Finances 50+

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AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is providing free in-person and virtual tax assistance and preparation now through April 15 throughout Maryland. The nation’s largest free, volunteer-based tax assistance and preparation program helped secure more than $1.1 billion in refunds for more than 1.5 million taxpayers last year. Tax-Aide is offered in conjunction with the IRS, and AARP membership is not required.

Your survey responses will be used by the Maryland Commission on Caregiving to inform policymakers and community organizations to help provide better support for family caregivers.

Learn how to estimate your Social Security Income

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AARP Maryland State President Jim Campbell published the following letter to the editor in the June 25 edition of the Capital Gazette newspaper, addressing shortcomings in Social Security Administration operations:

Social Security is your money — you earned it through a lifetime of hard work.

Learn how to spot, stop, and report elder financial abuse. PROTECT Week, Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20, 2025, is the perfect time to remember that seniors are vulnerable to financial abuse by loved ones and strangers. Beginning Monday, June 16, we will be streaming a series of FREE workshops, webinars, interviews, and tele-town halls with leading experts on elder financial abuse on our Facebook and YouTube channels.

Here’s what you need to know about the two primary ways people are defrauded using gift cards.

AARP and Volunteers of America have developed a program to provide emotional support for people who fall prey to scam artists.