Taxability of Social Security benefits

[dongudhus]

Client is a permanent resident but also maintains his Italian citizenship. Wife is a U.S. citizen. Are their Social Security benefits still subject to Federal taxes?

Thx...Don...

[sjrcpa]

Yes. Why wouldn't they be?

[IRonMaN]

Maybe there was a presidential executive order yesterday exempting them.  They are kinda hard to keep up on.  I haven't seen the most recent ones.  The last ones I saw were changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America and requiring fruit in school to be replaced with Big Macs.

[BobKamman]

Yes, even if they are living in Italy.  And their Italian income is also taxed by the US.