Current liabilities:
Current liabilities are debt obligations that need to be paid within a period of one year or less. Current liabilities are not always paid within one year. If company follows operating cycle then the current liabilities are defined according to the operating cycle of the company rather than the length of the year.
Example: Notes Payable, Accounts Payable, Payroll Liabilities.
Social Security Taxes:
Social Security taxes are usually collected in the form of self–employment tax or payroll tax. These taxes are paid for retirement, survivorship benefits and disability.
To Identify: whether the employer, the employee, or both pays Social Security taxes.
Social Security Taxes:
Social Security taxes are usually collected in the form of self–employment tax or payroll tax. These taxes are paid for retirement, survivorship benefits and disability.
To Compute: the deductions for the Social Security and Medicare (FICA).

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