Social Security : The Tax-Free Status of Benefits.

Reviews the background of the present income tax exclusion of social security benefits and efforts to eliminate or otherwise modify it; and describes an anticipated proposal by the Advisory Council on Social Security to include half of an individual's benefits as taxable income for Federal tax...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1979-1980.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Reviews the background of the present income tax exclusion of social security benefits and efforts to eliminate or otherwise modify it; and describes an anticipated proposal by the Advisory Council on Social Security to include half of an individual's benefits as taxable income for Federal tax purposes. Also briefly examines recent legislation modifying similar tax-free treatment of unemployment insurance benefits.
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