consulting and training) under the same contract for the purposes of customizing the. product, or product roll-out and implementation, the agency may be able to purchase. those services up to 20% of the value of the product and first year's maintenance.
The Social Security tax is a flat tax rate of 6.2 percent on your wage income up to $118,500 as of 2017. Any wages you earn over $118,500 aren't subject to the Social Security tax, so the figure shown in Box 4 should be no more than $7,347.00, the $118,500 maximum wage base times 6.2 percent.
Social Security. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) on a monthly basis. We use the CPI-W to annually adjust benefits paid to Social Security beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income recipients.