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Individual Taxes

T18-0151 - Tax Benefit of the Partial Exclusion of Social Security Benefits, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2018

October 16, 2018
Individual Taxes

T18-0150 - Tax Benefit of the Partial Exclusion of Social Security Benefits, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2018

October 16, 2018
Individual Taxes

T18-0149 - Tax Benefit of the Partial Exclusion of Social Security Benefits, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2017

October 16, 2018
Individual Taxes

T18-0148 - Tax Benefit of the Partial Exclusion of Social Security Benefits, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2017

October 16, 2018
Individual Taxes

T17-0127 - Tax Benefit of the Partial Exclusion of Social Security Benefits, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2017

April 18, 2017
Individual Taxes

T16-0158 - Tax Benefit of the Partial Exclusion of Social Security Benefits, Baseline: Current Law, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Expanded Cash Income Percentile, 2016

August 16, 2016
Individual Taxes

T16-0141 - Tax Benefit of the Partial Exclusion of Social Security Benefits by Expanded Cash Income Level, 2016

August 16, 2016
Individual Taxes

T11-0324 - Reduce Social Security Tax Rate to 3.1%; Baseline: Current Law; Distribution by Cash Income Percentile, 2012

September 8, 2011
Individual Taxes

T11-0323 - Reduce Social Security Tax Rate to 3.1%; Baseline: Current Law; Distribution by Cash Income Level, 2012

September 8, 2011
Individual Taxes

T11-0320 - Reduce Social Security Tax Rate to 4.2%; Baseline: Current Law; Distribution by Cash Income Level, 2012

September 7, 2011

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What are the Social Security trust funds, and how are they financed?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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What are the Social Security trust funds, and how are they financed?

A.

Social Security trust funds provide cash benefits for the elderly and disabled as well as for their spouses and dependents. They are funded chiefly through payroll taxes.

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Are the Social Security trust funds real?

December 23, 2015 by tpcwebsite

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Are the Social Security trust funds real?

A.

Social Security trust funds are real and hold real Treasury securities for which the federal government has an obligation to pay. They reflect any accumulated excess of Social Security taxes plus other revenues, such as interest received, over expenditures. At the same time, the trust funds “fund” only a portion of outstanding obligations. The trust funds are invested in special-issue Treasury securities backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government.

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