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    Oct 1, 2013, 06:43 PM
    Social security withholding is part of FICA tax?
    Social security withholding is part of FICA tax? True or false?
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    Oct 2, 2013, 05:02 AM
    False Social Security withholding IS FICA not part of FICA
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    Oct 2, 2013, 05:12 AM
    This is one of those questions that can be answered either way depending on who's asking. Medicare is withheld separately from Social Security, and doesn't have a wage limit. But they are both all of FICA as ScottGem said.
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