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.
To calculate FICA withholding, Acme should proceed as follows: 1  Calculate the Social Security taxable income. 2  Acme must first calculate the amount of John's pay subject to Social Security tax. Since there is no limit on Medicare withholding, and John's pay is not subject to any pretax deductions, the amount of his pay subject to Medicare tax is also $800. 2  Calculate the Social Security tax. 3  Acme multiplies the 2015 employee Social Security tax rate of 6.2% by the taxable income amount of $800.