Use of the term Anglo-Saxon begins with Walter Scott, as an adjective meant to differentiate the common people of England from the haughty and oppressive Norman-French aristocracy (the so-called Norman yoke).
Pretax Payroll Deductions. Pretax payroll deductions are qualified deductions that lower your employees' taxable wages. You subtract their contributions from their gross wages before figuring their tax withholding. Some pretax deductions reduce taxable wages for income tax; others reduce taxable wages for Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Originally, Medicare had only a standard deduction that was withheld from the Social Security check of the Medicare participant, but starting in June 2007, as wealthier baby boomers joined the ranks of senior citizens, a sliding scale was introduced that based the Medicare deduction for these wealthy seniors on income reported to the Internal ...