The Motley Fool Article Rating41 States That Don't Tax Social Security Benefits | The Motley Fool
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
57% : To calculate your tax bill, the IRS uses your "combined income," which includes the following: Social Security uses your combined income to determine how much of your benefits are eligible to be taxed.52% : Taxes, in particular, follow you throughout all your working years and well into retirement for many people, including your Social Security payments.
51% : Here how's it's broken down: Source: Social Security Administration.
49% : Along with Washington, D.C., the following 41 states do not tax Social Security benefits: The newest member of this list is Kansas, which signed a law in June that eliminated its state tax on Social Security.
33% : Unfortunately, 41 states not taxing Social Security means there are still nine states remaining that do: The bad news is the tax.
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