a. What is the percent increase in the base? (Round your answer Percent increase b. What is Joe's increase in Social Security tax for the new year? ( 96
a. What is the percent increase in the base? (Round your answer Percent increase b. What is Joe's increase in Social Security tax for the new year? ( 96
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Transcribed Image Text:The Social Security Administration increased the taxable wage base from $127,200 to $128,400. The 6.2% tax rate is unchanged. Joe
Burns earned over $129,700 each of the past two years.
a. What is the percent increase in the base? (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth percent.)
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b. What is Joe's increase in Social Security tax for the new year? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)
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