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The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA / ˈ f aɪ k ə /) is a United States federal payroll (or employment) tax payable by both employees and employers to fund Social Security and Medicare [1] —federal programs that provide benefits for retirees, people with disabilities, and children of deceased workers.
Plan II: Up to four percent of taxable wages, up to a maximum of $1,000, could be diverted from FICA and voluntarily placed by workers into private accounts for investment. Plan III: One percent of wages on top of FICA, and 2.5% diverted from FICA up to a maximum of $1000, could be voluntarily placed by workers into private accounts for investment.
The analogy to insurance, however, is limited [191] by the fact that paying FICA taxes creates no legal right to benefits [192] and by the extent to which Social Security is funded by FICA taxes. During 2011 and 2012, for example, FICA tax revenue was insufficient to maintain Social Security's solvency without transfers from general revenues.
All told, with the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 12.4% of your paycheck is paid to the government for Social Security taxes and another 2.9% for Medicare, for a total FICA tax rate of 15.3% ...
FICA — aka Federal Insurance Contributions Act — tax is a U.S. federal payroll tax that is deducted from each paycheck. Overall, the FICA tax rate is 7.65%: 6.2% goes toward Social Security ...
Image source: Getty Images. 1. Cost increases for Parts A and B. Original Medicare's premiums and deductibles went up in 2025. The Part A annual deductible increased from $1,632 to $1,676, and the ...
CHART #4: SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATESÕ HEALTH PLANS By Susan J. Blumenthal, M.D., Jessica B. Rubin, Michelle E. Treseler, Jefferson Lin, and David Mattos* Sam Brownback Jim Gilmore Duncan Hunter Ron Paul, M.D. Tom Tancredo Stated Goals ! Create a consumer-centered, not government-centered, quality health care model
A Top Hat plan is an unfunded plan maintained by the employer to provide deferred compensation to a select group of management or highly compensated employees. [14] If coverage extends beyond this group then the plan is not a Top Hat plan. [15] A plan with insurance contracts in which the premiums are paid by the employer is considered unfunded ...