The three polys. The classic symptoms of high blood glucose are polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia. In plain English, that means excessive urination, excessive thirst, and excessive hunger. Any doctor who hears this trio of complaints will reach for a blood glucose meter.
Turn Accessibility Mode On. Some people have to pay federal income taxes on their Social Security benefits. This usually happens only if you have other substantial income (such as wages, self-employment, interest, dividends and other taxable income that must be reported on your tax return) in addition to your benefits.
Box 3 (Social Security Wages) represents the portion taxable for social security purposes. Social security wages are calculated as Federal Taxable Gross (Box 1) plus Retirement Deductions (Box 12). The maximum social security wage amount for 2015 ande 2016 is $118,500. Box 5 (Medicare Wages) represents the portion taxable for Medicare tax purposes. Unlike Social Security wages, there is no cap for Medicare wages. One of the most common differences between box 1 and boxes 3 and 5 is the amount of employee contributions to deferred compensation plans such as traditional 401(k) and 457.