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Employers are required to withhold the additional Medicare Tax at a 0.9 percent rate on wages and other compensation it pays to an employee in excess of $200,000 in a calendar year. There is no employer match for the additional Medicare Tax.
Developing the Lesson. Direct students to Tax Tutorial-Payroll Taxes and Federal Income Tax Withholding. Explain that employers use the Social Security tax rate (6.2 percent), the Medicare tax rate (1.45 percent), and the information on Form W-4 to compute the amount to withhold from employee pay. Explain how employees pay Social Security and Medicare taxes. ( 2 The employer withholds payroll taxes from employee pay.). 3  Explain how the employer knows how much income tax to withhold. ( 4 The employer refers to Form W-4 to calculate the income tax withholding.).