The leaves are quite edible, and often used raw in salads and cooked as greens. Older leaves have a stronger, sometimes objectionable flavor, and can be tough and stringy, but can be used to make tea. Plantain is very high in vitamins A and C and in calcium. Medicinally, Native Americans used plantain leaves to relieve the pain of bee stings and insect bites, stop the itching of poison ivy and other allergic rashes, and promote healing in sores and bruises.
With a few exceptions, all salaried income, up to an amount specifically determined by law (see tax rate table below), is subject to the Social Security payroll tax. All income over said amount is not taxed. In 2017, the maximum amount of taxable earnings was $127,200.
Thatâs because, if your âcombined incomeâ is in the applicable range, each additional dollar of income is not only taxed at your regular tax rate, it also causes an additional $0.50 or $0.85 of Social Security benefits to be taxable. Depending on how high your âcombined incomeâ is in a given year, your Social Security benefits could be nontaxable or partially taxable (with a maximum of 85% of them being included in your taxable income for the year).