Get 2012 Publication 915 Fillable Worksheet Form

Single filers with a combined income of $25,000 to $34,000 must pay income taxes on up to 50% of their Social Security benefits. If your combined income is more than $34,000, you will pay taxes on up to 85% of your Social Security benefits.

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Repayment of $3,000 or less: The taxpayer must deduct the gross amount of disability income repaid in the current year as a miscellaneous itemized deduction on Schedule A, subject to the 2% of Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) limitation.

Publication 915 explains the federal income tax rules for social security benefits and equivalent Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits. It is prepared through the joint efforts of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB).

If the amount you repaid was $3,000 or less, deduct it from your income in the year you repaid it. Repayment over $3,000. If the amount you repaid was more than $3,000, you can deduct the repayment as an other itemized deduction on Schedule A (Form 1040), line 16, if you included the income under a claim of right.

If you had to repay an amount of Social Security Benefits that you included in your income in an earlier year, you may be able to deduct the amount repaid from your income for the year in which you repaid it.

Repayment of benefits. Your gross benefits are shown in box 3 of Form SSA-1099 or Form RRB-1099. Your repayments are shown in box 4. The amount in box 5 shows your net benefits for 2022 (box 3 minus box 4). Use the amount in box 5 to figure whether any of your benefits are taxable.