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• Relief and Retroactive Payments for WEP and GPO Coming Soon - February 25, 2025

• On February 25, the Social Security Administration (SSA) updated its information on the implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act, legislation FMA helped pass to repeal both the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). Specifically, SSA announced the agency is beginning to pay retroactive benefits this week.

  "If a beneficiary is due retroactive benefits as a result of the Act, they will receive a one-time retroactive payment, deposited into the bank account SSA has on file, by the end of March. This retroactive payment will cover the increase in their benefit amount back to January 2024, the month when WEP and GPO no longer apply," the agency states.
  
  SSA cautions impacted beneficiaries to wait until April 2025 before contacting SSA with concerns about the status of their retroactive payments, as the process will proceed incrementally.

  To read more about this development and other information about implementation, click here.

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