“SENIORS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY!”
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21, July 4, 2025) did not end taxation of Social Security benefits; the law makes no amendment to Internal Revenue Code Section 86, under which benefits remain taxable. Instead, it created a temporary additional deduction of $6,000 for taxpayers age 65 and older, effective 2025 through 2028, phasing out above $75,000 ($150,000 joint) in modified AGI. This offsets or eliminates income-tax liability for many seniors, including tax attributable to benefits, but it is not the promised exclusion of Social Security benefits from tax, expires after 2028, and provides nothing to beneficiaries under 65 or to seniors above the phase-out range.
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