Calculate Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, and FIT for Jordon Barrett. He earns a monthly salary of $12,000. He is single and claims 1 deduction. Before this payroll, Barrett’s cumulative earnings were $128,000. (Social Security maximum is 6.2% on $128,400 and Medicare is 1.45%.) Calculate FIT by the percentage method.

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Calculate Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, and FIT for Jordon Barrett. He earns a monthly salary of $12,000. He is single and claims 1 deduction. Before this payroll, Barrett’s cumulative earnings were $128,000. (Social Security maximum is 6.2% on $128,400 and Medicare is 1.45%.) Calculate FIT by the percentage method. 

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Here given the details of calculation of Social security taxes, Medicare taxes and Federal Income taxes which is withhold by the employer as well.   Social security tax percentage is 6.2% and Medicare is 1.45%. Here below given the details which are related to this as follows.

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