Earned income wages salaries, tips, etc the amount from box 1 of your W-2 form and the net profit from self employment income is some of the income that is used to calculate the amount of OASDI (social security and medicare taxes) (FICA) that will be withheld or paid from your wages or the net profit from a self employed business.
Instruction on how to do so are on the Statement. Understand, SS earnings are defined very differently than income taxable, or state taxable, or FUTA, or other forms of income.
Savings don't...unless they are done as part of a qualified savings plan...like an IRA or 401K, in which case the amount saved is deducted, or actually not included, in your taxable earnings. (Althouh under most plans when this happens, they will become taxable when withdrawn....the tax is deferred NOT "free"). generally, the earnings on savings are taxable, albeit there are some specific types of investments the income from which is not taxable (although they generally get a corresponding lower return), and some earnings. like dividends and capital gains are taxed at a lower rate. Donations (with certain restraints) made to qualified charities are deductible from otherwise taxable earnings.
In 2012, the maximum taxable earnings for Social Security are $110,100.
why iam I paying fed oasdi/ee and ny oasdi/ee isn't it the same thing
Yes, US earnings are taxable, (unless some political treaty with the other country is in effect).
NO. The FICA taxes is NOT a adjustment to your gross income earnings to arrive at your TAXABLE INCOME amount that will be on the 1040 federal tax form page 2 line 43.
Yes if it is earned it will be taxed when other inventory will sold then that amount will also be taxed.
It depends on your gross earnings; The new withholding tables are based on a percentage of gross taxable wages. "Gross taxable wages" is the amount that meets the federal definition of "wages".
For the year 2004 the maximum earnings subject to the 6.2% social security tax was 87,900. For the year 2004 the amount was 5449.80 maximum contribution amount to the OASDI program social security benefit program.
Retained earnings are retained on the balance sheet after being earned and taxed. To distribute them to shareholders, they would be dividended, which is not deductible and done with after tax money to the company, and is taxable to the recepient.
I've never paid taxes on my study earnings and I don't know any other guinea pigs that have either.
Federal income tax is a tax levied by the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the annual earnings of individuals, corporations, trusts and other legal entities. Federal income taxes are applied on all forms of earnings which comprises a taxpayer's taxable income, such as employment earnings or capital gains.