You are correct

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf

line 15 taxable income = line 11 (adjusted gross income) - line 14 (deductions)  

And the taxable income is what's used in tax bracket calculation. 

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• 多谢！！！ -笑薇.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2022 postreply 09:57:20

• SS is taxed up to 85% -柠檬椰子汁- ♂ (1036 bytes) () 10/12/2022 postreply 10:11:22

• SS income 只交85％ 的税？ 看来名堂很多，需要学习。 -笑薇.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2022 postreply 10:31:02

• "if income is $100,000, only $550 (100,000-109450) would be -笑薇.- ♀ (74 bytes) () 10/12/2022 postreply 10:39:30

• sorry, 110K -柠檬椰子汁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2022 postreply 11:03:34

• 只有超出bracket 的部分纳下一个level 的税，看来很合理嘛。 -笑薇.- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/12/2022 postreply 10:42:06

• Yeah, that's why it's called marginal tax bracket -柠檬椰子汁- ♂ (366 bytes) () 10/12/2022 postreply 11:15:27

• 如果有股票盈利，你要考慮是長期還是短期。長期投資盈利的稅率低於普通收入，這一點檸檬沒有提到 -MYTA- ♀ (340 bytes) () 10/13/2022 postreply 14:09:25