The employer portion of payroll taxes includes the following: 1  Social Security taxes (6.2 percent up to the annual maximum) 2  Medicare taxes (1.45 percent of wages) 3  Federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) 4  State unemployment taxes (SUTA)
This is how I like to plant my lotus: 1  Put a couple inches of sand in the bottom of your pot. 2  Add a couple inches of top soil. 3  The depth depends on the size of your pot. 4  Do not use potting soil. 5  The light weight potting soil will float out of your container. 6  The best is soil with clay in it.
There two species of lotus plants, the Asiatic lotus (Nelumbo nucifers), also known as sacred lotus, and American lotus (N. lutea). They bear lightly fragrant flowers with 24 petals that grow 9 to 12 inches wide and grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 12.