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Earnings Subject To Social Security Taxes

March 25, 2023

Am I Paying Social Security Taxes By Reporting My 1099 Income On Form 1040?

March 2, 2023

Which Line Of The Tax Form Schedule SE Is Recorded By SSA?

November 11, 2022

What Am I Missing?

August 6, 2022

Is It Correct That I Am Continuing To Pay Social Security And Medicare Taxes On My Earnings?

August 1, 2022

How Can My Mother Update Her Records And Get Full Benefits?

April 8, 2022

How Can My Wife Earn Social Security Credits?

March 19, 2022

Shouldn't My Award For Lost Earnings Be Posted On My SSA Earnings Record?

March 17, 2022

Can I Pay Social Security Taxes On My Disbursements From The Thrift Savings Plan?

February 18, 2022

Who Is Responsible For Reporting My 2021 Earnings To Social Security?

February 2, 2022

Do I Pay Taxes On Social Security And My 1099?

January 11, 2022

How Do I Make Sure I Receive Reciprocity For My Earnings In The U.K.?

January 8, 2022

Will My 1099 Income Be Used Just Like W-2 Earnings?

December 31, 2021

Is There Any Way To Get My Former Employer To Pay FICA Taxes On My Vacation And Severance Pay?

December 28, 2021

Shouldn't Income Earned From Stocks And Dividends Be Taxed?

December 13, 2021

Are The Social Security Taxes I've Paid Since I Started Collecting Benefits Returned To Me At Some Point?

December 8, 2021

Can I Now Pay Social Security And Medicare Taxes For Past Years?

November 30, 2021

How Do I Report My Income If My Employer Doesn't Take Out Taxes?

October 26, 2021

Can I Up My Income Or Can I Just Up The Amount I Pay?

September 22, 2021

Should I Be Paying Into SS Even While I'm Working Abroad?

August 9, 2021

Is It Correct That My Social Security Earnings Record Shows My Net Earnings?

August 2, 2021

Will I Acquire More Credits If I Work As A Substitute Teacher?

July 15, 2021

Can A Big Corporation Get Away With Deducting My Taxes But Not Paying Into SS?

May 28, 2021

Why Is My Ex-Husband Getting So Much More Than Me Even Though I Helped Out In Our Businesses?

May 6, 2021

Will The Years That My Church Paid Social Security Taxes On My Behalf Count For My Social Security Benefits?

April 25, 2021

Should I Pay Myself The Maximum Allowed?

April 21, 2021

Why Are There Zeros On My Social Security Earnings History?

January 31, 2021

Could We Elect To Pay Social Security Taxes On Our Minor Children's Earnings?

December 8, 2020

Is It Possible For Me To Work Online For A U.S. Company While Residing In Korea And Pay U.S. Social Security Taxes?

November 30, 2020

Where Do I Pay My Monthly Premium For Social Security?

August 9, 2020

Where Can I Get Help With Filing Amended Tax Returns?

June 30, 2020

How Do I Verify Wages From Over 40 Years Ago?

May 20, 2020

What Can I Do To Start Earning Work Credits For Social Security?

April 14, 2020

If You Subscribe To The Maxifi Program Is There Any Reason To Subscribe To Your Other Software?

April 5, 2020

How Should I Pay In The Social Security And Medicare Taxes I Owe?

February 13, 2020

How Can My Self-Employed Friend Get Social Security?

October 16, 2019

What Should I Do If Earnings Are Missing From My Social Security Record?

October 12, 2019

Will Filing For Social Security Trigger An Audit And Fines For Failure To Pay FICA Taxes?

October 12, 2019

Will I Need To Furnish Anything Special When I File For SS With Respect To My Zero Earnings Years?

October 9, 2019

Should Additional Earnings Be Posted To My Social Security Earnings History?

January 2, 2019

How Do I Start Paying Into Social Security Again?

December 19, 2018

Is It Too Late To Get Credit For My Earnings In Years That My Employer Didn't Pay Into Social Security?

August 29, 2019

Is There Any Way To Go Back And Get Social Security Credits For Previous Years?

August 29, 2019

Is It Better To Bonus Additional Money To Me Instead Of My Wife?

August 26, 2019

Will My 1099 Income Be Used Just Like W-2 Earnings In Calculating My Benefit Rate?

July 27, 2019

Can My Husband Pay Social Secuirty Taxes For The Last 5 Years Retroactively?

June 20, 2019

Should We Pay Into Social Security To Increase Our Benefits If We're Working In Japan?

May 31, 2019

Can I Now Pay The Money That I Haven't Paid Over The Past 22 Years Without Penalty?

June 3, 2019

Would The Proceeds Of A Settlement From My Former Employer Be Considered As Social Security Wages?

March 12, 2018

Can I Discontinue Paying Into Social Security?

February 22, 2018

Are You Familiar With My Situation?

February 14, 2018

How Can We Determine Whether Or Not We Should File Amended Tax Returns?

January 22, 2018

Can The Rental Income That We Get From Renting Our House Be Used To Earn Social Security Credits?

January 10, 2018

Will My Severance Pay Count As Earnings?

November 15, 2017

How Can I Get Credit For Earnings Missing From My Social Security Record?

October 13, 2017

How Can I Get The Credits Needed To Qualify For Social Security Disability Benefits?

September 25, 2017

Is There Any Way To Get Some Of My Zero Earnings Years Off Of My Record?

September 8, 2017

Are Housing Allowances For A Minister Counted As Earnings?

September 7, 2017

Can I Voluntarily Pay Social Security Taxes On My Overseas Wages?

August 8, 2017

Will My Brother's Social Security Be Affected If He Fails To File A Tax Return?

June 30, 2017

Should I List The Family That I Recently Worked For As My Employer?

May 20, 2017

Will My Earnings Be Subject To Social Security Taxes If I Retire And Go Back To Work For My Employer?

October 19, 2016

May I Put Money Into The Social Security System?

May 5, 2017

How Can I Correct My Earnings History?

April 18, 2017

Were Social Security Taxes Withheld From My Military Pay?

March 21, 2017

What Should I Do If My SS Statements Aren't Correct?

March 21, 2017

Can I Overpay SS Taxes To Increase My Benefits?

March 9, 2017

What Can I Do If My Former Employer Failed To Report My Earnings?

March 5, 2017

How Do I Get My Last Quarter Of Coverage To Qualify For Benefits?

February 19, 2017

Can I Refuse To Pay FICA Taxes On My Earnings?

January 29, 2017

How Can I Get Credit For Earnings Not Posted To My Social Security Earnings Record?

January 19, 2017

Can I Pay Social Security Taxes Retroactively?

January 17, 2017

How Much Tax Withholding Should I Have Taken Out Of My Paychecks?

January 11, 2017

How Can I Get Credit For Earnings That Aren't Posted To My Record?

January 1, 2017

Should I Get Credit For My Work In Canada?

November 27, 2016

Can I Earn Social Security Credits By Paying Taxes On Earnings I Had In The 1980s?

About the Author

Laurence J. Kotlikoff 

Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists