No. The following income is used to determine the amount of taxable social security income.
The maximum amount of social security benefits that can be added to your tax return is 85% of your total benefits.
- if half of your social security, combined with your other taxable income and any tax exempt interest is below the following base amounts, then none of your social security would count as taxable income.
- The base amount for your filing status is:
- $25,000 if you're single, head of household, or qualifying surviving spouse,
- $25,000 if you're married filing separately and lived apart from your spouse for the entire year,
- $32,000 if you're married filing jointly,
- $0 if you're married filing separately and lived with your spouse at any time during the tax year.
- Social Security Income FAQs
- IRS Publication 915 (page 16, Worksheet)
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