You are single and claim no allowances. How much is deducted from your weekly paycheck for federal income taxes?

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You are single and claim no allowances. How much is deducted from your weekly paycheck for federal income taxes? Your state tax income rate is 4.2% on all gross income. How much is deducted from your weekly paycheck for state income taxes? Your local tax rate is 2.1% on all gross income. How much is deducted from your weekly paycheck for local tax? Social security tax is deducted at the standard rate of 6.2%. How much will you pay into Social Security each week? Medicare is deducted at the standard rate of 1.45% on all earnings. How much will your pay into Medicare each week? You know it’s a good idea to have medical insurance. Since your employer is offering to pay 70% of the annual cost, you decide to participate in the company’s plan. If the plan has an annual cost of $4000, how much is deducted from your weekly paycheck for your share of the medical plan? Given all of the above deductions, what will your net pay be each week?
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Tax is defined as the compulsory levying of a certain percentage of charges over the income earned by the organization during the particular year. The tax is revenue for government which is used for welfare of general public. There are different types of taxes such as income tax, state tax, professional tax, and many more.

 

 

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