WROC Rochester First
CPA Michelle Staebell discussed payroll taxes and their benefits for employees Monday on News 8 at Sunrise. Staebell said all employees must pay two types of payroll taxes on the money they earn. There is a Social Security tax of 6.2 percent that goes to the Social Security Administration. There is also a 1.45 percent tax that goes into the Medicare fund. These taxes are withheld from the paycheck before the money gets to the employee.