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The amount a person can earn before he has to pay taxes on his social security income depends on how much he grosses. For a single person or a person filing as head as household, the gross amount he can earn before his social security benefits are taxable is $25,000. Married couples have a slightly higher rate. A married couple can earn $32,000 before the couple has to pay taxes on his social security. If he has more than one income, he still has to pay taxes on his base income, provided his base income is above $8000 for an employed person and $600 for a business.
For example, in 2010, the limit for taxation for Social Security was $106,800 compared with $113,700 in 2013. The maximum Social Security tax collected in 2010 was $6,621.60 per contributor; that maximum in 2013 was $7,049.40, or 6.2 percent of $113,700.