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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.
Social Security is taxable when your provisional income exceeds abase amount of $25,000 for single taxpayers and $32,000 for married/ head of household taxpayers. Up to 50%, bâ¦ut no more than 85%, ofyour Social Security benefits can be taxable in a calendar year.