Current federal law provides employers with a 5.4 percent FUTA tax credit. However, due to Californiaâs outstanding federal loan, the FUTA tax credit was reduced to 5.1 percent for the 2011 tax year, 4.8 percent for the 2012 tax year, 4.5 percent for the 2013 tax year, 4.2 percent for the 2014 tax year, and 3.9 percent for the 2015 tax year.
History for gossip. At first the word gossip, from Old English godsibb, meant âgodparent.â Later it came to mean âclose friendâ as well. Close friends, of course, share secrets. Gossip has come to mean anyone, friend or not, who shares the secrets of others.
1.1count noun A conversation about other people; an instance of gossiping. 1.2derogatory count noun A person who likes talking about other people's private lives. âE. used to have the best job a gossip could hope for - telephone operator in a small town in the days of party lines.