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The Social Security tax rates from 1937 to 2010 can be accessed on the Social Security Administration's website. The combined tax rate of these two federal programs is 15.30% (7.65% paid by the employee and 7.65% paid by the employer). In 2011–2012 it temporarily dropped to 13.30% (5.65% paid by the employee and 7.65% paid by the employer).
Bush v. Gore. The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 ( Pub. L. 110–185 (text) (PDF), 122 Stat. 613, enacted February 13, 2008) was an Act of Congress providing for several kinds of economic stimuli intended to boost the United States economy in 2008 and to avert a recession, or ameliorate economic conditions.
The Social Security debate in the United States encompasses benefits, funding, and other issues. Social Security is a social insurance program officially called "Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance" (OASDI), in reference to its three components. It is primarily funded through a dedicated payroll tax. During 2015, total benefits of $897 ...
In January, the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $160,200 from $147,000, which would mean more funding will come from payroll taxes ...
In 2020, the Social Security Wage Base was $137,700 and in 2021 was $142,800; the Social Security tax rate was 6.20% paid by the employee and 6.20% paid by the employer. [1] [2] A person with $10,000 of gross income had $620.00 withheld as Social Security tax from his check and the employer sent an additional $620.00.
Without benefit cuts, the SSA would need to increase taxes by 25%. Increasing the payroll tax to 7.75% (up from its current 6.2%) for workers and employers would eliminate the shortfall, according ...
In the case of Social Security, that increase is being driven by gains in real wages, while Medicare benefits “face upward pressure” from higher healthcare costs and new health services ...
The CBO projected in 2010 that an increase in payroll taxes ranging from 1.6–2.1% of the payroll tax base, equivalent to 0.6%-0.8% of GDP, would be necessary to put the Social Security program in fiscal balance for the next 75 years.