Commenting on Tanzania 's 2025 Millennium Development Goal Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said only 12 years remained and the Tanzanian government is focussed on applying the Big Results Now initiative to ensure there is clear implementation of various projects.
The maximum Social Security tax in 2017 will be $7,886.40 per employee, which represents a pretty big increase over 2016. That's the simple answer. Below, find out why the maximum Social Security tax is increasing so much, whether the increase will affect you, and what to expect in the coming years.
Social Security taxes, on the other hand, apply only up to a certain point. As of the 2013 tax year, for example, Social Security taxes applied only to the first $113,700 in wages. Thus, the maximum an employer would have to pay in Social Security taxes -- and the most it could deduct -- for an individual employee was 6.2 percent of $113,700, or $7,049.40.