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).
FICA taxes are somewhat unique in that there is required withholding from an employee's wages as well as an employer's portion of the taxes that must be paid. The Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) is the federal law that requires you to withhold three separate taxes from the wages you pay your employees. FICA is comprised of: 1  a 6.2 percent Social Security tax; 2  a 1.45 percent Medicare tax (the âregularâ Medicare tax); and. 3  beginning in 2013, a 0.9 percent Medicare surtax when the employee earns over $200,000.