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.
Myth: the word ânewsâ derives from the four cardinal directions. While this potential origin of the word news seems plausible enough, it isnât true. The truth is, the word news can be traced back to late Middle English around the 14th century as a plural for the adjective ânewâ or ânew thingâ. This is a somewhat rare instance of an English adjective becoming a noun when made plural.