[ 1 syll. lei -(g)(h), le-i- gh ] The baby girl name Leigh is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced Liy- â . Leigh's origin is Hebrew and Old English, and its use, English. Leigh is an English form of the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish Leah.
Some people who get Social Security must pay federal income taxes on their benefits. But, no one pays taxes on more than 85 percent of their Social Security benefits. You must pay taxes on your benefits if you file a federal tax return as an âindividualâ and your âcombined incomeâ exceeds $25,000. If you file a joint return, you must pay taxes if you and your spouse have âcombined incomeâ of more than $32,000. If you are married and file a separate return, you probably will have to pay taxes on your benefits. See Benefits Planner: Income Taxes and Your Social Security Benefits for more information.
Of the estimated 165 million U.S. workers who will pay Social Security payroll taxes in 2014, about 10 million will pay a higher amount as a result of the inflation-based increase in wages subject to Social Security withholding. Social Security and Medicare payroll withholding are collected together as the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax. By Jan. 1, U.S. employers should have: Adjusted their payroll systems to account for the higher taxable maximum under the Social Security portion of FICA. Notified affected employees that more of their paychecks will be subject to FICA. Withholding Rates Unchanged. The portion of the Social Security FICA tax that employees pay remains unchanged at the 6.2 percent ...