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Two Jobs Watch Your Social Security

Moonlighters, pay attention: In this week’s Tax Tip, Tom Herman helps people with multiple jobs avoid paying too much Social Security tax. If you worked for two or more employers last year, you may have had too much withheld from your pay. If so, make sure you don’t forget to get back the excess amount. [...]

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/tax
 

Some tax deductions are aimed at individuals; many are directed to businesses. The complicated maze of tax deductions that Congress has instituted over the past 70 years has contributed to the view that the tax code in the United States needs to be completely redone in a simpler fashion.