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The Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011 temporarily extends the two percentage point payroll tax cut for employees, continuing the reduction of their Social Security tax withholding rate from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent of wages paid through Feb. 29, 2012. This reduced Social Security withholding will have no effect on employees’ future Social Security benefits. ..
Employee Social Security Credit Effective January 1, 2011
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Internal Revenue Service released instructions to help employers implement the 2011 cut in payroll taxes, along with new income-tax withholding tables that employers will use during 2011.
Millions of workers will see their take-home pay rise during 2011 because the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 provides a two percentage point payroll tax cut for ..
Jobs Bill
Thursday, March 18, 2010
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Amid much fanfare at the White House, President Obama signed his first job creation bill Thursday.
The $17.6 billion measure calls for tax breaks for businesses and additional infrastructure spending with the hope of boosting employment.
This is the first jobs legislation to hit the president's desk since he trumpeted the need to spur hiring during January's State of the Union address. It took weeks to get the bill through Congress. However, it is viewed by some lawmakers, economists and business leaders as relatively small and ineffective.
The legislation will:
-- Exempt employers from Social Security payroll taxes on new hires who were unemployed.
-- Fund highway and transit programs through 2010.
-- Extend a tax break for business that spend money on capital investments, such as equipment purchases.
-- Expand the use of the Build America Bonds program, which helps states and municipalities fund capital construction projects.
The bill is a slimmed down version of an $85 billion bipartisan measure crafted by the Senate Finance Committee last month. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., stripped out these four measures and put them into a separate bill, saying he hoped lawmakers would approve it more quickly. It passed the Senate on Feb. 24.
However, it then had to go to the House, which added two provisions to pay for the infrastructure spending and corporate tax breaks. Its amendments require foreign financial institutions to give the Internal Revenue Service more information to help it catch tax cheats, and delays a tax break for foreign interest payments. The House sent it back to the Senate in early March.
Meanwhile, the House on Wednesday passed a bill that would extend the deadline to file for unemployment benefits by one month, through May 5, and several other expiring provisions through April 30.
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The $17.6 billion measure calls for tax breaks for businesses and additional infrastructure spending with the hope of boosting employment.
This is the first jobs legislation to hit the president's desk since he trumpeted the need to spur hiring during January's State of the Union address. It took weeks to get the bill through Congress. However, it is viewed by some lawmakers, economists and business leaders as relatively small and ineffective.
The legislation will:
-- Exempt employers from Social Security payroll taxes on new hires who were unemployed.
-- Fund highway and transit programs through 2010.
-- Extend a tax break for business that spend money on capital investments, such as equipment purchases.
-- Expand the use of the Build America Bonds program, which helps states and municipalities fund capital construction projects.
The bill is a slimmed down version of an $85 billion bipartisan measure crafted by the Senate Finance Committee last month. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., stripped out these four measures and put them into a separate bill, saying he hoped lawmakers would approve it more quickly. It passed the Senate on Feb. 24.
However, it then had to go to the House, which added two provisions to pay for the infrastructure spending and corporate tax breaks. Its amendments require foreign financial institutions to give the Internal Revenue Service more information to help it catch tax cheats, and delays a tax break for foreign interest payments. The House sent it back to the Senate in early March.
Meanwhile, the House on Wednesday passed a bill that would extend the deadline to file for unemployment benefits by one month, through May 5, and several other expiring provisions through April 30.
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