The tax is not imposed on investment income such as interest and dividends. 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).he employer is also liable for 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare taxes, making the total Social Security tax 12.4% of wages and the total Medicare tax 2.9%.
Icefields and Glaciers. Glaciers, of all our alpine landforms, have had more visual impact on our landscape than any erosional agent, save water. Look around you, youll see smooth mountain bowls (cirques), wide mountain passes, broad. u-shaped valleys, Matterhorn style summits and sharp ridgesall legacies of the ice age.
Glaciers Are Solid RiversA glacier is a large accumulation of many years of snow, transformed into ice. This solid crystalline material deforms (changes) and moves.Glaciers, also known as rivers of ice, actually flow. Gravity is the cause of glacier motion; the ice slowly flows and eforms (changes) in response to gravity. A glacier molds itself to the land and also molds the land as it creeps down the valley. Many glaciers slide on their beds, which enables them to move faster.Rock that falls onto the glacier's surface is incorporated into the glacier and erodes the bed, forming sediment.