{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ask Rusty: Your Social Security Advisor","title":"#5. My Social Security Income Hurts When I File My Taxes","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8442994c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":346,"description":"Dear Rusty: I am getting hammered with taxes on my Social Security (SS). I am retired and draw a meager work pension and SS benefits. When my wife and I filed our joint tax return we owed the IRS a substantial amount of money – they took 85% of my SS in taxes. We are just barely over the minimal amount of income allowed for SS tax exemption. Is there anything I can do so I do not have to pay all this money at once at the end of the year? I didn’t get any tax advice when I started drawing my SS and the guy who prepared our tax return couldn’t have cared less. No one ever told me that I would get double-taxed on the SS that I worked so hard for. Any help or advice is appreciated, I cannot take another hit like this again. Signed: Double-Taxed","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/KcFF9RR4jXb3qeDeUNCoYDzXFrOKCR-Gc5mgXF7iuyk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xYmU4/YTgxMTZiZWE0MTZk/ZTZjYjlmYzEyOTI5/MjU0Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}