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The bill's effect was to extend lower payroll tax rates past December 31, 2011, when they would have expired. [7] The Social Security tax rate would have increased from 4.2% to 6.2%, had the bill not passed. The rate would have applied to the first $110,100 in income.
In addition, legislation was passed to extend a cut in the Social Security payroll tax for the entirety of calendar year 2012. The government was initially funded through five temporary continuing resolutions. Final funding for the government was enacted as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, on December 23, 2011.
As part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 enacted on December 17, 2010, the employee Social Security tax rate is reduced from 6.2% to 4.2% for wages paid during the year 2011 and 2012. The employer Social Security tax rate and the Social Security Wage Base were not directly impacted by this ...
The basic idea behind Social Security retirement benefits is that you'll spend your working years paying into the system through payroll or self-employment taxes, and the money you pay in will come...
In 2022, the Social Security trust funds collected $1.22 trillion in revenue. Of that, about 90 percent came from payroll taxes and 4 percent came from taxes collected on Social Security benefits ...
The taxable earnings cap refers to the amount of a person's annual income that is subject to Social Security payroll taxes. The cap changes every year. In 2025, it's $176,100.
February 22, 2012: Obama signed into law the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, which extended the following provisions until December 31, 2012: the 2% Social Security payroll tax cut, federal unemployment benefits and the freeze on Medicare physician payments. [113]
This means more income of some workers will be subject to Social Security payroll taxes. For example, if you earned $175,000 in 2024, $6,400 would be exempt from Social Security payroll taxes ...