" I'm wondering if I can treat it as a credit or deduction?'I am afraid you will have to call up IRS to obtain the answer to this question.

I took a different approach to not to report any SSA benefit for that year. Subsequently, I was able to clear any tax liability plus penalty by presenting a rev...

In my case, it took SSA over 120 days to report the unpaid amount to IRS.In about 6 months, I received a penalty notice from IRS of not reporting the SS amount,...

Thanks for the advice. Called and went to SSA office to find that it may take more than 3 months for them to update my SS Account. Worst, SSA-1099 would be issu...