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.
Continental Glaciers Continental Glaciers vs. Alpine glaciers Continental glaciers cover parts of continental land masses like Greenland; Alpine glaciers are found high in mountain valleys, above the snow-line.ike continental glaciers, alpine glaciers create land forms by weathering and deposition. They typically erode the mountain beneath them into a u-shaped valley with steep sides. Some alpine or valley glaciers are 1000m thick and up to 160 km long, though most are only a few km in length.