Security checks that everyone needs to know.

No. 1: Social Security benefits are paid one month behind. In other words, the benefit payment for May will be sent to you in June.
Tom Margenau
Tom Margenau
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Tom Margenau worked for 32 years in a variety of positions for the Social Security Administration before retiring in 2005. He has served as the director of SSA’s public information office, the chief editor of more than 100 SSA publications, a deputy press officer and spokesman, and a speechwriter for the commissioner of Social Security. For 12 years, he also wrote Social Security columns for local newspapers, and recently published the book “Social Security: Simple and Smart.” If you have a Social Security question, contact him at [email protected]
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