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Social Security Tax Cap Rises for 2027
High earners face higher Social Security taxes starting in 2027.
Kiplinger · 1m

Senate candidates push to raise Social Security taxes
Democrats across battleground states are campaigning on lifting the payroll tax cap to prevent automatic benefit cuts in 2032.
NBC News · 2m

Social Security's 2032 deadline sparks urgent reform push
A GOP senator warns Congress is running out of time to fix Social Security before automatic benefit cuts kick in.
Newsweek · 1m

Social Security crisis could reshape Senate races
Voters in battleground states strongly back candidates with plans to fix the program before its 2032 funding cliff.
CNBC · 1m

Why practice-owning doctors pay less tax than salaried ones
Two doctors treating the same patients can face wildly different tax bills based on how they're employed, thanks to a 2017 tax code loophole.
24/7 Wall St. · 2m

How business owners dodge Medicare taxes W-2 workers can't
S corporation owners split income into salary and profit distributions, letting them skip uncapped Medicare taxes that salaried workers must pay on every dollar.
24/7 Wall St. · 2m

What eliminating the Social Security tax cap means
Warren and Moreno want high earners to pay Social Security taxes on all their wages. Here's what that would cost them and whether it would actually save the program.
Kiplinger · 2m

Social Security's third rail is losing its charge
With a 22% benefit cut looming by 2032, even Republicans are saying the word nobody says: taxes.
Fortune · 1m

The Social Security tax fight nobody can dodge
Benefit cuts land in six years, and taxing high earners is suddenly the one fix both parties will say out loud.
CNBC · 2m