- 1935年罗斯福总统搞social security系统时,full retirement age定为65岁,而那时美国期望寿命是60来岁 https://npg.org/library/forum-series/life-expectancy-drives-u-s-and-world-population-growth/
- 罗斯福总统其实没有明确说social security benefits不会征税,但从前确实不征税
- 大家可能在想social security benefits征税肯定是民主党搞的。错,那是里根总统1983年搞的 https://www.ssa.gov/history/reports/gspan.html ,50% taxable
- 后来民主党的克林顿总统1994年统继续加码,搞到
80%85% taxable
目前
single 25000,married joint 32000 以下social security exempt
single 25000-34000, married joint 32000-44000, 50% taxed as ordinary income
single above 34000, married joint above 44000, 80%85% taxed as ordinary income
注意这些收入brackes,连 muni income 都要算进来的(provisional income)
第一个 bracket (25000) 是1983年里根年代定的,第二个bracket (34000-44000) 是1994年克林顿年代定的。从来没有通胀调整过!
我家8W social security benefits,税后大概只剩5W3