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The social security portion of FICA is 6.2% of your covered wages, up to a maximum wage base of $102,000 in 2008. If you reach the maximum payment, you do not pay any more social security tax until the next calendar year. The Medicare tax is 1.45%. There is no cap on earnings for the Medicare portion of FICA.
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You may call Social Security toll-free, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. The number to use is 1-800-772-1213. To speak with a representative, call between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm on regular business days. At other times and on weekends and holidays, you may leave a message and they will call you back, in most cases, the next business day.
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Social security employees are organized into six AFGE divisions called components. John Riordan is vice president of AFGE Council 220, the largest social security unit with 25,000 members; it represents field employees, the ones the public actually meets in the SSA local offices. He reports that under the old contract, just expired, those 25,000 members were served by one hundred full time AFGE representatives.
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Social Security Max Increases To $97,500 for 2007 At a rate of 6.2%, the maximum social security taxes that your employer will withhold from your salary increases by $204.60, from $5,840.40 in 2006 to $6,045.00 in 2007. In addition, your employer ... withholds Medicare taxes from your pay at a rate of 1.45%.
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If you are in this category, you cannot contribute to social security unless you lower your contribution to your TDA below 7.5% or join a pension. If you decide to pay into social security, your contributions to your TDA account must be less than 7.5% of your gross earnings and cannot exceed 7.5% of the wage base for the calendar year.
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Most employees are required to pay a certain percentage of their earnings to the Social Security System through the Federal Insurance Compensation Act, otherwise referred to as the FICA tax. However, most F-1 and J-1 employees are usually exempt from the FICA tax.
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