The leaves are quite edible, and often used raw in salads and cooked as greens. Older leaves have a stronger, sometimes objectionable flavor, and can be tough and stringy, but can be used to make tea. Plantain is very high in vitamins A and C and in calcium. Medicinally, Native Americans used plantain leaves to relieve the pain of bee stings and insect bites, stop the itching of poison ivy and other allergic rashes, and promote healing in sores and bruises.
With a few exceptions, all salaried income, up to an amount specifically determined by law (see tax rate table below), is subject to the Social Security payroll tax. All income over said amount is not taxed. In 2017, the maximum amount of taxable earnings was $127,200.
Your Social Security income is almost never taxable and you may not need to file a tax return (your benefits would have to be unusually generous for the income to be taxable). If your total income is more than the base amount, you might owe some tax on your Social Security benefits. 2  You can use the worksheet in the Form 1040 Instructions, or the efile.com tax preparation software, to find out exactly how much of your Social Security income is taxable.