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- From: esther@verdix.com (Esther Lumsdon)
- Subject: IRA tax deduction (was Re: Middle-class salary range)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.215326.25397@verdix.com>
- Organization: Verdix Corp.
- References: <92203.085726F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Jul21.173826.20893@col.hp.com> <Brr5sK.6tp@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 21:53:26 GMT
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- acheng@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Albert Cheng) writes:
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- >In article <1992Jul21.173826.20893@col.hp.com>, lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson) writes:
- >>On another subject that's being discussed...By getting married, you gain
- >>if one spouse makes much more than the other, because the rates are lower
- >>for "married filing jointly." You lose if you make similar amounts, because
- >>you go into a higher bracket, and this outweighs the benefit of the
- >>"married" rate. Hence the tax code favors the traditional "breadwinner +
- >>homemaker" married couple.
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- >One spouse can always quit work to take advantage of this great favor
- >from Uncle Sam. :-) More serious, married couple with similar income
- >can combine resource to purchase a house (thus getting mortage tax
- >break), or invest in less taxed options (like IRA). It is not as bad
- >as it appears.
-
- Hah! Two single people living in sin can deduct IRA contributions if their
- joint income is less than $70,000 per year. (This assume that individual
- income is less than $35,000 per year.) A married couple can deduct
- IRA contributions if their joint income is less than $50,000 per year.
- I guess the Congress thinks that married people need less money when
- they're old than single people do.
- --
- ------ Esther Lumsdon employed by, not speaking for, Verdix Corporation
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