Employer-paid group-term life insurance coverage in excess of $50,000 This fringe benefit is subject to the withholding of Social Security and Medicare taxes (FICA) only. Though the amount is included in gross wages, federal and state income tax withholding is not required.
To get the answer to that question, we need to look back more than a century. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. And then in 1900, on December 23 on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., an inventor named Reginald Fessenden accomplished a remarkable feat: He made the first wireless telephone call.
Dr. Martin Cooper is the person credited with both inventing the modern cell phone as well as making the first cell phone call in New York City, New York in April 1973. A related invention is the cave radio phone invented by Nathan Stubblefield who was awarded a patent for the idea in the early 20 th Century (1908).Since his work does not provide the technology behind modern cell phones, he is not given credit for inventing the cell phone. related invention is the cave radio phone invented by Nathan Stubblefield who was awarded a patent for the idea in the early 20 th Century (1908). Since his work does not provide the technology behind modern cell phones, he is not given credit for inventing the cell phone.