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EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
May 22 2013 20:49 GMT
#1
Teamliquid, please help me safeguard my future!

I live in Texas, and my boss just asked me to calculate my tax based on the following information:

1. I'm single.
2. I make $22 per hour.

I have never done this before (I used to be an undocumented immigrant.). How can I proceed!?

*
TheBigO
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States97 Posts
May 22 2013 20:56 GMT
#2
While you might get some good answers here, I think your best bet is to hire a tax accountant. Accountants specialize with taxes, and they can answer all of your questions.

Also, I don't think you gave enough information for people on TeamLiquid to answer. For example, what kind of taxes are you paying? Are you calculating your income tax, your payroll tax, or your property tax? There are many different types of taxes that you have to pay. Finally, unless you specify with more information, people cannot give you exact answers. This is important because the more information you give, the more tax breaks you can get.
I really need a better quote... but I have no ideas :( .
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
May 22 2013 20:59 GMT
#3
TheBigO,

I do not know what information I should provide, but I will disclose anything necessary. I am calculating income tax. I am also in an extremely time-sensitive position.
Masq
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Canada1792 Posts
May 22 2013 21:13 GMT
#4
No idea how taxes in the US work, but 10 seconds of google came up with this link: http://www.paycheckcity.com/calculator/salary/

try selecting texas and enter your information that you know? you should really see an accountant though.
strongandbig
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States4858 Posts
May 22 2013 21:28 GMT
#5
You could also try turbotax, it does the federal returns for free (although you have to pay if you want the state returns)
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26003 Posts
May 22 2013 21:52 GMT
#6
In Canada there is a form that helps you do it. It's a one pager and takes ~5 minutes.

There are ~2000 hours in a year, so if you work 40 hours a week you can estimate pre-tax income of 44k.

I used http://www.tax-rates.org/Texas/income-tax-calculator
$5,950 federal
$0 state
Based on recommended $3,800 personal deductions.

This is very high level and I haven't verified any of these rates whatsoever.
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micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24782 Posts
May 22 2013 21:56 GMT
#7
Why is your boss asking you to estimate your income tax?
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Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27174 Posts
May 22 2013 23:14 GMT
#8
And why is your job in jeopardy if you don't?
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leftykill
Profile Joined October 2009
United States120 Posts
May 23 2013 00:49 GMT
#9
his boss likes whips and chains
radscorpion9
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada2252 Posts
May 23 2013 02:00 GMT
#10
On May 23 2013 09:49 leftykill wrote:
his boss likes whips and chains


LOL. I'm imagining it now
munchmunch
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada789 Posts
May 23 2013 02:42 GMT
#11
Behold, the IRS withholding calculator.
CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
May 23 2013 02:47 GMT
#12
Your boss is a huge dick.
U_G_L_Y
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States516 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-23 04:02:13
May 23 2013 03:51 GMT
#13
Assuming you work 2080 hours in a year?

Are you asking what he should be with-holding for you, or what you should be paying at the end of the year personally?

If it is the latter, fill this out: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040ez.pdf

Assuming you are single, and you work exactly 40 hours per week with no vacation (2080 hours per year,) and no one can claim you as a dependent, and you don't own a home or have anything that you can/should itemize, your federal income tax liability would be $5,036. This is making a LOT of assumptions, and does not include State and local taxes, Medicare, or Social Security.

Please be more specific about what he is asking for...

cujo2k
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada1044 Posts
May 23 2013 04:29 GMT
#14
Sounds like some kind of homework unless your boss is a lunatic
THE ANSWER IS 288
Rollin
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia1552 Posts
May 23 2013 04:41 GMT
#15
For $22 an hour I wouldn't be too concerned about losing your job.
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CecilSunkure
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States2829 Posts
May 23 2013 04:55 GMT
#16
On May 23 2013 13:41 Rollin wrote:
For $22 an hour I wouldn't be too concerned about losing your job.

??

For a lot of people it's really hard to get above minimum wage. Opportunity varies greatly by location.
Entirety
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
1423 Posts
May 23 2013 05:21 GMT
#17
On May 23 2013 13:55 CecilSunkure wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2013 13:41 Rollin wrote:
For $22 an hour I wouldn't be too concerned about losing your job.

??

For a lot of people it's really hard to get above minimum wage. Opportunity varies greatly by location.


Similarly, it may be that he lives in an area with lower wages but a lower cost of living. $22/hour may not seem much to some of us, but it may seem like a lot to others. I know that $24/hour where I live is not enough to support yourself, but that same amount of money in a different state could afford much much more.
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haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Australia8267 Posts
May 23 2013 06:28 GMT
#18
On May 23 2013 13:55 CecilSunkure wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2013 13:41 Rollin wrote:
For $22 an hour I wouldn't be too concerned about losing your job.

??

For a lot of people it's really hard to get above minimum wage. Opportunity varies greatly by location.


Rollin is aussie? in down under you can get $22 per hour in any retail/supermarket/shitkicking jobs so I'm guessing that's why.
Rillanon.au
-Kaiser-
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Canada932 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-05-23 06:42:38
May 23 2013 06:39 GMT
#19
Australia also has the highest wages of any country on the planet.

$22/hr is twice what you'd find at a supermarket in Canada, and three times the States.

Ftr, where the hell are you people living and what jobs do you have that $24/hr isn't enough for you to live? 50k/yr is fucking plenty. Learn to live within your means. You can live in Vancouver for 15k a year.
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wherebugsgo
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Japan10647 Posts
May 23 2013 06:53 GMT
#20
it's certainly harder in california to live on wages that in other places in the country would be way more than enough.

Rent around my university is routinely three to four times higher than rent near my home, for example (I live in MI, school in CA)
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