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Earnings Limits, Tax Rates & COLAs

 

 

 
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Earnings Limits, Tax Rates & COLAs

 

Automatic Increases: COLAs & Wage Indexed Amounts

Railroad Retirement Act

 

January 2016 Cost-of-Living Increase

Tier I Benefit0.0%

Tier II Benefit0.0%

2014 National Average Wage Index$46,481.52

2016 Maximum Taxable Railroad Earnings

Tier I Earnings Limit$118,500

Tier II Earnings Limit$88,200

HI Earnings LimitNo Limit

2016 Bend Points for Primary Insurance Amount Calculation

1st Bend Point$856

2nd Bend Point$5,157

2016 Bend Points for Family Maximum Calculation

1st Bend Point$1,093

2nd Bend Point$1,578

3rd Bend Point$2,058

2016 Retirement Earnings Test Exempt Amounts

Less than full retirement age in calendar year

Monthly$1,310

Annual$15,720

Full retirement age attained in calendar year, for months prior to such attainment

Monthly$3,490

Annual$41,880

2016 Earnings Required for a Quarter of Coverage$1,260

2016 Monthly Amounts For Substantial Gainful Activity

Blind Beneficiaries$1,820

Non-Blind Disabled Beneficiaries$1,130

2016 Monthly Earnings Threshold for Trial Work Period$810

2016 Monthly Disability Earnings Limit$880

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Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act

 

2016 Monthly Compensation Base$1,455.00

2016 Base Year Minimum Qualifying Compensation, and Other Items Equal to 2.5 Times the Monthly Compensation Base$3,637.50

2016 Base Year Maximum Monthly Compensation Considered For Maximum Benefit Calculation$1,879.00

Maximum Daily Benefit Rate for Benefit Year Beginning

July 2016$72

July 2017$72

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Medicare

 

2016 Part A Deductible$1,288.00

2016 Part B Monthly Standard Premium, New Enrollees or Premium Not Withheld$121.80

Under the "hold-harmless" provision, the 2016 Part B premium for those who had it withheld before 2016 will remain at $104.90 unless their income is above $85,000 for an individual filer or $170,000 for a married couple.

2016 Part B Annual Deductible$166.00

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Last updated: 10/25/2017