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3-month calendar quarter will assure you of credit toward this valuable insurance protection.
Question: My wife and I have both worked full-time since our marriage 10 years ago. We are both concerned over the social security contributions she must pay, especially since she can get payments on my work record. Why deduct from my wife’s earnings when she can get payments whether she works or not?
Answer: It’s true that your wife could qualify for payments on your social security record whether she works or not. However, an important consideration is the valuable protection she has built up as a result of her own work. Now that she has worked 10 years, she can be assured of a benefit on her own record at 62 or later. She can receive this benefit even if you continue to work after her retirement. Also, the chances are that the benefit on her own record will be higher than the benefit payable as a dependent wife. Your wife’s work also gives her disability protection if she should become disabled before 65. If you have children, they also would be eligible to receive survivors benefits based on her work. And, in the event of her death, a lump-sum death payment would be made even if you had no children.
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