Learn About FICA, Social Security, and Medicare Taxes
Content
- Lesson Plan: Average vs. Marginal Tax Rates
- Services performed by inmates
- Putting A Face On America’s Tax Returns: Summary
- Frequently Asked Questions about The Economics Of Taxation
- Trade-offs of Delaying Tax Filing and Instituting a Payroll Tax Holiday on Businesses and Individuals
- Pros and Cons of FICA Taxes
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15-A. Don’t use withheld federal income tax to pay the social security and Medicare tax. You can add the value of taxable fringe benefits to regular wages for a payroll period and figure income tax withholding on the total. Or you can withhold federal income tax on the value of fringe benefits at the flat 22% rate that applies to supplemental wages.
Lesson Plan: Average vs. Marginal Tax Rates
There are certain taxes on income that everyone has to pay, and Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes for Social Security and Medicare are at the top of the list. Employers must withhold these taxes from employee paychecks and pay them to the IRS. FICA taxes are called payroll taxes because they are based on income paid to employees. The Social Security component of the FICA tax is regressive. Because no tax is owed on wages above the wage base limit amount, the total tax rate declines as wages increase beyond that limit.
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Services performed by inmates
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What is FICA the same thing as?
Is FICA the same as Social Security? No, but they are closely connected. FICA, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, refers to the taxes that largely fund Social Security retirement, disability, survivor, spousal and children's benefits. FICA taxes also provide a chunk of Medicare's budget.
