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Provisions Affecting Taxation of Benefits

Present law taxation of Social Security benefits

These provisions revise the current rules for subjecting Social Security benefits to personal income tax. For the provisions listed below, we provide estimates of the financial effect on the OASDI program over the long-range period (the next 75 years) and for the 75th year. In addition, we provide detailed single year tables.

Tables and graphs are available in two formats: HTML and Portable Document Format (PDF). We recommend the PDF version for printing (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

All estimates are based on the intermediate assumptions described in the 2008 Trustees Report. Choose the type of estimates (summary or detailed) from the list of provisions.

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H1 Tax Social Security benefits in a manner similar to private pension income beginning in 2009. Phase out the lower-income thresholds during 2009-2018.
Summary measures and graphs   (PDF Version)
Detailed single year tables   (PDF Version)

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