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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 remaining share of tax revenuesâ4 percentâis collected from income taxes on benefits. Those filing singly must pay taxes on Social Security benefits if the sum of their non-Social Security income and half of their benefits exceeds $25,000. The threshold for those filing jointly is $32,000. Under current law, those thresholds remain fixed, with no adjustment for earnings growth or inflation.