Ledger · 2024 campaign · № 200

Seniors will pay no tax on Social Security

Partial
“SENIORS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY!”
Promised
, Truth Social post, repeated throughout the 2024 campaign
Re-promised
14 times with a fresh deadline
Topic
Taxes & deficit
Era
2024 campaign

What happened

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed July 4, 2025, did not repeal the taxation of Social Security benefits. Instead it created a temporary $6,000 deduction for filers over 65 that runs only from 2025 through 2028 and phases out at higher incomes, leaving many beneficiaries — including those under 65 on disability or survivor benefits — still paying tax. PolitiFact rated the promise a Compromise.

Sources

  1. MAGA-Meter: End taxation on Social Security PolitiFact, Jan 20, 2026
  2. Trump 'No Tax on Social Security' vs. Senior Bonus Deduction Tax Foundation, Jul 8, 2025
  3. Trump Pledged 'No Taxes on Social Security' — But Here's the Reality in 2026 FinanceBuzz, Mar 1, 2026