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Additional Medicare tax is a separate tax from the Medicare deducted through payroll.  This tax, enacted in 2013 is 0.9% and added to tax returns showing earned income above the following thresholds:

Single, head of household, and qualifying surviving spouse $200,000

Married filing jointly $250,000

Married filing separately $125,000

For purposes of this tax "earned income" consists of wages, bonuses, tips, certain noncash fringe benefits, and net income from self-employment.   

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