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In total, workers who are 50 and older can contribute up to $30,000 starting in 2023. The annual contribution limit for IRAs next year also increased to $6,500 from $6,000 — an increase of 8.3% ...
Without benefit cuts, the SSA would need to increase taxes by 25%. Increasing the payroll tax to 7.75% (up from its current 6.2%) for workers and employers would eliminate the shortfall, according ...
In 1961, retirement at age 62 was extended to men, and the tax rate was increased to 6.0%. In 1962, the changing role of the female worker was acknowledged when benefits of covered women could be collected by dependent husbands, widowers, and children. These individuals, however, had to be able to prove their dependency.
The proposal calls for increasing the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6% from 37%, the sources said this week. It would also nearly double taxes on capital gains to 39.6% for people earning ...
In other words, raising the payroll tax rate to about 14.4% during 2009 (from the current 12.4%) or cutting benefits by 13.3% would address the program's budgetary concerns indefinitely; these amounts increase to around 16% and 24% if no changes are made until 2037.
Transportation fuels taxes were raised by 4.3 cents per gallon. The portion of Social Security benefits subject to income taxes was raised from 50% to 85%. The phaseout of the personal exemption and the limit on itemized deductions were permanently extended. The AMT tax rate was increased from 24% to tiered rates of 26% and 28%.
By the time of the 2020 election, COVID-19 spending had already pushed the federal budget deficit to a record $3.1 trillion -- and that was before two subsequent stimulus packages added trillions ...
The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 ( ERTA ), or Kemp–Roth Tax Cut, was an Act that introduced a major tax cut, which was designed to encourage economic growth. The Act was enacted by the 97th US Congress and signed into law by US President Ronald Reagan. The Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) [1] was a major component of the Act and ...