<< Back to glossary. UCS-2 is a character encoding standard in which characters are represented by a fixed-length 16 bits (2 bytes). It is used as a fallback on many GSM networks when a message cannot be encoded using GSM-7 or when a language requires more than 128 characters to be rendered.
Quick Answer. Most U.S. taxpayers with a traditional salary pay 6.2 percent of each paycheck as taxes for social security and 1.45 percent for Medicare, according to the California Tax Service Station. Additional amounts may be deducted from each paycheck for federal withholding or for state fees such as unemployment insurance.
The estimates from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy tax model, which are illustrated in these charts and tables, include the following key findings: â  The richest one percent of Americans pay 23.7 percent of total taxes and receive 21.6 percent of total income. â  The poorest one-fifth of Americans pay 2.1 percent of total taxes and receive 3.3 percent of total income.