Question

Mike gundy is a college football coach making a base salary of $2,400,000 a year ($200,000 per month). employers are required to withhold a 6.2% social security tax up to a maximum base amount and a 1.45% medicare tax with no maximum. assuming the social security maximum base amount is $118,500, how much will be withheld during the year for the coach's social security and medicare.

Answer 1

Mike will earn $2,400,000 for the year. Social security withholds 6.2% which equals $148,800, though Social security has a maximum base amount of $118,500. So the total amount withheld for Social Security will be $118,500. Medicare withholds 1.45% which equals $34,800. So the total amount withheld for Medicare will be $34,800. The total withheld from both Social Security and Medicare would be $153,300.