<prompt> Human: My mother makes 26,500 per year and realized that shes paying taxes on her SS. Just curious how much shes actually paying since the cutoff is 25k. She works part time for a family friend so would it be worth having her ask for a reduction in wages? Unfortunately, I cannot trust anything she says but thats a whole different story.thanks in advance :  <response>: There is no valid reason to ask someone to cut your wages to save a little on taxes. If the tax ends up only being 15 of the amount over 25k, then shes still making the other 85 in disposable income. The simple math on this says 1,275 she would no longer have if they cut her wages. The only one who wins there is the employer. 