An employee earned $37,000 during the year working for an employer when themaximum limit for Social Security was $128,400. The FICA tax rate for SocialSecurity is 6.2% and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45%. The employee's annualFICA taxes amount is:

Formula to calculate employee's annual FICA taxes amount:Employee's annual FICA taxes = Employee…

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An employee earned $37,000 during the year working for an employer when the maximum limit for Social Security was $128,400. The FICA tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% and the FICA tax rate for Medicare is 1.45%. The employee's annual FICA taxes amount is: