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It's Getting Harder and Harder to Hide from Social Security Benefit Taxes. How to Prepare If You'll Owe Them in 2025.

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58% : You can do this by contacting the Social Security Administration over the phone or by visiting your local office.
57% : How to prepare for income taxes on Social Security benefits If you don't think you can avoid Social Security income taxes on your benefits, your next-best move is to prepare for them.
55% : The federal government taxes the Social Security benefits of some retirees if their provisional income -- their adjusted gross income (AGI), plus nontaxable interest from municipal bonds and half their annual Social Security benefits -- exceeds certain thresholds for their marital status as shown in the table below: Source: Social Security Administration.
54% : Alternatively, you can ask the Social Security Administration to withhold a portion of your checks for taxes.
53% : Check with your state department of taxation or a local accountant to learn how much, if any, state Social Security benefit taxes you could owe in 2025.
49% : You're usually allowed to withdraw these funds tax-free, so they don't affect your AGI or provisional income.
47% : It means you could pay ordinary income tax on up to that amount.
44% : Don't forget about state income taxes on benefits So far, we've only talked about federal Social Security benefit taxes, but a handful of states tax benefits as well.

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