FICA is not the same as income tax
Social Security and Medicare withholdings are payroll taxes. Federal income tax is a separate bracket sketch.
Jordan Hale
Personal finance editor
FICA is Social Security and Medicare withheld from wages. Income tax uses brackets, a standard deduction, and credits that this site does not model in full.
A take-home sketch that mixes the two without labels is easy to misread. Ours lists them separately and still ignores states.
Not a paycheck, not a W-2, not advice.
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