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Separate Additional Medicare Tax parameters by payroll / self-employment
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 163
- Forks
- 213
- Avg merge
- 3d 3h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 96
Description
#654 puts Additional Medicare Tax parameters (rate and exemptions) together, as they're the same, despite appearing (identically) in separate parts of the US Code.
The self-employment part of the code (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/1401#b_2) indicates that the wages would be subtracted first, which aligns with [Form 8959](https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8959.pdf) and how the code is structured.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing issue #654 and the existing Additional Medicare Tax parameter definitions, then compare the payroll and self-employment rules with 26 U.S.C. §1401(b)(2) and Form 8959. Done means payroll and self-employment parameters are separated and the self-employment wage subtraction follows the cited code and form.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100