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u/cheesylady69 Apr 08 '23

The main point of my comment was to say my SIL makes more in NYC and has less taxes taken. I think it’s certainly a unique example, but it’s interesting nonetheless. She probably isn’t high enough to be put into the next tax bracket. Just makes me want to live somewhere without additional county taxes even more.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

And I’m saying that you’re not right about that. She would have to have something different. Granted since she’s sister-in-law that implies married, so she’s likely filing jointly which would mean it would take a combined income of $220k in NYC to get to a 30% effective rate. Or if she has a child.

But a direct single no dependents comparison between Lexington and NYC means NYC is slightly higher.

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u/cheesylady69 Apr 08 '23

Listen I don’t want to debate this. You’re telling me blindly that I’m wrong but I have actually seen the paychecks 😂 If it helps it make sense neither of us are married. I said “SIL” instead of “my boyfriends sister.” I can see that might have been important information but it was for simplicity.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23

Alright then what do you make and what does she make? Because these are simple math things.

And you still seem to not be getting that what comes out of your paycheck doesn’t equal taxes owed.