How the 2026 Social Security payroll tax cap could impact your paycheck

The Social Security maximum taxable earnings will be $184,500 in 2026, up from $176,100 in 2025. That number, also called the ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Mark J. Warshawsky: Don't hike payroll tax for Social Security

I oppose the proposed elimination of the $160,200 cap on earnings subject to the payroll tax rate of 12.4% paid to Social Security. Dating back to its original days in the Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...
NBC Los Angeles

Social Security payroll tax limit increases for 2025. Here's how that may affect you

The Social Security Administration on Oct. 10 announced a higher threshold for earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes. For 2025, the "taxable maximum" will be $176,100, up about 4.4% from ...
Morningstar

A Social Security payroll tax increase should be part of the solution

Enough with politics. It's time to get back to solving problems. Not surprisingly - given my slant on the world - the problem I care most about is fixing Social Security. In an attempt to protect ...
Money Digest on MSN

Why FICA Taxes Are Taken Out Of Your Paycheck

FICA dates back to 1935, the same year the U.S. established the Social Security program. In 1965, FICA was expanded to ...
NBC New York

Social Security payroll tax limit increases for 2025. Here's how that may affect you

In 2025, millions of retired Americans will see a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment for benefit payments, according to the Social Security Administration. But a lesser-known tax change will also impact ...