What happened to no tax on social security benefits? This tax plan was pushed through in a different legislative process. Trump has long promised it.

The U.S. House of Representatives' new fiscal package, backed by Donald Trump, introduces tax cuts and targeted measures for retirees. While it omits the promised Social Security tax elimination, it offers a new standard deduction for seniors,

No federal taxes on Social Security benefits. That was one of the key campaign promises made by Donald Trump when he ran for president last year. When the president called for "one big beautiful bill" to enact his domestic policy agenda, many retirees might have expected that this tax cut would be one of the prominent changes included.