As the Republican-led Congress pushes forward with President Donald Trump’s landmark 2025 mega tax bill, you may have noticed that a key campaign promise is, so far, noticeably absent.During last year’s presidential campaign,

President Trump repeatedly stated that he wanted to end Social Security benefit taxes, but that's not what the OBBB does. Instead, it adds a new $6,000 tax deduction for seniors ($12,000 for married couples) that they can claim on top of the standard deduction and existing senior deduction. Here's a closer look at how this adds up:

The bill creates a new deduction specifically for seniors 65 and over, which would relieve the tax burden on some 88% of them.