Write-In Candidates running for President in 2016. List Of candidates running for the office of the President Of The United States who have filed Form 2 with the Federal Election Commission. Each individual who is a candidate for federal office must file an FEC Form 2 within 15 days of becoming a candidate.
How the Social Security payroll tax works now. The Social Security payroll tax rate is currently 6.2%, although it's not quite that simple. First of all, not all wages are subject to Social Security tax. As of 2016, only the first $118,500 is used to calculate Social Security tax -- anything above that amount is ignored. In other words, a worker who earns $118,500 per year pays the same Social Security tax as a worker who earns $1,000,000.
Social Security. Social Security taxes are another U.S. payroll tax deduction. Under the authority of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), these payroll taxes are collected to fund Social Security initiatives, including retirement and disability programs. The Social Security tax rate is 4.2 percent of an employee's wages for 2011.