Senate Budget Bill Ups ‘Senior Bonus’ Tax Deduction to $6,000

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The Council of Economic Advisors calls it ’the largest tax break in American history for our nation’s seniors.’

The Senate version of the “One Big Beautiful” budget bill includes a larger “senior bonus” tax deduction of $6,000 for seniors 65 and older ($12,000 for married seniors) beginning in 2025, an increase over the version from the House of Representatives, which featured a $4,000 deduction. 

This deduction is in addition to the standard deduction and additional deductions for seniors under current law. The bill also permanently extends the standard deduction and many other features of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that were scheduled to expire after this year.

The Senate passed the bill on a 51–50 vote, with Vice President J.D. Vance breaking a tie. Three Republican Senators voted against the bill.

The Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) deemed the Senate’s budget bill “the largest tax break in American history for our nation’s seniors,” and stated that 51 million Americans, or about 88 percent of seniors who receive Social Security benefits, will no longer pay tax on those benefits because their total deductions under the bill will exceed their taxable Social Security income.

“This increase delivers tax relief at a time when many older Americans are living on fixed incomes while facing rising costs,” the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) stated in a June 29 letter to Senate leaders. “This change will also help retirees offset some, or even all, of the taxes they pay on their Social Security benefits.”

During President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, he stated on X that “seniors should not pay tax on Social Security!” This “senior bonus” is an attempt to address that promise, while conforming to the Senate’s budget reconciliation rules.

According to the 1974 Byrd Rule, no changes to Social Security-related provisions can be included in Senate budget reconciliation bills; they must be enacted through regular legislation, which is subject to a filibuster. No Democrats have voted in favor of the House or Senate version of the bill.

In addition, “ending Social Security income taxes would overwhelmingly benefit wealthier seniors, because their benefits currently face higher taxes, and this deduction is instead targeted to lower-earning seniors,” Jessica Riedl, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute focusing on budget, tax, and economic policy, told The Epoch Times.

By Kevin Stocklin

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