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.

Roughly 1.8 million Georgia retirees are set to gain from the new federal senior deduction, which exempts most Social Security income from taxes starting in 2026. The One Big Beautiful Bill

Roughly 2.1 million retirees in Ohio are expected to benefit from a new federal deduction that exempts most Social Security income.