Is money deducted for Social Security/Medicare a tax? (Iraq, minimum wage, legal)

[Frugality]

Since this is not a voluantary program, is the money deducted from your paycheck considered a tax?

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...utions_Act_tax

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by Frugality

Since this is not a voluantary program, is the money deducted from your paycheck considered a tax?

Yep.

[waterboy7375]

Yes , its a payroll tax. Some people at some point in their lives may get a tax refund on some of it.

[Memphis1979]

2012 Social Security tax rate and maximum taxable earnings

Straight from the horses mouth, a tax.

I'm still waiting for the Iraq and Afghanistan war tax.

[Frugality]

Originally Posted by waterboy7375

Yes , its a payroll tax. Some people at some point in their lives may get a tax refund on some of it.

How can you get a tax refund years or decades later?

[HappyTexan]

It is a tax whether you think so or not.

Federal Insurance Contributions Act tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
26 USC Chapter 21 - FEDERAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS ACT | LII / Legal Information Institute

[waterboy7375]

Originally Posted by Frugality

How can you get a tax refund years or decades later?

If its a tax and it is, when one gets some back is that not a tax refund?

[Frugality]

Originally Posted by waterboy7375

If its a tax and it is, when one gets some back is that not a tax refund?

Do people really get back money they put into SS, when I was making minimum wage I didn't get it back, I got a refund for the other taxes paid, but not FICA taxes

[waterboy7375]

Originally Posted by Frugality

Do people really get back money they put into SS, when I was making minimum wage I didn't get it back, I got a refund for the other taxes paid, but not FICA taxes

You probably have not hit 68 yrs old yet.

[UNC4Me]

One could call it a "delayed" refund.