2024 Additional Medicare Tax Limit. 1, 2019, the maximum earnings that will be subject to the social security payroll tax will. You’ll only have to pay the additional.
The medicare tax comprises a 2.9 percent tax on all earnings plus an additional 0.9 percent tax on earnings over $200,000 for single taxpayers and $250,000. On november 26, 2013, the irs issued final regulations (td 9645pdf) implementing the additional medicare tax as added by the affordable care act (aca).