What happened to no tax on social security benefits? This tax plan was pushed through in a different legislative process. Trump has long promised it.

This deduction would likely benefit people who earn modest incomes. The lowest-earning seniors already pay no federal income taxes, so they wouldn’t benefit. The highest earners make too much to qualify.

No federal taxes on Social Security benefits. That was one of the key campaign promises made by Donald Trump when he ran for president last year. When the president called for "one big beautiful bill" to enact his domestic policy agenda, many retirees might have expected that this tax cut would be one of the prominent changes included.