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The self-employed version is called the SECA tax, for Self-Employment Contributions Act — or simply, self-employment tax. SECA includes 12.4% Social Security tax and 2.9% Medicare tax, so the ...
The COLA for 2025 is making benefit checks bigger ... there's a 6.2% deduction on your paystub and it's matched by another 6.2% coming from your employer. (Self-employed people have to pay the ...
This tax goes towards funding Medicare. If you are self-employed, you’re responsible for the entire FICA tax, meaning you pay both the employee and employer share, totaling 12.4 percent for ...
Medicare funding comes from a combination of government contributions, payroll taxes, and monthly premiums paid by Medicare beneficiaries.
The employer is also liable for 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare taxes, [10] making the total Social Security tax 12.4% of wages and the total Medicare tax 2.9%. (Self-employed people are responsible for the entire FICA percentage of 15.3% (= 12.4% + 2.9%), since they are in a sense both the employer and the employed; see the section on ...
(Self-employed folks have to pay the full 12.4% plus 2.9%, though they can claim a deduction for that.) For 2025, a bit more of high earners' incomes will get taxed for Social Security.
1. 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) The big Social Security news from the last couple of months has been the 2025 COLA, which came in at 2.5%. This is under the 3.2% increase retirees saw ...
Social Security's payroll tax rate is 6.2% for most workers. The only exception is self-employed individuals, who are taxed at 12.4%. ... (COLA) to protect the buying power of benefits in 2025 ...