<prompt> Human: Im looking through my moms Social Security statement, the one she used to get in the mail, where it says on the top right Your payment would be about 1,701month.She also has gone through the SS Estimator that gives a similar about.My question is: is this the amount of the check shed receive I realize this is an estimate? As in is it already taxed, or is this taxed afterwards?What taxes are taken out? I would guess only income, or is she still paying into payroll taxesOASDI?  <response>: You dont pay social security taxes on social security income. But there are many scenarios under which at some portion of SSI may be federally taxed up to 85. Its also typical for medicare payments to be deducted directly from social security payments. 