For the year 2010, When you have one employer the amount of FICA (OASDI) Old Age Survivor and Disability Insurance) for your social security would stop once your wages with the withheld social security amount reach 106800 and social security amount withheld would be 6621.60.
You do NOT have any cap LIMIT on the MEDICARE insurance contribution amount so the 1.45% amount will continue to be withheld on your earnings over the above limit and will be matched by your employer at the 1.45% amount for a total 3.90% of all of your earned income for the year.
The fica is taken out of your paychecks and added to the Social Security fund.
No, FICA taxes are not taken out of traditional 401(k) contributions. Since these contributions are made with pre-tax dollars, they reduce your taxable income for the year, and FICA taxes are applied only to your income before contributions. However, when you withdraw from your 401(k) in retirement, those distributions are subject to income tax, but not FICA taxes.
For tax year 2007, FICA stops being taken out on wages at $92,500. Wages received over that amount are not taxed. Sharon http://taxresolutionaries.blogspot.com
MED tax is the tax that is paid to Medicare. FICA tax is the tax paid to pay for Social Security benefits.
A Fica tax has several different purposes that serve different people. A Fica tax serves to finance government educational programs and developmental projects. A Fica tax also provides those who are disabled and/or retired with insurance.
employers pay the fica tax
You do not calculate FICA tax by asking Answers.com. You calculate the FiCA tax by going to the Internal Revenue Web Site and looking at the information on their form. Then you plug your numbers into their formula.
You should get this information from the payer of the 420000 or from your employer payroll department as they will be the one that would know how much FICA, federal income tax, state income, local taxes, etc they will have to withhold from your hourly pay or gross pay for the pay period.
Yes, plus Medicare tax. FICA is the acronym for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
Social Security (FICA) taxes are withheld from your gross (before tax) salary.
The maximum amount of wages subject to the FICA-Social Security tax for 2009 is $106,800. There is no limit on the amount of wages subject to the FICA-Medicare tax.
You do not calculate FICA tax by asking Answers.com. You calculate the FiCA tax by going to the Internal Revenue Web Site and looking at the information on their form. Then you plug your numbers into their formula.