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  2. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    Employees pay 1.5% of their gross salary below the social security threshold and employers pay 1.5% contribution on top of the salary paid to the employee. The contribution level was reduced from 3.25% for employees and employers as part of labour market reforms known as Hartz.

  3. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

  4. Medicare (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare amendment (July 30, 1965). Former President Harry S. Truman (seated) and his wife, Bess, are on the far right.. Originally, the name "Medicare" in the United States referred to a program providing medical care for families of people serving in the military as part of the Dependents' Medical Care Act, which was passed in 1956. [5]

  5. Internal Revenue Service - Wikipedia

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    George S. Boutwell was the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Abraham Lincoln.. In July 1862, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln and Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1862, creating the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacting a temporary income tax to pay war expenses.

  6. Gusto, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Gusto, Inc. is a company that provides payroll, benefits, and human resource management software for businesses based in the United States.Gusto handles payments to employees and contractors and also handles paperwork necessary to help client companies comply with tax, labor, and immigration laws.

  7. Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job ...

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    The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 111–312 (text), H.R. 4853, 124 Stat. 3296, enacted December 17, 2010), also known as the 2010 Tax Relief Act, was passed by the United States Congress on December 16, 2010, and signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2010.

  8. Flexible spending account - Wikipedia

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    Should an employee have unused contributions in an FSA and no additional qualifying claims during the coverage period the employee it is possible that the employee will forfeit (lose) the funds. If the payroll taxes saved on the employee's contributions exceeds the amount the employee forfeited, may nonetheless have saved money.

  9. Dearness allowance - Wikipedia

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    The Dearness Allowance (DA) is a calculation on inflation and allowance paid to civil servant employees (alongside public sector enterprises’ employees as public sector unit employees are also government employees but not civil servants), some private sector employees and civil servant pensioners in India.