# Additional Medicare Tax

> Additional Medicare Tax — A further 0.9% Medicare tax an employer must withhold on an employee's wages over $200,000 in a calendar year, from the pay period they pass it. Employee-only: there is no employer match.

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**What is additional medicare tax?** In accounting, additional Medicare Tax means a further 0.9% Medicare tax an employer must withhold on an employee's wages over $200,000 in a calendar year, from the pay period they pass it. Employee-only: there is no employer match.

## Words this system refuses for it

- Medicare match
- net investment income tax

- **Category:** Payroll
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** period