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Unless you are self-employed or have some other reason that you would owe Social Security or Medicare taxes (or the equivalent self-employment tax) with your tax return, you will not owe either of these taxes with your tax return. The amount of Social Security and Medicare taxes withheld may or may not be a factor in determining your balance due because in some situations more of these taxes can be withheld from your pay than you actually owe and the excess will end up as a credit toward your income tax liability. For many people, though, the tax liability and balance due determined on their tax return will not involve anything to do with Social Security and Medicare taxes.
Satisfying the 90% rule simply means that the balance due is no more than 10% of the tax liability determined on your tax return.