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Request to withhold taxes

Submit a request to pay taxes on your Social Security benefit throughout the year instead of paying a large bill at tax time.

You will pay federal income taxes on your benefits if your combined income (50% of your benefit amount plus any other earned income) exceeds $25,000/year filing individually or $32,000/year filing jointly.

You can pay the IRS directly or withhold taxes from your payment. You may choose to withhold 7%, 10%, 12%, or 22% of your monthly payment.

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Make your request online

Start, stop, or change the tax withholding from your monthly payment.

Other ways to complete this task

Call us

Available in most U.S. time zones Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., in English, Spanish, and other languages.

Tell the representative what percent of your monthly payment you want to withhold for taxes.

Call TTY +1 800-325-0778 if you're deaf or hard of hearing.