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Base amount for taxing benefits: married filing jointly

32000 USD/year

2026, from 2025-01-01 · verified 2026-10-31 against the official source · next expected change 2027-01-01

$32,000 if you are married filing jointly

key

us/social-security-benefits/taxation-base-amount-married-joint

value

32000 USD/year

period

2026

effective

2025-01-01 to date

source

https://www.irs.gov/publications/p915

verified

2026-10-31 — fresh (6 days ago; next check by 2026-11-01)

next expected change

2027-01-01 (annual: a fixed day each year)

source checked

2026-11-02 (the newest day the automated check fetched the source page)

scope

Benefit rules read from ssa.gov in a browser (ssa.gov answers 403 to automated fetches); the taxation amounts are from IRS Publication 915 (2025), the latest edition. Keys ending -2027 hold SSA figures already published for 2027; unsuffixed keys hold the 2026 value.

hash

sha256:5e0494aa7bff0c2c824296fa58b685af118d001172c5c48c856c28a6b3cc9045

signature

EdDSA, key db-2026-10 — keys

As JSON

curl -s https://databutler.dev/f/us/social-security-benefits/taxation-base-amount-married-joint?max_age=30d — schema; verify with npx verified-facts verify https://databutler.dev/f/us/social-security-benefits/taxation-base-amount-married-joint

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  "label": "Base amount for taxing benefits: married filing jointly",
  "value": 32000,
  "unit": "USD/year",
  "period": "2026",
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  "effectiveTo": null,
  "source": "https://www.irs.gov/publications/p915",
  "quote": "$32,000 if you are married filing jointly",
  "verifiedDate": "2026-10-31",
  "nextScheduledRefresh": "2026-11-01",
  "changeCadence": "annual",
  "nextExpectedChange": "2027-01-01",
  "sourceCheckedAt": "2026-11-02",
  "status": "fresh",
  "ageDays": 6,
  "maxAgeDays": null,
  "scope": "Benefit rules read from ssa.gov in a browser (ssa.gov answers 403 to automated fetches); the taxation amounts are from IRS Publication 915 (2025), the latest edition. Keys ending -2027 hold SSA figures already published for 2027; unsuffixed keys hold the 2026 value.",
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  "signature": {
    "alg": "EdDSA",
    "kid": "db-2026-10",
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  "cite": {
    "url": "https://databutler.dev/facts/us/social-security-benefits/taxation-base-amount-married-joint",
    "text": "databutler.dev, verified 2026-10-31 against https://www.irs.gov/publications/p915"
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