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Now's the perfect time to review and adjust your paycheck: Payroll Tax Rates and Employee Benefit Limits for 2022

7/16/2022

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Now's the perfect time to review and adjust your paycheck: Payroll Tax Rates and Employee Benefit Limits for 2022

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​July is the perfect time to review and adjust your paycheck. At the start of every year there are tax law changes and revisions to some or all benefit limits, and too often employees don't adjust their paycheck for these changes.

This is actually very understandable as the new year is one of the most hectic time of the year. Instead of feeling bad about it, use the slower pace of the summer to do it.

To help enable this we've provided the 2022 Payroll Tax Rates and Employee Benefit Limits for you below:

Social Security tax

In 2022, the Social Security tax rate is 6.2% for employers and employees, unchanged from 2021. The Social Security wage base is $147,000 for employers and employees, increasing from $142,800 in 2021. Self-employed people must pay 12.4% on the first $147,000.

Medicare tax

In 2022, the Medicare tax rate for employers and employees is 1.45% of all wages, unchanged from 2021. Self-employed people must pay 2.9% on all net earnings.

Additional Medicare tax

In 2022, the additional Medicare tax remains unchanged at 0.9%. This tax applies to wages and self-employment income over certain thresholds ($200,000 for single filers and $250,000 for joint filers).
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401(k) limits

In 2022, the maximum contributions to traditional and safe harbor plans are as follows:​​
  • Employee catch-up (age 50 or older) = $6,500, unchanged from 2021.
  • Employee and employer (age 49 or younger) = $61,000, up from $58,000 in 2021.
  • Employee and employer (age 50 or older) = $67,500, up from $64,500 in 2021.
  • Employee (age 49 or younger) = $20,500, up from $19,500 in 2021. 

Employees can contribute up to $14,000 to a SIMPLE 401(k) plan, up from $13,500 in 2021.

HSA and HDHP limits

In 2022, the maximum contributions to a health savings account are as follows:
  • Employer and employee = $3,650 (self only), $7,300 (family).
  • Catch-up amount (age 55 or older) = $1,000.
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In 2022, the limits for a high-deductible health plan are as follows:
  • Minimum deductibles = $1,400 (self only), $2,800 (family).
  • Maximum out-of-pocket amounts = $7,050 (self only), $14,100 (family).

FSA limits

In 2022, employees can contribute:
  • Up to $2,850 to a health flexible spending account, increasing from $2,750 in 2021.
  • Up to $5,000 to a dependent care FSA if filing single or jointly, and up to $2,500 if married but filing separately. The American Rescue Plan temporarily raised the dependent care FSA limits in 2021 to $10,500 and $5,250, respectively. These increases do not apply in 2022.

QSEHRA limits

In 2022, employers with a qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement can reimburse employees for health care expenses as follows:
  • $5,450 (self only), up from $5,300 in 2021.
  • $11,050 (family), up from $10,700 in 2021.

Commuter benefits limit

In 2022, employees can contribute up to $280 per month for qualified commuter benefits (e.g., mass transit and parking), up from $270 per month in 2021. This limit includes any employer contributions

Adoption assistance exclusion limit

In 2022, up to $14,890 in employer-sponsored adoption assistance may be excluded from an employee's gross wages, increasing from $14,440 in 2021.
​Remember, these are all federal rates and limits. Be sure to check with the necessary agencies for state and local payroll rates.
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