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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Question re: tax on social security

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... I reached full retirement age in the same month February 2024.
... What is my total federal income tax? How much of the SS benefit will be taxed?
... If you are 65 or older, about $3980, Edit:with about 64% of SS being taxed.
Yes, the original poster is over age 65 [*] and is entitled to the extra $1,950 standard deduction on a 2024 tax return. As shown below I confirm your results for federal tax and percent of SS that is taxable.

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Social Security 50% threshold      25,000Social Security 85% threshold      34,000Floor: ord income 12% bracket      11,600Floor: ord income 22% bracket      47,150Non-SS Ordinary Income             35,189 = 30633 + 2000 + 2556Social Security Benefit            25,795                                   ------SS Relevant Income                 48,087 = 35189 + 25795 / 250% SS taxable                      4,500 = 50% * (34000 - 25000)85% SS taxable                     11,974 = 85% * (48087 - 34000)                                   ------Total SS taxable                   16,474 (equals 64% of 25795)

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Adjusted gross income              51,663 = 35189 + 16474Standard deduction                 16,550                                   ------Taxable Income                     35,113Taxable: ord income 12% bracket    23,513 = 35113 - 11600Taxable: ord income 10% bracket    11,600Tax: ord income 12% bracket         2,822 = 23513 * 12%Tax: ord income 10% bracket         1,160 = 11600 * 10%                                    -----Total tax                           3,982
* His 67th birthday is this month. Since he reached full retirement age last February, he must have been born August 1957 with FRA of 66-1/2. (See Effect of Early or Delayed Retirement on Retirement Benefits.)

Statistics: Posted by #Cruncher — Thu Aug 01, 2024 3:19 pm — Replies 10 — Views 941



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