[wtc911]

I am taking SS the very first day that I qualify at 62. I don’t need it and will have to pay tax on it but I paid in since 1969 and I’m taking it.

[oh8eleven]

I am taking SS the very first day that I qualify at 62.
That's exactly what I did a few years ago. Give it to me now so I can spend it, not to my survivors.
Your early SS is only taxable if you have income from another source, and the amount of that income is over a base amount (IIRC, $32,000 married, $25,000 single).

[Redleg Duke]

I am working up my application right now. I turn 66 on April 4th and I am going to take it then, even though it will be taxed. I have paid into it since 1964 and I am going to get whatever return on my forced “investment” I can get.