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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Nancy K.
No one believes this is a true benefit. It literally gives some tax relief to a small number of recipients and it runs out in 2028. It creates a quicker end to Social Security which is the point. It’s a distraction to a worse result like everything trump does. The hope is that trump and his regime end up in prison and all this damage can be reversed quickly though it may take decades
Bill i.
Not at all surprising considering the new SSA administrator is just another Trump lackey. Government agencies are supposed to deal in facts – not editorials. This is the lowest and most disgusting breach of that standard that I have ever seen in my 73 years.
Kathy P.
I have to agree that this gives absolutely no useful information. 90% of social security recipients get a break on taxes? That is an interesting statement given the calculation for taxes on your social security income has not changed. The only way to get a break is to change the calculation. Unbelievable that the Social Security Administration would publish such garbage.
RJ W.
Great for seniors. Thank you Donald J Trump! Money in our pockets, not Bidens NGO’s, green energy scam and non-deserving Medicaid recipients. It’s Christmas every day!
Nagy i.
What is the effective date of the law is it 1/1/2025
Joe r.
Thanks to the convicted felon and perpetual grifter, SSI will go bankrupt.
Along with Medicare, Medicaid and any program that benefits average Americans. And more pardons for maggot convicted felons.
Marty
I am 77 and still working. Will my employer still take social security out of my check every payday? Will anything be seen to be any different the rest of this year? Will it be in effect when we file our 2025 taxes next year?
Ginny s.
What the bill does do is provide a temporary tax deduction of up to $6,000 for seniors aged 65 and older. The tax break is available to people with an adjusted gross incomes of $75,000 or less and $150,000 or less for couples filing jointly. The deduction is set to expire at the end of 2028.
Social Security recipients under 65 and people above the specified income thresholds are ineligible to claim the new tax deduction. It also won’t benefit the many low-income seniors who already pay no federal income tax because they earn too little.
So thank you to all who believed Trump and voted for him!
Dennis
This article seems to be a carefully crafted deception of what the BBB contains with regard to SS taxes.
Most seniors already had a $2000 additional deduction atop the standard deduction. A $4000 amount was added to offset the “promise” of NO SS benefit taxes. So, there is not an elimination of SS taxes, just an offset against income reported and expires in a couple years anyways.
More total obscuring facts.
vicki a.
This is just more propaganda. from what i’ve been reading this is only TEMPORARY and only if you make less than $75k (single) or $150k (couple) a year. It will expire in 2029! Just more BS from the WH!