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Answers to Frequently Asked Tax Questions by Senior Citizens
(Separate Website)
This web site answers common questions that Senior Citizens have about their taxes, especially their Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). The web site contains links to particular IRS publications.
By: Internal Revenue Service
Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits
(Separate Website)
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Applying for Social Security Benefits
(Separate Website)
Website where you can apply for retirement or spouses benefits, apply for disability benefits, check the status of your application, or if your application for benefits was denied recently
you can request an appeal.
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Benefits Verification
(Separate Website)
This website will help you request a ?Proof of Income? letter that can be used to prove that you are eligible for benefits.
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Compensation and Pension Benefits for Veterans
(Separate Website)
Compensation & Pension Service administers a variety of benefits and services for veterans, their dependents and survivors, including, but not limited to: service-connected compensation, DIC, non-service connected pension, burial & accrued benefits, guardianship and public contact services. This website contains information about what benefits we administer.
By: Department of Veterans' Affairs
Elder Law
(Separate Website)
Senior citizens must deal with many legal issues. In recent years, there has been a growing awareness of the need to address these issues, and there is now an area of practice known as elder law. Elder law is specifically designed to address the particular concerns of older citizens. By looking at the whole picture, before a crisis occurs, a plan can be developed to carry out your wishes to the greatest extent possible. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Bar Association
Frequently Asked Tax Questions About Individual Retirement Arrangements
(Separate Website)
This web page answers common tax questions about individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and individual retirement arrangements.
By: Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury
Frequently Asked Tax Questions About Retirement Accounts, Pensions and Annuities
(Separate Website)
This web page answers common questions about taxes on retirement accounts, pensions and annuities.
By: Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury
Helpful Consumer and Elder Law Web Resources
By: National Consumer Law Center
How to Prepare for Retirement
(Separate Website)
Top 10 Ways to Beat the Clock and Prepare for Retirement.
Information for State Employees and Retirees
(Separate Website)
Frequently asked questions concerning employment with the State of South Carolina.
By: SC Budget and Control Board
Information on Other Fringe Benefits
(Separate Website)
"Other Benefits" include a host of incentives provided by agreement between an employer and an employee (or the employee's representative). Most of these benefits are not required by law. This website contains information about: (1) Child Care Assistance, (2) Disability Insurance, (3) Flexible Schedules, (4) Other Compensation Benefits, (5) Other Insurance Benefits, (6)Severance Pay, (7) Unemployment Insurance, and (8) Wellness Benefits.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
Martinez settlement Consumer handouts explaining the Social Security
Administration's plan to repay more than $500 million in benefits that were unlawfully
withheld.
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Retirement and Survivors' Benefits
(Separate Website)
Almost everyone who lives in the United States is affected by the Social Security system—either by working and paying Social Security taxes or by receiving Social Security benefits. Social Security benefits are paid to workers and their eligible family members when the worker retires or becomes disabled. Survivors benefits can be paid to eligible family members when a worker dies. This fact sheet tells you about retirement and survivors benefits.
By: Social Security Administration
Retirement Plans, Benefits & Savings Information
(Separate Website)
A pension plan is an employee benefit plan established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization (such as a union), or both, that provides retirement income or defers income until termination of covered employment or beyond. This web site contains: (1) Consumer Information on Pension Plans, (2) Types of Retirement Plans, (3) Compliance with federal law, such as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), (4) Employer Responsibilities, (5) Pension Plan Participant Rights, (6) Rights to Plan Information, (7) Retirement Savings, and (8) Small Business Pension Plan Options and much more.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
SC Lieutenant Governor's Office of Aging
(Separate Website)
Information and links to resources provided by organizations benefiting seniors
By: Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging
Social Security Disability Benefits Law Information and Resources
(Separate Website)
Links to Grids, Listings, Rulings, and other Research
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Social Security Online
(Separate Website)
By: South Carolina Legal Services - Columbia
Social Security SSI - Martinez Settlement Consumer handouts explaining the Social Security
Administration's plan to repay more than $500 million in benefits that were unlawfully
withheld.
South Carolina Access
(Separate Website)
SC Access is YOUR guide to available resources for older adults, people with disabilities, their family members and caregivers in South Carolina. It is a program of the Lieutenant Governor's Office on Aging.
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
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