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.
The payroll taxes withheld from your wages are not deductible, either from federal or any state income tax. For the year 2012, the Social Security payroll tax rate stood at 4.2 percent for employees, and 6.2 percent for employers. If you are self-employed, you pay both employee and employer shares through self-employment taxes, which you calculate using Form 1040, Schedule SE. The money funds the Social Security trust account, which is used to pay retirement and disability benefits to qualified applicants.