Updated September 5, 2026. Quick answer: No. Alabama does not include Social Security benefits in the state income tax base at all.
The state’s income tax schedule: the Alabama tax brackets for 2026.
Confidence note: high. This page is scoped to Social Security taxation specifically. For the state’s full retirement-tax picture (pensions, tax rates, estate and probate), see how Alabama taxes retirement income generally.
How Alabama taxes Social Security benefits
| State personal income tax | Yes |
|---|---|
| Social Security treatment | Not taxed |
| How it works | Alabama defines its own taxable “gross income” by an enumerated list in Code of Ala. § 40-18-14 rather than by starting from federal AGI, and Social Security benefits are not on that list; they are never counted as Alabama income in the first place, not exempted after the fact. |
| Income threshold / phase-out | No income threshold or age test; full exemption at every income level. |
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How our partner relationships workFigures verified against the Alabama Department of Revenue exempt-income page on September 29, 2026; the statute text of Code of Ala. § 40-18-14 and Ala. Admin. Code r. 810-3-14-.02 were not re-checked
Statute and sources
Governing citation: Code of Ala. 1975, § 40-18-14; Ala. Admin. Code r. 810-3-14-.02.
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