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Employers can deduct FICA payments from their income taxes. Why can the individual do the same?

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Employers can deduct FICA payments from their income taxes. Why can the individual do the same?

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Employers treat them as business expenses and deduct them from their income to determine taxable income. The same could be done for employees (but then benefits might be fully taxable), but present law does not so provide.