The tax is not imposed on investment income such as interest and dividends. For 2014, the employee's share of the Social Security portion of the FICA tax is 6.2% of gross compensation up to a limit of $117,000 of gross compensation (resulting in a maximum Social Security tax of $7,254).he employer is also liable for 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare taxes, making the total Social Security tax 12.4% of wages and the total Medicare tax 2.9%.
Icefields and Glaciers. Glaciers, of all our alpine landforms, have had more visual impact on our landscape than any erosional agent, save water. Look around you, youll see smooth mountain bowls (cirques), wide mountain passes, broad. u-shaped valleys, Matterhorn style summits and sharp ridgesall legacies of the ice age.
This prevents the water in bottoms of the water bodies from freezing at winter period, thus protect aquatic life. Difference Between Water and Ice. - Ice is the solid form of water. - Ice has a certain crystalline structure, but water does not have such a regular arrangement of molecules. - Water molecules are more compactly arranged in ice than in water. For this, hydrogen bonds play a major role in ice.