Originally Posted by Tallulah
I had no idea the US had a system of Pay As You Earn, as we do here in the UK.Normally when I do my taxes I just get all the money taken out of my paychecks back or atleast the majority percentage.
So I pay taxes by working because the tax automatically comes out of my paycheck.
My dad pays taxes though, only because he makes more than a certain threshold therefore he pays taxes instead of getting money like me.
Yay for crappy jobs!
I regularly get clobbered for £30-odd (about $60) worth of tax a week, plus about £10 council tax (monthly; I get a discount for living alone). Boo.
Yeah, well it also depends on the state. I lived in Texas and didn't have State Tax so the federal tax was like nothing from my paycheck, so even when I'd have a 300$ paycheck and not to much would come out of it. In Wisconsin they have state tax and my gross ammount was 161$ and I ended up getting thirty dollars out.
But yeah, really you only -pay- after you earn is when you earn to much money.
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