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Don’t get caught off guard with questions about the maximum taxable earnings limits or the retirement earnings test exempt amounts. Print your copy of the fact sheet and have it readily available to answer your clients’ questions. Although there was no cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2016, there were still some changes that will affect someone’s eligibility for Social Security. - The Quarter of Coverage — also known as credit of coverage — increased from $1,220 to $1,260. If someone works and earns at least $5,040 in 2016, they will earn four quarters of coverage toward the 40 to qualify for Social Security Retirement. - The maximum Social Security benefit decreased. A worker filing for benefits at his or her full retirement age in 2016 will receive $2,639 a month. In 2015, that amount was $2,663. The note on the [2016 Social Security Fact Sheet](https://www.covisum.com/hubfs/colafacts2016.pdf) states that a decrease in full maximum benefits occurs when there is no COLA, but there is an increase in the national average wage index. 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