Rasheed works for Company A, earning $367,000 in salary during
2018.
Assuming he is single and has no other sources of income, what
amount of FICA tax will Rasheed pay for the year? (Round
your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar
amount.)
Amount of FICA tax for 2018?
ANSWER = $14785.3
EXPLANATION:
For 2018, Rasheed will pay 6.2% of Social Security taxes on the
first $128400 of his salary i.e. 7960.8, and he will pay 1.45% of
Medicare taxes on his total salary i.e. 5321.5 and 0.9% of Medicare
taxes on the remaining $167000(i.e. salary above $200000)of salary
that will be $1503. In total, Rasheed will pay $7960.8 of Social
Security taxes (6.2% x $128400) and $6824.5 of Medicare taxes for
the year(1.45%×367000 + 0.09%×167000) for a total of $14785.3 FICA
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