Instruction 3-1 Use the Following Tax Rates, Ceiling and Maximum Taxes

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Instruction 3-1
Use the following tax rates, ceiling and maximum taxes:
Employee and Employer OASDI:     6.20%                  $132,900                          $8,239.80
Employee* and Employer HI:           1.45%                  No limit                           No maximum
Self-employed OASDI:                      12.4%                  $132,900                        $16,479.60
Self-employed HI:                                2.9%                    No limit                          No maximum
*Employee HI: Plus an additional 0.9% on wages over $200,000. Also applicable to self-employed.
Rounding Rules: Unless instructed otherwise compute hourly rate and overtime rates as follows:
1. Carry the hourly rate and the overtime rate to 3 decimal places and then round off to 2 decimals places (round the hourly rate to 2 decimal places
    before multiplying by one and one-half to determine the overtime rate).
2. If the third decimal place is 5 or more, round to the next higher cent.
3. If the third decimal place is less than 5, drop the third decimal place.
Also, use the minimum hourly wage of $7.25 in solving these problems and all that follow.
 Refer to Instruction  3-1 . Fess receives wages totaling $75,700 and has net earnings from self-employment amounting to $61,300. In determining her taxable self-employment income for the OASDI tax, how much of her net self-employment earnings must Fess count?

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Definitions:

Present Value

The current value of a future sum of money or stream of cash flows, given a specified rate of return.

Compound Interest

The addition of interest to the principal sum of a loan or deposit, where the interest that has been added also earns interest.

Equal Payments

A repayment structure where payments are the same amount each period, as seen in some loans and mortgages.

Annuity Due

An annuity whose payments are made at the beginning of each period.