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2023. $160,200. 2024. $168,600. If you are working, there is a limit on the amount of your earnings that is taxed by Social Security. This amount is known as the maximum taxable earnings and changes each year.
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- Social Security and Medicare Withholding Rates
- Additional Medicare Tax Withholding Rate
- Wage Base Limits
The current tax rate for social security is 6.2% for the employer and 6.2% for the employee, or 12.4% total. The current rate for Medicare is 1.45% for the employer and 1.45% for the employee, or 2.9% total. Refer to Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer's Tax Guidefor more information.
Additional Medicare Tax applies to an individual's Medicare wages that exceed a threshold amount based on the taxpayer's filing status. Employers are responsible for withholding the 0.9% Additional Medicare Tax on an individual's wages paid in excess of $200,000 in a calendar year, without regard to filing status. An employer is required to begin w...
Only the social security tax has a wage base limit. The wage base limit is the maximum wage that's subject to the tax for that year. For earnings in 2024, this base is $168,600. Refer to "What's New" in Publication 15for the current wage limit for social security wages. There's no wage base limit for Medicare tax. All covered wages are subject to M...
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Part of your social security benefits may be taxable if, for 2023, item 1, 2, or 3 below applies to you. You were single, a head of household, or a qualifying surviving spouse and line E above is more than $25,000. You were married, would file jointly, and line E above is more than $32,000. You were married, would file separately, and line E ...
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Oct 12, 2022 · S tarting Jan. 1, 2023, the maximum earnings subject to the Social Security payroll tax will increase by nearly 9 percent to $160,200—up from the $147,000 maximum for 2022, the Social Security ...
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Oct 17, 2022 · The maximum Social Security employer contribution will increase $818.40 in 2023. ( SSA Press Release, 10/13/2022) For 2023, the FICA tax rate for both employers and employees is 7.65% (6.2% for OASDI and 1.45% for Medicare). For 2023, an employer must withhold: 6.2% Social Security tax on the first $160,200 of employee wages (maximum tax is ...
Feb 9, 2022 · IRS Tax Tip 2022-22, February 9, 2022 A new tax season has arrived. The IRS reminds taxpayers receiving Social Security benefits that they may have to pay federal income tax on a portion of those benefits. Social Security benefits include monthly retirement, survivor and disability benefits.
