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I'm 16 and I just got my first paycheck at starbucks. we get payed 11$ and I worked 33.75 hours so i got payed 388 but somehow 92$ were deducted in taxes from my paycheck so i only ended up with 280$. I live in nyc. why did they tax me so much?
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Because you have to take out medicare, federal, state tax and social security. Just remember the more you make the more they take.
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really helped clarify things
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and your not married so they tax you extra
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-Kurumu- wrote and your not married so they tax you extra
so what you need to do is find any hoe and get married
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Blame the British. Taxation without representation.
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SYM wrote
-Kurumu- wrote and your not married so they tax you extra
so what you need to do is find any hoe and get married


I guess that would suffice. But the way they see it is your not taking care of a family so we can tax this person more.
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-Kurumu- wrote
SYM wrote
-Kurumu- wrote and your not married so they tax you extra
so what you need to do is find any hoe and get married


I guess that would suffice. But the way they see it is your not taking care of a family so we can tax this person more.


I thought they wouldnt tax me so much since im a minor
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They shouldn't really since you under 18
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Methylamine wrote
Blame the British. Taxation without representation.


Why does everything get blamed on the brits lol?
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