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Changes (Finally) Coming to Taxable SS Calc?

Has anyone seen/heard anything more about this?

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/29/-your-social-security-check-might-be-taxed-how-that-could-change.html

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Those thresholds are not indexed, which means they have not been updated since they were first established by Congress.

Consequently, over time more people have become subject to taxes on their benefits.

“There was the intent that it would only affect high-income earners when it was first passed in 1983, but over time, it’s reached further and further down into the middle class,” said Joe Elsasser, founder and president of Covisum, a provider of Social Security claiming software.

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