For self-employment income earned in 2013 and 2014, the self-employment tax rate is 15.3%. The rate consists of two parts: 12.4% for social security (old-age, survivors, and disability insurance) and 2.9% for Medicare (hospital insurance).
A seedbed is a plot of garden set aside to grow vegetables seeds, which can later be transplanted. seedbed is a plot of garden set aside to grow vegetables seeds, which can later be transplanted.
The Global Seed Vault has been dubbed the âdoomsdayâ vault, which conjures up an image of a reserve of seeds for use in case of an apocalyptic event or a global catastrophe. But it is the much smaller, localized destruction and threats facing gene banks all over the world that the vault was designed to protect againstâand itâs why the vault was opened in February, when TIME visited.