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So basically what happened is I had borrowed money from work and my boss hadn't collected it in a while, at the same time I was completely broke and needed an advance anyways to pay rent. My boss was out of the country and we missed our normal payday so he came in and paid out of pocket, with the agreement that we would deduct it from the next paycheck. So since there wasn't actually a check for us when he paid out of pocket he just added two checks into one and the deductions seem off to me. (i think he may have calculated wrong)
I've got my last 3 stubs here and I'm lost.
1st:
gross pay this period
427.68
t/d
FICA
32.72
FED WT
16.54
CA ST
none
CA DIS
4.71
Total Deducted
53.97
2nd
gross pay this period
513.63
t/d
FICA
39.29
FED WT
29.43
CA ST
5.60
CA DIS
5.65
Total Deducted
79.97
3rd
gross pay this period
944.10
t/d
FICA
72.22
FED WT
94.00
CA ST
18.26
CA DIS
10.36
ADVANCE
609.00
Total Deducted
803.86
So the ones that pop out as wrong are the FED WT (seems like x3 instead of x2). The CA ST seems wrong too (same deal, and why is it blank in a previous check?)
I'd appreciate it more if someone could explain what % deduction each should be, and how to calculate it properly.
I think it might be important that I'm: 25, live in CA, single, no kids.
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I'm not an expert in california tax law, but the percentages on the two non-suspect paystubs are off by 20% too. since the percentage seems to increase with the size of the paycheck it might be that your employer forgot to make deductions to the taxable portion of you paycheck.
Either that means you lucked the fuck out and he waived a week of union dues or whatnot, or he screwed you in the face for 30$. Either way, CA TAX ATTORNEY NEEDED, I DONT KNOW YOUR CODE.
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my code? I'll have to find all my previous paystubs, I've got a lot of shit even from years ago.
and yea my checks are not always similar amounts in gross pay because of hours worked fluctuations.
Also, my boss usually just writes out personal checks for commissions. I'll have to ask him about the tax or whatever (if any) he factors into that.
btw, how do I find the percentages, google keeps pulling up yahoo shit from years ago.
And FICA is social security, FED WT is federal income tax, CA ST is cali state income tax, and CA DIS is some insurance tax right?
edit- I found this thing but it seems to be not working? http://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/withholding_calculator/index.aspx?submit=Begin Withholding Calculation
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Is it possible that since he paid me twice in one check that month it bumped me up into a higher tax bracket?
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He should have paid you in potatoes 
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United States20663 Posts
California's income-tax brackets are SUPER strange.
Like they go in ~10k increments up to 50k
and then there's this huge 50k-1million bracket
and a 1m+ bracket
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maybe i should have posted this in general..
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The difference comes from you being bumped into a higher marginal tax bracket. Your boss probably just plugs in all the numbers into a computer program to see how much to withhold and the program assumes that the $944 is your normal 2 week pay. Because of that, it calculates witholding based on 944*26 weeks. Also, if at the end of the year your company has withheld more taxes than you actually have to pay, you'll get it back as a refund. Unless you're really desperate for cash right now, I wouldn't bother arguing for the ~$30 excess withheld taxes for this period because you'll get it back at the end of the year.
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i would not question your boss about the money calculation. the fact that he went out of his way to forward you the money is reason enough not to nit pick. i hope you arent still playing online poker for money, cuz im not sure if you can make ends meet in CA with what you make. gl Charlie, I hope you are getting back on track.
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