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Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)

April 5, 2011

The FICA tax, being part of the Internal Revenue Tax code since 1939, is a payroll tax enforced upon employees and employers by the federal government to fund Social Security and Medicare. Social Security benefits old-age as well as survivors and disability insurance, Medicare funds hospital insurance. In 2005, the employee’s share of the Social…

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