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Does the elderly pay Medicare tax?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

If you mean the tax that is deducted from wages and self-employment income, then yes. There is no age limit on the tax. There is no special tax on the elderly that everyone else doesn't pay.

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