But dig deeper into the international ratings, and you quickly discover international audiences have some pretty random tastes in television. In France, for example, ABCâs short-lived 2014 crime drama Forever (the one about an immortal coroner) currently stands as the most-watched American TV show of the year. And in Romania, Lifetimeâs now-dead Drop Dead Diva is a top-ten hit.
For 2014, the employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax is 6.2% of gross compensation up to a limit of $117,000 of gross compensation (resulting in a maximum Social Security tax of $7,254).
The full 12.4 percent is paid by self-employed individuals. The Medicare withholding and employer-paid amounts are added to the Social Security rate to get what's called FICA taxes. The Medicare rates are 1.45% each, for a total of 2.9%. So the total FICA tax amount is 15.3%. Social Security Benefit vs. Social Security Withholding