哪国的法律，要付40%的税？在开玩笑吧？

ever heard of itemized deductions or personal exemption?

for a family of 4 with 100k pretax income, you can have $12800 for personal exemptions and $10000 standard deduction. this will bring your taxable income down to $77200. the federal tax is about $12630.

however, for this type of family, it is likely to have a private home with a mortgage and retirement savings.

for mortgage saving, it is likely the mortgage interest and property tax will be $20000. if you save another $15000 for the retirement (thru 401k and/or roth IRA), it will bring your taxable income down to $52200. then, the federal tax is only about $7100.

where did you get the idea that the tax is $40k from $100k income?

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• Just want to be extremely conservative. And -pieq314- ♀ (83 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 13:49:59

• 这么保守的你，难道国内的40w，不也需要保守地用吗？ -要说葡萄是酸的- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:32:03

• Nobody said you have to pay 40k tax out of 100k income, plus you -1107- ♀ (183 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 13:52:14

• I am just being very conservative. -pieq314- ♀ (206 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 13:57:43

• I agree with you. Those are your money -1107- ♀ (287 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:28:34

• 连你自己的存款都算在tax里头，好玩好玩 -要说葡萄是酸的- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:29:58

• I'm talking about net cash inflow, not tax. -1107- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:32:08

• 楼上你明明在说pre-tax, - after-tax -要说葡萄是酸的- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 15:13:53