With the Advise from a lawyer i have been filing Married filing separate for years
My Wife has become disabled and now gets Social Security I always get a return but now since she has been disabled she always has to Pay in I want to know if we file joint this year will i be risking her Social Security benefits because of my income

I tried many way of filing I'm doing this all On=line have been for the last 5 years
I tried myself and i get around $3000 back i tried her by herself she has to pay in around $800 i did it joint and we get back around $3800 together to me the best thing is to file joint BUT i don't want to risk her Social Security Benefits

Any help

I guess it depends on the amount of your MAGI, provisional income; for example, you need to pay tax on your SSI benefits IF the amount of your MAGI(50% of SSI plus AGI), provisional income, I mean is more than $32K. so, if your MAGI is, for example, $34,500;$23000, income, +$11500, 50% of SSDI,.so 50% of Soc. Sec. income($11,500)or 50% of amount your MAGI exceeds threshold($1,250) – whichever is less is included in your AGI on 1040 line 37.


#2; as mentioned above.it depends on yur magi

I think i under stand, even Social Security can't give us an answer on if my income will affect her SS, So i filed by myself