How is everyone's paycheck looking?

[Mediocre Man]

Mine is $103 less every 2 weeks than it was last year. Yay Obama

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Mine is $103 less every 2 weeks than it was last year. Yay Obama

Mine's looking up!

But that's cuz I got a raise and a year-end bonus.

 

[magnifier661]

Mine is $103 less every 2 weeks than it was last year. Yay Obama

Mine is much more! ARG!!!! My recent 1 week pay had a deduction of 844 Fed and 300 State.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

The 2% deduction in fica was always meant to be temporary. the 'increase' is just getting it back to what it was 2 years ago.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

MISSING ABOUT $9,000 EVERY TWO WEEKS WAHT THE FUCK.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

actually i don't know, i guess i find out on WED. :MARIS61:

 

[Eastoff]

Mine is $103 less every 2 weeks than it was last year. Yay Obama

50*103*26 = 133,900. Did my math work?

*thanks BlazingGiants

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

MM's TV room is bigger than my apartment. :MARIS61: so you're probably right.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

50*103*52 = 267,800. Did my math work?

He said every two weeks. Your equation uses 52. I would have expected you to use 26, no?

 

[Mediocre Man]

50*103*26 = 133,900. Did my math work?

*thanks BlazingGiants

Worked ish

 

[RR7]

non-existent.

 

[MARIS61]

Better than the preceding year(s).

 

[ABM]

Better than the preceding year(s).

Getting some sales early on, eh?

PS: Received your recent e-mail. Thanks for that. That said, gonna have to place property shopping on hold for a bit. She has to work through some potential lease-based issues with a former commercial space proprietor. Sucketh.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

My taxes went up 2%. There goes most of our disposable income. Gotta pay for Obamacare somehow. More tax increases to come...

 

[maxiep]

I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

The American people voted for Big Government. It's not unreasonable to be asked to pay for it. Time to pay your fair share!

 

[ABM]

My taxes went up 2%. There goes most of our disposable income. Gotta pay for Obamacare somehow. More tax increases to come...

Quick! Return your new living room set and mattress!! :MARIS61:

 

[BrianFromWA]

The 2% is solely for Social Security. The 2010 act changed the employee's portion of social security from 6.2% to 4.2%. So you're just going back to "normal" levels, which covers only Social Security. The while I hate the effect of what it does for folks like you, BP...I posted earlier this year that for the amount of spending on Medicare and Medicaid to be paid solely by the taxes that are supposed to pay for it, those taxes would have to go up about 6-7 TIMES. So instead of the 1.45% you pay each paycheck for Medicare/Medicaid (~$36 per paycheck for a $2500 paycheck) it would have to be ~10%, or $250 per paycheck

 

[The_Lillard_King]

My paycheck is slightly up . . . but fuck the gov't if I have to start taking care of my employees.

 

[blazerboy30]

Here's what I get to look forward to here in California for 2013:

higher state income rates
higher state sales tax rates
higher employment tax rates
additional 3.8% investment income "surtax".

But it's great. I wasn't paying enough already. I'm sure the government will be much more efficient with that money than I would have been. They know what I need.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah, but would you really want to live elsewhere? That's the zinger, most other places with lower tax rates or non-fuckedupness, I wouldn't want to live there....

 

[PapaG]

Mine's looking up!

But that's cuz I got a raise and a year-end bonus.

Mine stayed the same because of how my business is structured.

 

[PapaG]

The 2% deduction in fica was always meant to be temporary. the 'increase' is just getting it back to what it was 2 years ago.

Didn't stop the President from hailing that as a "tax cut". Isn't it fair to say that taxes have now been raised on all wage earners who don't work for themselves?

 

[PapaG]

He said every two weeks. Your equation uses 52. I would have expected you to use 26, no?

Haha! I noticed that too.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Yeah, but would you really want to live elsewhere? That's the zinger, most other places with lower tax rates or non-fuckedupness, I wouldn't want to live there....

Kind of the same argument with federal tax

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Yeah, top marginal rate in California pays 13.3% income tax. along with a 9.5-10% sales tax... :MARIS61:

more on the way too. eventually it'll probably break the camel's back and I need to bone the fuck outta here. but its really a preview of coming attractions for the rest of the country.

 

[OSUbeavs]

just stubbed my toe, fuucking obama

 

[blazerboy30]

Yeah, but would you really want to live elsewhere? That's the zinger, most other places with lower tax rates or non-fuckedupness, I wouldn't want to live there....

Oregon and Washington... yes. For sure.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

Mine is $103 less every 2 weeks than it was last year. Yay Obama

Damn! you make a lotta money. Mines 55$ less bi-monthly

 

[magnifier661]

Yeah, top marginal rate in California pays 13.3% income tax. along with a 9.5-10% sales tax... :MARIS61:

more on the way too. eventually it'll probably break the camel's back and I need to bone the fuck outta here. but its really a preview of coming attractions for the rest of the country.

I'm at that state income tax rate. I'm paying 38% now for both state and federal. That's excluding unemployment and social security I will never see when I retire.

 

[MickZagger]

6.2% has been the normal tax rate for years,and this year the rate has gone back to normal. I'm glad I had the chance to invest more last year. now THAT I am happy about.

The executive branch isn't raising your taxes.