![]() This issue paper presents MINT projections of the percentage of Social Security beneficiary families that will owe federal income tax on their benefits as well as the proportion of benefit income they will owe as income tax in selected years from 2015 to 2050, with comparative data for 2010. ![]() Most of these families will be in the upper half of the total-income distribution. A Social Security Administration ( SSA) microsimulation model, Modeling Income in the Near Term ( MINT), projects that 52 percent of families receiving Social Security benefits will pay income tax on their benefits in 2015. In 1984, less than 10 percent of beneficiaries paid federal income tax on their benefits. The income thresholds for taxation of benefits have remained unchanged since Congress first established them but, because wages have increased, the proportion of Social Security beneficiaries who must pay federal income tax on their benefits has risen over time. ![]() Since 1984, Social Security beneficiaries with total income exceeding certain thresholds have been required to claim part of their Social Security benefits as taxable income. Survey of Income and Program Participation Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
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