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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.
SSDI Monthly Payments. When figuring out what's taxable, SSDI payments are treated like regular Social Security payments and reported to you on Form SSA-1099. So in general, up to 50 percent of your benefits may be taxable each year, plus all your other income (including tax-exempt interest). If the total of one half of your benefits and all your other income for the tax year is over $34,000 if filing single or $44,000 if you are married filing jointly; or. 2  If you are married filing separately and lived with your spouse at any time during the tax year.