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Determining Taxable Amount. If your base income exceeds the limit for your filing group, you'll have to pay taxes on some of your Social Security benefits. If you're a single filer and your base income is between $25,000 and $34,000, you'll have to pay tax on up to 50 percent of your Social Security benefits.
The amount of workers' comp that is taxable is the same amount by which Social Security reduces your disability payments. Thus, if SSA lowers your monthly SSDI check by $250 due to the workers' compensation offset, then $250 of your workers' comp is taxable.