• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    No one in the US pays 30% income tax. Only the top 10% have to pay more than 30%…and they’re rich enough to qualify for so many tax breaks at that point, that their effective rate is less than half that.

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      7 months ago

      Yeah I just checked and I’m looking at around 15-16% adding together federal tax+FICA/FMHI