The three polys. The classic symptoms of high blood glucose are polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia. In plain English, that means excessive urination, excessive thirst, and excessive hunger. Any doctor who hears this trio of complaints will reach for a blood glucose meter.
The Social Security component of the FICA tax is regressive, meaning the effective tax rate regresses (decreases) as income increases beyond the compensation limit. The Social Security component is a flat tax for wage levels under the Social Security Wage Base (see Regular employees above).
The payroll taxes withheld from your wages are not deductible, either from federal or any state income tax. For the year 2012, the Social Security payroll tax rate stood at 4.2 percent for employees, and 6.2 percent for employers. If you are self-employed, you pay both employee and employer shares through self-employment taxes, which you calculate using Form 1040, Schedule SE. The money funds the Social Security trust account, which is used to pay retirement and disability benefits to qualified applicants.