 But now, those rules have changed when it comes to taxes. So this is one of those areas that you really need to watch. And the reason why is your Social Security income is considered to be ordinary income by the IRS. Now what this means is this is what they use to calculate how much you owe in taxes every year. So the more ordinary income you have, the more likely it is that you'll get hit with this big tax bill. And you might think that Social Security doesn't count for this, but