What is the Windfall Provision for Social Security? - AARP The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) was a formula that could reduce the size of your Social Security retirement or disability benefit if you also received a pension from a job in which you did not pay Social Security taxes Congress voted in December 2024 to repeal the WEP, ending benefit cuts for those receiving such “non-covered” pensions
Biggest Social Security Changes for 2025 - AARP Under the WEP, enacted in 1983, people who collected a non-covered pension and also Social Security retirement benefits (based on having other jobs where they did pay FICA taxes) could see their benefit reduced by up to one-half of the pension amount The GPO, enacted in 1977, applied to those drawing such a pension and Social Security spouse benefits or survivor benefits and cut those
Can You Collect A Government Pension and Spousal Benefits? - AARP If you were collecting Social Security retirement benefits and a non-covered government pension, you might have been subject to the Windfall Elimination Provision Pensions from jobs where Social Security taxes were collected, be they in the public or the private sector, were never affected by the GPO or the WEP
Does Military Retirement Pay Affect Social Security Benefits? - AARP The WEP, which Congress enacted in 1983 and repealed in late 2024, could reduce Social Security benefits for people who have pensions from “noncovered” jobs in which they did not have Social Security taxes withheld from their earnings but who also draw retirement benefits for other, “covered” employment Active-duty military personnel have been covered — paying Social Security taxes
7 Things Social Security Deducts From Monthly Payments - AARP The WEP affected people with a “non-covered” pension from a job in which they did not pay Social Security taxes — as is the case with many state and local government agencies — but also qualify for Social Security retirement benefits based on other employment in which they did pay into the system
What You Should Know About Taxes on Social Security - AARP The repealed statutes — the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — affected about 3 million beneficiaries, most of them former employees of state and local government agencies that do not participate in the Social Security system, including many teachers, police officers and firefighters