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Unauthorized workers paying into Social Security via payroll withholding, and the fiscal reality of their contributions to the trust funds.
For 2026 Social Security payments, recipients may still owe federal income tax on a portion of their benefits depending on “combined income”: up to 85% of benefits can be taxed under current federal r...
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not tax Social Security benefits at the state level, but the federal government can and does tax a portion of Social Security benefits for many recipients dependi...
Employers and payroll providers deliver wage data to SSA through a handful of secure channels: established Business Services Online (BSO) upload methods (W-2 Online and Wage File Upload), pilot web se...
Reaching the 2026 Social Security wage base — set at $184,500 — means an employee’s and employer’s Social Security withholding (6.2% each) stops on wages above that point for the calendar year, produc...