Retirees could earn more retroactive lump sum payments for the time they missed out on the benefits.

The Social Security Fairness Act provided more than 2.8 million beneficiaries with higher payments. Here's what to know about reporting that income to the IRS.

Americans could receive larger Social Security lump-sum payments after senators pressed officials to revise how a new ...

Public sector workers getting restored benefits under last year's Social Security Fairness Act would be spared a tax bill on those benefits under new legislation.

Several senators are calling on the Social Security Administration to reconsider what they say is a flaw in the implementation of the law.

The No Tax on Restored Benefits Act would offer a gross income tax exclusion for retroactive Social Security benefits.

U.S. senators urge SSA to revise retroactive payment policies under the Social Security Fairness Act, opening the road for increased payments to beneficiaries.

A bipartisan proposal aims to exempt certain retroactive Social Security benefits from gross income for federal tax purposes.