Submitted By: Scott
Answered: October 26, 2015 11:31 am

Do Medicare benefits count as income for determining whether I have to file my return? Do I pay taxes on Medicare benefits?

No. Medicare benefits are tax free; they don’t count as income for determining filing and are not taxed. What’s more, Medicare premiums are tax deductible if you itemize your personal deductions and don’t claim the standard deduction.

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Tax Glossary

Simplified employee plan (SEP)

IRA-type plan set up by an employer, rather than the employee. Salary-reduction contributions may be allowed to plans of small employers set up before 1997.

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