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As part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 enacted on December 17, 2010, the employee Social Security tax rate is reduced from 6.2% to 4.2% for wages paid during the year 2011 and 2012. The employer Social Security tax rate and the Social Security Wage Base were not directly impacted by this ...
Here's the salary you need if you want the maximum Social Security benefit. ... 2011. $106,800. 1987. $43,800. 2012. $110,100 ... That's because the income limits for Social Security income tax ...
The maximum earnings reported to Social Security. ... 2011. $106,800. 1987. $43,800. 2012. ... If you can keep working to reach 35 years of earnings history or collect a high income now to offset ...
Individual income tax: 1,121 956 1,091 Corporate income tax: 297 198 181 Social Security and other payroll tax: 934 806 818 Excise tax: 74 74 72 Estate and gift taxes: 25 12 7 Customs duties: 27 28 30 Deposits of earnings and Federal Reserve System: 79 80 83 Allowance for jobs initiatives −25 - - Allowance for health reform 16 - - Other ...
By Congressional Budget Office (CBO) calculations, the lowest income quintile (0–20%) and second quintile (21–40%) of households in the U.S., pay an average federal income tax of −9.3% and −2.6% of income and Social Security taxes of 8.3% and 7.9% of income respectively.
Individual tax filers with a combined income between $25,000 and $34,000 may have to pay income tax up to 50% of Social Security benefits. And those with more than $34,000 could get taxed up to 85%.
This is because income over the payroll tax cap ($127,200 in 2017) is not taxed; if individuals generate higher income above the taxable income limit, that lack of additional taxation results in lower funding than possible if there were no income limit. The Social Security Administration explained in 2011 that historically, an average of ...
Keep in mind that Social Security tax only applies to select IRS tax brackets. There are only four specific Social Security income withholding percentages allowed: 7%, 10%, 12% or 22%.