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Railroad Retirement Board Reminders for 2008
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2008 Tier I Earnings Base and Tax Rate
 
Annual Maximum $102,000.00
Employee and Employer Tax Rate 6.20%
Maximum Employee and Employer Tax $ 6,324.00

2008 Tier II Earnings Base and Tax Rates

Annual Maximum $75,900.00
Employee Tax Rate 3.90%
Maximum Employee Tax $2,960.10
Employer Tax Rate 12.10%
Maximum Employer Tax $9,183.90

2008 Medicare Hospital Insurance Earnings Base and Tax Rate

Annual Maximum No Limit
Employee and Employer Tax Rate 1.45%

Total Tier I, Tier II, & Medicare Hospital Insurance Maximum Tax Based on Earnings of $102,000.00

Employees $10,763.10
Employers $16,986.90
(Additional Taxes are 1.45% of Earnings in Excess of $102,000.00)
 
Amount Needed for Quarter of Social Security Coverage $1050.00 in 2008
(Up to 4)
 
2008 Employer RUIA Tax Rate 2.15% - 12%
On First $1,280.00 Per Month
 
Employee RUIA 2007 Qualifying Earnings $3,075.00 For Benefit Year 2008
(Beginning July 1, 2008)
 
RUIA Daily Benefit Rate $61.00 For Benefit Year 2008
(Beginning July 1, 2008)

Work Deduction Exempt Amounts
 
Full Retirement Age (FRA)
(for months prior to FRA in calendar year)
Annual $36,120.00
Monthly $3,010.00
($1.00 Deduction for Each $3.00 of
Excess Earnings)
 
Under FRA
 
Annual $13,560.00
Monthly $1,130.00
($1.00 Deduction for Each $2.00 of
Excess Earnings)
 
Basic Medicare Premium

$96.40

Cost-Of-Living Increase, December 2007

Tier I 2.3%
Tier II 0.7%

 


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Date posted: 12/19/2007
Date updated: 12/19/2007