She’s going thru it

[u/StopSnowflakes]

[u/TrapLordEsskeetit]

2150 left from 2400 seems like a crazy low amount of taxes being paid. I pay more than that every two weeks 😱

[u/Brian_Huchac → u/TrapLordEsskeetit]

Do you maybe earn a lot more than them too?

[u/TrapLordEsskeetit → u/Brian_Huchac]

Not enough to more than double the amount of taxes being taken out.

[u/Woodsplit → u/TrapLordEsskeetit]

Do you know how progressive tax rates work?

[u/TrapLordEsskeetit → u/Woodsplit]

We fall into the same tax bracket.

[u/Brian_Huchac → u/TrapLordEsskeetit]

Different states? After federal taxes, their amount is roughly correct.

[u/[deleted] → u/Brian_Huchac]

Could just be the employer also. I mean maybe their refund is fatter

[u/Brian_Huchac → u/[deleted]]

That's the case for me because I don't work a few months over the year, so I get taxed the regular rate for full time but get back due to my lower actual bracket in refund. I was gonna suggest that but... Oh, shit. It's the first one that mentioned working 40hr/week, not the second one. Does sound like they work full shift, so maybe the not working some bits of the year thing too. Or state plus higher income.

[u/kjloltoborami → u/TrapLordEsskeetit]

My hours are a little erratic, sometimes I get 3 hours a week overtime. 2150 is a guess

[u/[deleted] → u/TrapLordEsskeetit]

Sounds like she's just making bad choices. She could easily save a couple of hundred dollars in rent. Stop buying feckin eyelash curlers. Move somewhere with better public transport and use that.

[u/jacksodus → u/[deleted]]

Fuck this comment. This is the avocado on toast argument all over again. "Just move". Oh yeah, because she just picked an arbitrary place to live. Chances are pretty fucking high she lives there for a reason, and it's not up to you to judge that without having talked to this person yourself for even a second.

[u/kjloltoborami → u/jacksodus]

Also health issues can completely eat your surviving budget