Estimate to be $106,800. Released finally in October ...
In 2009, the IRS set annual Social Security wage base limit at $106,800 at 6.2%. That would make the maximum FICA withholdings $6,621.60.
The Social SecurityAdminstration issued the inflation adjusted FICA base for 2009; it will be $106,800. That means an employee's 6.2% FICA tax for 2009 will top out at $6,621.60. The 1.45% Medicare component has no wage limit. Employers pay a matching tax. Self-employed taxpayers pay both sides of the FICA tax through their self-empoyment tax.
106800 is the 2009 base, 2010 will not be available until end of August or September 2009. Check wikipedia.org for the latest.
In 1990, the Social Security contribution base was $51,300. One Social Security work credit cost $520 in earned wages, for a maximum of four credits per year at $2080.
The starting salary of an Administrative Law (Social Security) Judge is about $116,000 to $129,000 per year. The pay goes up quite dramatically as the years and experience mount up.
=== === The maximum amount of wages subject to Social Security tax for 2008 is $102,000. There is no limit on the amount of wages subject to Medicare tax.
yes ABSOLUTELY NOT!! (Not sure who wrote 'yes.) The IRS regulations state that the employee tax rate for social security tax in 2011 is 4.2%. The employer tax rate for social security remains unchanged at 6.2%. The 2011 social security wage base limit is $106,800. In 2011, the Medicare tax rate is 1.45% each for employers and employees, unchanged from 2010. There is no wage base limit for Medicare tax. Employers should implement the 4.2% employee social security tax rate as soon as possible, but not later than January 31, 2011.
6.2% on the first $94,200 that an employee makes in a year.
They are not subject to the Social Security tax. But they are subject to all other taxes including Medicare tax, federal income tax, and state income tax.
Social Security is taxable when your provisional income exceeds a base amount of $25,000 for single taxpayers and $32,000 for married / head of household taxpayers. Up to 50%, but no more than 85%, of your Social Security benefits can be taxable in a calendar year.
You can file at 62, but for full social security it is now 67. I am born in 50 and just filed for mine to start in July. The social security web site is very good and you can file online and finish with a phone interview. It is very easy to do. They base your start date on your birthdate and year
A self employed taxpayer you could use your social security number.