Social Security is deducted from a worker's paycheck by their employer.
can my employer pay my medicare premium instead of taking it out of social security
No.
Any employer must pay into Social Security, I don't believe that states have their own Social Security, that's a national program.
From the employer to the employee no difference gross pay earnings and social security wages earnings would be the same thing.
If the school is your employer, and they are taking out Social Security taxes from your pay check then, yes they need your social security.
Yes, he pays half of the total amount for you and you pay half, of the 15.30%
In most years, your employer will deduct the following from your paycheck: Social Security: 6.2% of your gross pay Medicare: 1.45% of your gross pay However, in 2011 Obama signed into a law a "payroll tax holiday" as part of the continued effort to stimulate the economy. For 2011 only, the social security tax coming out of your paycheck is 4.2% instead of 6.2%, meaning that this year you will take home more money than you would in a "normal" year. Your employer matches these amounts too -- they pay another 6.2% for social security, and another 1.45% for Medicare. Under the payroll tax holiday, only your portion of social security is reduced to 4.2% -- your employer is still paying 6.2% of your pay into social security for you.
You can't. An employer may withhold FOR social security.
4.5% is withheld from your pay and the employer is required to match it.
Social Security is funded by FICA; Medicare is funded by Medicare tax.
Yes.