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AccountingNerd8 Major Contributor
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Posted: 09 Jan 2010 at 10:36 | IP Logged
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The Wiley book has half of a page discussing Social Security. But Mr. Yaeger during the Yaeger cram says we just need to know the rule of thumb: 85% of benefits must be included in gross income by high-income taxpayers.
Is there anything else we need to know concerning social security?
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Posted: 09 Jan 2010 at 10:49 | IP Logged
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Hey AccountingNerd8, I did a search on this topic in the older posts, and I found this:
If provisional income is under $25,000, then SS is not taxable If provisional income is over $60,000, then 85% of SS is taxable If it's in between 25 and 60, then its the lesser of: 50% of the social seuirty benefits, or 50% of the excess of the taxpayer's provisional income over the base amount
This is also in the Wiley book, so you should probably go ahead and memorize it. Good luck on your exam! I know you will do great!
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Thanks for your help!
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You know you are sick of studying when you start having conversations with yourself on cpanet......
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Posted: 09 Jan 2010 at 18:06 | IP Logged
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Funny.
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