“The WEP and GPO rules apply to certain government, state, local jobs – often teachers – who are receiving a pension for their work in those jobs but their employers are not contribute payroll taxes into Social Security,” Martha Shedden, the president and co-founder of the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts (NARSSA), told Newsweek. “If they have other work that did contribute into Social Security and are eligible to collect retirement, spousal and/or survivor benefits, these rules can reduce or eliminate those benefits.”
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