Place the pot on the stove and turn the heat to high. Check for steam escaping from under the lid, then lift the lid carefully to see how the water is doing. Look at the water. If large bubbles are rising from the bottom of the pot to the surface, the water is boiling.
Usually, the employer and the employee pay the same amount for Social Security tax, but there have been exceptions. For example, the employee rate in 2011 and 2012 was 4.2 percent. Employers paid 6.2 percent. As of the time of publication, employers and employees each pay 6.2 percent.
Contributions to 401(k) plans come from employee salary deferral and employer match dollars. According to the IRS, employees may defer up to $18,000 of their salary for 2015 and the employer may make match contributions based on that amount, plus additional contributions for bonuses or other purposes.or example, if a company has a 50% match on contributions up to 5% of the participant's salary, even if a participant earning $55,000 contributes $18,000, he would only receive a total match from his employer of $1,375.