Roughly 100,000 retirees in Vermont are set to benefit from a new federal tax deduction that eliminates Social Security income taxes for most seniors beginning in 2026.

If your income exceeds $150,000 for a single adult or $250,000 for a married couple, you won't qualify for the $6,000 senior deduction. However, you're still eligible to claim your standard deduction and the $2,000 senior deduction that was already in place before the BBB passed.

Delaware’s senior citizens are among those set to benefit from the One Big Beautiful Bill, a federal tax overhaul passed under the Trump administration. The legislation introduces a senior deduction that exempts most Social Security benefits from federal taxation—a change that could bring meaningful financial relief to roughly 200,