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ruet

(10,035 posts)
15. Ummmm...
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:45 AM
Jun 2021

On the withholding side, you do not pay SS tax on any income over $143k. This is regressive and the amount they get on the back end is minuscule by comparison.

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