Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors
Reading Time: 1 MinuteLast Updated: July 7, 2025
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans.
The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits, providing meaningful and immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation’s economy.
“This is a historic step forward for America’s seniors,” said Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano. “For nearly 90 years, Social Security has been a cornerstone of economic security for older Americans. By significantly reducing the tax burden on benefits, this legislation reaffirms President Trump’s promise to protect Social Security and helps ensure that seniors can better enjoy the retirement they’ve earned.”
The new law includes a provision that eliminates federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for most beneficiaries, providing relief to individuals and couples. It does so by providing an enhanced deduction for taxpayers aged 65 and older, ensuring that retirees can keep more of what they earned.
Social Security remains committed to providing timely, accurate information to the public and will continue working closely with federal partners to ensure beneficiaries understand how this legislation may affect them.
For more information about Social Security programs and benefits, visit www.ssa.gov.
Correction Notice: This blog was updated on July 7, 2025. The second sentence of the fourth paragraph originally read, “Additionally, it provides an enhanced deduction for taxpayers aged 65 and older, ensuring that retirees can keep more of what they have earned.”
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Lisa Q.
This note is highly unprofessional. Social Security should NOT be politicized.
wj
I have read the Bill it says it gives a tax credit and you must make a certain amount of money 75000 to 150,000.
so it does not eliminate taxes from everyone. but it does give a credit toward taxes owed.
which can cut down on taxes owed.
Bob
This is not true. You can’t eliminate taxes on SS benefits through the reconciliation process. Please don’t send propaganda through official channels.
David F.
If you are age 62 and receive social security disability benefits, will they also be tax free? Or do you have to be age 65 to receive tax deductions on SSD? Thank you for anyone’s help.
B
Why is a government agency sending actual propaganda to the people of the United States, on Independence Day to boot! This bill is shit for the majority of the American people and we all know it.
Bette
How do they figure? Giving a married filing jointly an extra 8,000 deduction will do little to relieve most seniors who have a pension or any other income to supplement their SS. Maybe save us 100 a year in taxes. We are not rich by any means just middle class worked since Ed were teenagers. .
Doug F.
Unless you spell out the 3-year length of these changes and the income limitations, it is just an obsequious political screed. Keep it off of the official SSA site.
Dean C.
Taxation of SS benfits was created by the Reuplicans in the mid-1980s. now they’re undoing (most of) that, and claiming to have somehow “helped” by mostly-undoing the problem they created. Horse Puckey
Jeff B.
Need details about me not having to pay taxes on my SS income.
Gary A.
Prior to Ronald Reagan there were no taxes on SS income, so while this news is good, it should have been reversed a long time ago.