Crucially, this need not be, and should not be, a matter of raising taxes in the aggregate. The proceeds from a gasoline tax ought to be used to finance cuts in other taxesâthis, surely, is the way to present them to a sceptical electorate.
Social Security and Medicare Withholding Rates. The current tax rate for social security is 6.2% for the employer and 6.2% for the employee, or 12.4% total. The current rate for Medicare is 1.45% for the employer and 1.45% for the employee, or 2.9% total.
If we also assume that an employer's state unemployment tax rate is 4%, then the employer's state unemployment tax cost will be a maximum of $560 per year for each employee ($14,000 x 4%).To illustrate, let's assume that a company has three employees.or an employee with an annual salary of $200,000 in the year 2015, only the first $118,500 is subject to the Social Security tax. This means that in addition to the withholding of $7,347, the employer must also pay $7,347.