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In reply to the discussion: Senator Reid is wrong, entitlement cuts should not be off the table!!! [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)26. Changes in taxes on higher income due to the ACA:
Below is a summary of several of the tax law changes that are effective beginning in 2013 and 2014.
Increased Medicare Hospital Insurance Tax
For tax years beginning in 2013, the ACA provides for an increase in the Medicare hospital insurance (HI) tax rate. The HI tax is one of two taxes that comprise the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) taxes imposed on employers. The other FICA tax is the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance tax. FICA taxes are imposed separately on employers and employees. Self-employed individuals pay an alternative tax, which is essentially equal to both the employer and employee portion of the FICA taxes. Employers pay FICA taxes on wages paid in connection with employment, while employees pay FICA taxes on wages received. The HI tax rate is presently equal to 1.45 percent on wages paid and is not subject to a wage cap.
Beginning in 2013, the ACA increases the HI tax rate for certain high-income individuals. An additional HI tax is imposed at a rate of 0.9 percent on taxpayers with wages above: (1) $250,000 and filing a joint return; (2) $125,000 if married filing separately; and (3) $200,000 for all others. For employers, the increased HI taxes will require greater compliance monitoring because of the introduction of graduated rates. In other words, employers will need to be prepared to closely monitor wages.
Surtax on Non-Wage Income for High-Income Individuals
For tax years commencing in 2013, the ACA introduces a surtax on certain high-income individuals, which is imposed at 3.8 percent. The base of the surtax is the lesser of either net investment income or the portion of a taxpayers modified adjusted gross receipts that exceeds the threshold amounts. The threshold amounts are $250,000 for joint returns, $125,000 for married filing separately and $200,000 for all other taxpayers.
http://www.casinoenterprisemanagement.com/articles/september-2012/fees-and-taxes-learning-aca
There is more there; the search results I am getting are aggravating. Most of them are commerical, so I apologize. The official sources are being pushed so far down in the results that sometimes they do not show up at all.
But these are things that progressives have wanted for a long time. And they were all tucked into the ACA, which is one of the many reasons that the GOP hates it so much. JMHO.
Increased Medicare Hospital Insurance Tax
For tax years beginning in 2013, the ACA provides for an increase in the Medicare hospital insurance (HI) tax rate. The HI tax is one of two taxes that comprise the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) taxes imposed on employers. The other FICA tax is the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance tax. FICA taxes are imposed separately on employers and employees. Self-employed individuals pay an alternative tax, which is essentially equal to both the employer and employee portion of the FICA taxes. Employers pay FICA taxes on wages paid in connection with employment, while employees pay FICA taxes on wages received. The HI tax rate is presently equal to 1.45 percent on wages paid and is not subject to a wage cap.
Beginning in 2013, the ACA increases the HI tax rate for certain high-income individuals. An additional HI tax is imposed at a rate of 0.9 percent on taxpayers with wages above: (1) $250,000 and filing a joint return; (2) $125,000 if married filing separately; and (3) $200,000 for all others. For employers, the increased HI taxes will require greater compliance monitoring because of the introduction of graduated rates. In other words, employers will need to be prepared to closely monitor wages.
Surtax on Non-Wage Income for High-Income Individuals
For tax years commencing in 2013, the ACA introduces a surtax on certain high-income individuals, which is imposed at 3.8 percent. The base of the surtax is the lesser of either net investment income or the portion of a taxpayers modified adjusted gross receipts that exceeds the threshold amounts. The threshold amounts are $250,000 for joint returns, $125,000 for married filing separately and $200,000 for all other taxpayers.
http://www.casinoenterprisemanagement.com/articles/september-2012/fees-and-taxes-learning-aca
There is more there; the search results I am getting are aggravating. Most of them are commerical, so I apologize. The official sources are being pushed so far down in the results that sometimes they do not show up at all.
But these are things that progressives have wanted for a long time. And they were all tucked into the ACA, which is one of the many reasons that the GOP hates it so much. JMHO.
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Senator Reid is wrong, entitlement cuts should not be off the table!!! [View all]
Revanchist
Oct 2013
OP
Hey, Senator Cruz said that we should cut entitlements to help balance the budget
Revanchist
Oct 2013
#11
I think you are buying in to the Republican meaning of entitlement, which is incorrect.
cui bono
Oct 2013
#7
Axe the Mortgage Interest Deduction for anyone making more than $100,000.
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#8
The Mortgage Interest Deduction itself should have a cap rather than being tied to income.
yourout
Oct 2013
#31
Farm subsidies are definitely entitlements, as are some energy subsidies (nt)
Recursion
Oct 2013
#14
The OP has used the term wrongfully, and by the way, SS and Medicare ARE entitlements
duffyduff
Oct 2013
#27