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Social Security Tax Policy Changes

Changes to Social Security tax policy and their effects on retirees, including higher taxable wage bases and Medicare payroll-tax rates

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Jan 21, 2026

How do lump‑sum Social Security payments affect Worksheet A calculations and taxable amounts under Pub. 915?

payments change how taxpayers compute the by forcing a re‑calculation for the earlier year involved and by offering a “lump‑sum election” that can sometimes reduce current‑year taxable benefits; provi...

Jan 18, 2026

How much do U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants affect Social Security and Medicare trust‑fund projections?

U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants matter to Social Security and Medicare largely because they expand the future workforce that will pay payroll taxes; the Social Security Administration ha...