• Bloxlord@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    100 hours of work if the money is tax free (it’s not). Taxes take about 40% of your gross income so on $23/hr hr can’t afford the listed bills.

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      By my estimation and IRS calculator, his tax liability is probably under 20%. Probably. This assumes about 15% is being taken out for healthcare and retirement however, so yeah, the net paycheck will be approximately 30-40% lower than gross.

      I’d estimate OP has $440 a month left over after all the list expenses.

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        4 months ago

        $440 per month to pay for gas, utilities, phone bill, insurance, incidentals, etc. You can forget about savings completely.

        I don’t think OP is too far off the mark.

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        Use this tax calculator; it includes FICA, state taxes, and local taxes:

        https://smartasset.com/taxes/income-taxes

        No one is paying 40% total tax rate unless they are single, make $350,000+, and live in a high tax area (NYC, San Francisco). If you are married, you have to make at least $800,000 to pay 40% overall.

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          That’s what I used. Still some question about how much nontaxable retirement/Healthcare as well as what the state taxes would be. I estimated $5,700 in federal and $1000 in state. Based on 10% to retirement and $2400 a year for insurance, right off the top, and a 3% state tax.