The employee tax
rate for social security jumps to 6.2 percent for wages and tips received after Feburary 29, 2012.
The employee tax
rate for social security is 4.2 % on wages paid and tips received before March 1, 2012.
The employee tax
rate for Social Security is 6.2 % — and the employer tax
rate for Social Security is also 6.2 %.
Most employees pay 7.65 percent of their income into the Social Security system, the combined
rate for both Social Security (representing 6.2 percent) and Medicare (1.45 percent).
Not exact matches
So, high - earning households spend significantly more of their income on
Social Security — which is automatically deducted from all earned income
for individuals at a
rate of 6.2 % — and payments into retirement plans.
Inflation has been so low that
Social Security payments were not increased
for 2016, and the Federal Reserve has even raised the possibility of negative interest
rates.
That's where the good news ends: Vermont retirees are taxed on almost everything — estate, inheritance and
Social Security income,
for which the state has the second - highest tax
rate in the nation.
Some possible ideas
for the United States include
Social Security and income tax
rates that move up or down in relation to the national unemployment
rate, or federal grants to states that operate in the same way.
The budget would also require beneficiaries to have worked more in recent years, create a new demonstration project
for experience -
rating the SSDI payroll tax, update eligibility requirements, prevent double - dipping between SSDI and unemployment insurance, end SSDI eligibility
for those who have reached
Social Security's early retirement age, and reform the appeal process.
At the same time, we faced a progressive tax system where we had to pay a 39.6 % Federal tax
rate plus a 3.8 % Net Investment Income tax plus a 0.9 % Medicare tax plus an Alternative Minimum tax plus a 13 % State tax plus
Social Security tax plus Sales tax plus retroactive State taxes to pay
for government overspending.
Additionally, I wholeheartedly agree that the 4 % withdrawal
rate is something that can not be relied upon (much like
social security for us younger folks).
If you're self - employed, you're really hosed because you are responsible
for the entire FICA tax
rate of 15.3 % (12.4 percent
Social Security plus 2.9 percent Medicare).
1) you don't get much in terms of immediate tax break because your marginal tax
rate is low 2) you end up locking up money in plans that you can't touch until you are 59 1/2 3)
social security replacement
rate versus your income is relatively high versus the replacement
rate for higher income earners.
For example, if one year you have $ 30,000 in retirement income (not including
Social Security) and $ 5,000 in capital gains, you will pay a 6 % state tax on those capital gains, in addition to the 15 % federal capital gains
rate.
That is only a fraction of the income - tax
rate that most workers pay — on top of which is piled the 11 % FICA wage withholding
for Social Security and Medicare that all workers have to pay on their salaries up to the cut - off point of about $ 102,000 (This cut - off frees from this tax the tens of millions of dollars that hedge fund traders pay themselves).
Federal, State and Local income taxes and
social charges (Social Security payroll taxes, for instance) have risen 35 % over four years, an annualized rate of
social charges (
Social Security payroll taxes, for instance) have risen 35 % over four years, an annualized rate of
Social Security payroll taxes,
for instance) have risen 35 % over four years, an annualized
rate of 7.8 %.
its called
Social Security and at the
rate it is going, me and my fellow millennials won't have
Social Security to fall back on and we won't have money to put forward into a 401 (k) or any other «retirement plan» because there are so few jobs out on the market
for millennials.
Social Security taxes and benefit levels are not based on expected
rates of return and risk levels
for various savings instruments (as is the case in private savings portfolios).
The sharp leap in
social -
security taxes to be levied above the former limit of $ 92,000,
for instance, will add another dozen or so percentage points on current tax
rates for the middle class earning above that limit.
«Take Marc Cenedella, an out - of - touch millionaire who writes sexist blog posts, thinks our high unemployment
rate isn't a problem, and sits on the leadership council of Club
for Growth, an ultra-conservative organization that supports the Bush tax cuts
for the wealthy, and trashes Medicare and
Social Security.
Read
Social Security Actuarial Note 5, the
rate of return drops from 6.6 %
for a very low earner to 0.68 % at the maximum taxation level.
It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid
for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same
rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of
Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty
rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.
For other protective workers with
Social Security the
rate will be 14.7 percent.
The
rate for protective workers without
Social Security coverage (firefighters) will be 17 percent of payroll.
Personal credit, used to evaluate everything from your readiness
for another credit card to the interest
rate for your mortgage, is linked to your personal information — all contributing accounts are held in your name and with your
Social Security number.
While the BLS reports the
Social Security contribution
rate for private professionals, it does not report a similar
rate for teachers.
While the overall employer contribution
rate for public school teachers is higher than
for private - sector professionals, the group average may mask differences between teachers who are and are not covered by
Social Security.
Our analysis of evidence from the BLS National Compensation Survey and the NASRA Public Fund Survey shows that the employer contribution
rates for public school teachers are a larger percentage of earnings than
for private - sector professionals and managers, whether or not we take account of teacher coverage under
Social Security.
The average full - career state employee pension, combined with
Social Security where it's offered, provides an 87 percent replacement
rate, meaning these workers can expect to receive $.87 in retirement
for every $ 1 they were earning pre-retirement.
Indeed, pension benefits
for full - career far workers typically have a higher
rate of investment return than
Social Security.
The rest have to figure out whether they're covered by
Social Security, how to make up
for years of low savings
rates for the pension fund by the state, and what to do if they leave teaching or cross state lines.
For 2009, the
Social Security tax
rate was 15.3 percent.
If your
Social Security number falls into the wrong hands, it can be disastrous
for your credit
rating.
Many lenders will ask you
for some personal information (like your name, address and
Social Security number) to give you an idea of the
rates you're eligible
for and to pre-qualify you
for their loan.
The result
for the family who uses corporate class funds is the opportunity to structure taxable income from non-registered accounts to keep more of the first dollars invested, avoid high marginal tax
rates and limit clawbacks of
social benefits like the Old Age
Security.
Your employer also pays 6.2 percent of your paycheck to the government
for Social Security taxes — known as the employer contribution — making the effective tax
rate 12.4 percent.
The
Social Security tax
rates have remained the same since 1990, except
for in 2011 and 2012, when the
rate was temporarily reduced to 4.2 percent
for employees — but kept at 6.2 percent
for the employer share — and 10.2 percent
for self - employment income.
First, the
rate is 6.2 %
for the
Social Security benefits portion, up to a limit of $ 127,200
for 2017.
The
rate is 12.4 %
for the
Social Security benefits portion, up to a limit of $ 127,200
for 2017.
To do that, you'll want to go through a rigorous retirement - income planning process that starts with thinking seriously about how you'll live in retirement and then moves on to such tasks as making a retirement budget; assessing different strategies
for claiming
Social Security benefits; considering whether you want more guaranteed income than
Social Security alone offers (which is where an annuity might play a role); and, settling on a withdrawal
rate that has a reasonable shot at making your savings last as long as you do.
But even if someone needed retirement income of $ 60,000 a year and could count on
Social Security for, say, $ 20,000 of that income — in other words, $ 40,000 a year would come from savings — that would still require a nest egg of about $ 1.3 million at a 3 % withdrawal
rate ($ 40,000 divided by 3 % equals $ 1.3 million).
For example, the safe withdrawal
rate changes over time depending on equity valuations and the safe withdrawal
rate can be vastly different depending on your age and expectations about
Social Security, see two case studies I did recently at ChooseFI and last week here on our blog.
Next, you'll want to settle on a reasonable withdrawal
rate for pulling money from your nest egg to supplement
Social Security — that is, a
rate that's not so high it's likely to deplete your assets too quickly, nor so low that you end up sitting on a big pile of cash in your dotage, along with regrets you didn't spent more freely earlier on.
Along the same lines I'm always surprised by the number of people who pooh - pooh the notion of delaying
Social Security for a higher benefit because they're convinced they can come out ahead by taking their benefits as soon as possible and investing them at a 6 % to 8 % annual return (although why anyone should feel confident about earning such gains consistently given today's low
rates and forecasts
for low returns is puzzling).
In its distributional analysis, TPC includes the following federal taxes in its calculation of effective tax
rates: individual and corporate income taxes; payroll taxes
for Social Security and Medicare; excise taxes; and the estate tax.
The
Social Security tax
rate is currently 6.2 %
for the employer and 6.2 %
for the employee (12.4 % total).
We also incorporate the most current retirement industry data
for housing wealth, savings / contribution
rates, company matching,
Social Security, etc..
She can claim spousal benefits, rake in dough from her husband's
Social Security, and leave her own benefits unclaimed
for years so she can cash in at a higher
rate later.
Delay taking
social security payments as long as possible, as income compounds at an annualized 8 %
rate for every year you delay (to age 70).
Columns 7 and 8 show the same income
for a withdrawal
rate of 4 percent and
for a withdrawal
rate of 4 percent after
Social Security provides 40 percent of necessary income, a common
Social Security replacement
rate.