The same FICA documentation to establish and verify the identity of a person, company or partnership is also required from buyers, landlords and tenants.
Social Security Disability Insurance is funded by
the same FICA taxes that pay for the Social Security retirement system.
Not exact matches
In addition to federal employment taxes like
FICA and FUTA also applying, independent contractors are subject to the
same self - employment taxation standards.
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.
However, that only makes sense if the potential return from
FICA contributions << potential return from investing the
same money elsewhere
FICA and Medicare taxes have remained the
same for several years, but the upper limit for taxation of Social Security has increased.
Self - employment tax is the
same as Social Security and Medicare withholdings on W2 income (commonly called
FICA or payroll taxes), with W2 income employers pay half and you pay half.
However, at the
same time, you have much less incentive to avoid
FICA now too, since you're only saving 2.9 % on medicare, or 3.8 % if your salary goes over $ 200K.
Surely they know that the younger generation pays Social Security and
FICA taxes so they too someday will have these
same benefits assuming the President and Congress stop the excessive spending and balance the budget.
In other words, you have the
same initial rate you would get by adding the employer and employee portions of these
FICA taxes together.
I thought I would be able to reap significant tax savings by avoiding
FICA tax on the $ 200k, but as I calculate things, in the end my overall personal tax liability is the
same!
And the employee owners pay less
FICA tax, than they would if they were self employed 1099 contractors performing the
same work for the company.