Damned If You Don't Gordon Randall Garrett. The voltage then depends on the speed at which the armature is driven. Electricity for the farm Frederick Irving Anderson. If he drew 26 amperes, the voltage would fall, at the house, 26 volts. Electricity for the farm Frederick Irving Anderson.
Psychologically, it seems as if all money taken out of a person's paycheck is the same, but income and payroll taxes serve very different functions, with contrasting effects. Income taxes are withheld from an employee's wages and go into a general fund.
Social Security. Social Security taxes are another U.S. payroll tax deduction. Under the authority of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), these payroll taxes are collected to fund Social Security initiatives, including retirement and disability programs. The Social Security tax rate is 4.2 percent of an employee's wages for 2011.