{"id":3020,"date":"2026-10-24T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:05:58","slug":"social-security-how-earned-income-is-taxed-to-fund-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saudercpa.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/24\/social-security-how-earned-income-is-taxed-to-fund-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Security – How Earned Income is Taxed to Fund Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preface: \u201cI pay my income tax and the government gives back what I got coming. Lord, but it ain’t much.\u201d \u2014 Merle Haggard<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Social Security – How Earned Income is Taxed to Fund Social Security<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following is the fifth in a series of blog posts on the subject of Social Security. The first four installments, which can be found here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>:<\/p>\n