If you did enter your SSA-1099 when you prepared your tax return, it's quite possible it wasn't taxable. A brief explanation of how it is calculated is provided below.
The social security benefits
are entered, then half of the benefits are added to your other taxable income, such as your pension (and some exempt income if applicable) to determine if any amount of the social security is
taxable. If half of your benefits combined with your other taxable income is greater than the first threshold of $25,000
for single ($32,000 for married filing joint), then some of your social
security benefits will be taxed. The amount of that combined total determine
exactly how much of it is taxed, but never more than 85%.
TurboTax will do all the calculations and determine if
any of your benefits are taxable.
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