Wait a Minute!
Wait a minute! Is it 62, 65, 70 or 73? Let’s start to unravel this question. Social Security can be taken at any time between the age 62 and age 70. At the younger age, the SS administration will re-calculate your benefits and make them lower than if you waited, in order to factor in that you will most likely receive the benefits for a longer period of time. Waiting until age 70 is the oldest you can be, at which point the dollar amount of your benefit will cap out other than [hopefully] periodic cost of living adjustments (“COLA”).