Social Security The Tax-Free Status of Benefits

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security.

Tax incentives.

Unemployment insurance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1979-1980

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

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Social Security: The Tax-Free Status of Benefits

Publisher Number:

CRS-1979-EPW-0035

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