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.
The Social Security component of the FICA tax is regressive, meaning the effective tax rate regresses (decreases) as income increases beyond the compensation limit. The Social Security component is a flat tax for wage levels under the Social Security Wage Base (see Regular employees above).
Deduct Social Security tax from your employeesâ taxable wages at 6.2 percent, up to the annual threshold of $113,700, as of 2013. Once an employee satisfies the yearly wage limit, she is exempt from Social Security tax until the start of the next year.