Tag: Social Security finances
IB_12-9 (508) The brief’s key findings are: Social Security’s 75-year deficit is significantly higher than last year’s projection: 2.67 percent of payroll versus 2.22 percent of payroll. This increase reflects the slow recovery from the recession and rising disability rolls, among other factors. The bottom line remains the same: Social Security faces a real, but…
Abstract The increasing cost of employer contributions for employee health insurance reduces the percentage of compensation that is subject to the payroll tax. Rising insurance contributions can also have a more subtle effect on the Social Security tax base because they influence the distribution of money wages. Workers bear most of the burden of employer…
