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26 U.S.C. § 3101 — Rate of tax

submitted 72 years ago by ch. 736 to r/title-26-INTERNAL-REVENUE-CODE · 288 words · no verdicts yet

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(a) Old-age, survivors, and disability insurance

In addition to other taxes, there is hereby imposed on the income of every individual a tax equal to 6.2 percent of the wages (as defined in section 3121(a)) received by the individual with respect to employment (as defined in section 3121(b)).

(b) Hospital insurance
(1) In general

In addition to the tax imposed by the preceding subsection, there is hereby imposed on the income of every individual a tax equal to 1.45 percent of the wages (as defined in section 3121(a)) received by him with respect to employment (as defined in section 3121(b)).

(2) Additional tax

In addition to the tax imposed by paragraph (1) and the preceding subsection, there is hereby imposed on every taxpayer (other than a corporation, estate, or trust) a tax equal to 0.9 percent of wages which are received with respect to employment (as defined in section 3121(b)) during any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2012, and which are in excess of—

(A)

in the case of a joint return, $250,000,

(B)

in the case of a married taxpayer (as defined in section 7703) filing a separate return, ½ of the dollar amount determined under subparagraph (A), and

(C)

in any other case, $200,000.

(c) Relief from taxes in cases covered by certain international agreements

During any period in which there is in effect an agreement entered into pursuant to section 233 of the Social Security Act with any foreign country, wages received by or paid to an individual shall be exempt from the taxes imposed by this section to the extent that such wages are subject under such agreement exclusively to the laws applicable to the social security system of such foreign country.

Source credit: (Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736, 68A Stat. 415; Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1206, title II, § 208(b), 68 Stat. 1094; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 836, title II, § 202(b), 70 Stat. 845; Pub. L. 85–840, title IV, § 401(b), Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 1041; Pub. L. 87–64, title II, § 201(b), June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 141; Pub. L. 89–97, title I, § 111(c)(5), title III, § 321(b), July 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 342, 395; Pub. L. 90–248, title I, § 109(a)(2), (b)(2), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 836; Pub. L. 92–5, title II, § 204(a)(1), Mar. 17, 1971, 85 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 92–336, § 204(a)(2), (b)(2), July 1, 1972, 86 Stat. 421, 422; Pub. L. 92–603, § 135(a)(2), (b)(2), Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1362, 1363; Pub. L. 93–233, § 6(a)(1), (b)(2), Dec. 31, 1973, 87 Stat. 954, 955; Pub. L. 94–455, title XIX, § 1903(a)(1), Oct. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1806; Pub. L. 95–216, title I, § 101(a)(1), (b)(1), title III, § 317(b)(2), Dec. 20, 1977, 91 Stat. 1510, 1511, 1540; Pub. L. 98–21, title I, § 123(a)(1), Apr. 20, 1983, 97 Stat. 87; Pub. L. 108–203, title IV, § 415, Mar. 2, 2004, 118 Stat. 530; Pub. L. 111–148, title IX, § 9015(a)(1), title X, § 10906(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 870, 1020; Pub. L. 111–152, title I, § 1402(b)(1)(A), Mar. 30, 2010, 124 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 113–295, div. A, title II, § 221(a)(99)(A), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 4051; Pub. L. 115–141, div. U, title IV, § 401(a)(207), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1194.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1954Enacted · Act of Aug. 16, 1954, ch. 736
  • 1954Amended · Act of Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1206 · 68 Stat. 1094
  • 1956Amended · Act of Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 836 · 70 Stat. 845
  • 1958Amended · Pub. L. 85-840 · 72 Stat. 1041
  • 1961Amended · Pub. L. 87-64 · 75 Stat. 141
  • 1965Amended · Pub. L. 89-97 · 79 Stat. 342, 395
  • 1968Amended · Pub. L. 90-248 · 81 Stat. 836
  • 1971Amended · Pub. L. 92-5 · 85 Stat. 11
  • 1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-336 · 86 Stat. 421, 422
  • 1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-603 · 86 Stat. 1362, 1363
  • 1973Amended · Pub. L. 93-233 · 87 Stat. 954, 955
  • 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-455 · 90 Stat. 1806
  • 1977Amended · Pub. L. 95-216 · 91 Stat. 1510, 1511, 1540
  • 1983Amended · Pub. L. 98-21 · 97 Stat. 87
  • 2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-203 · 118 Stat. 530
  • 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-148 · 124 Stat. 870, 1020
  • 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-152 · 124 Stat. 1063
  • 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-295 · 128 Stat. 4051
  • 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-141 · 132 Stat. 1194

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 736 on 1954-08-16.

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