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- From: weverka@spot.Colorado.EDU (Robert T. Weverka)
- Subject: Re: $$$ for middle class
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.122634.22418@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <brpaav.gal@wang.com> <7531@public.BTR.COM>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 12:26:34 GMT
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- In <7531@public.BTR.COM> timlee@btr.com (Timothy J. Lee) writes:
- >
- >How about defining the middle class as the people who pay
- >the highest national income tax marginal rate (including FICA)
- >on their wage/salary/tip income? This range, for people using
- >the standard deduction and having no other income (admittedly
- >artificial assumptions), is:
- >
- >Single people with no dependents:
- >$25900-53400 (35.65% marginal tax rate)
- >
- >Married people, 2 children, each spouse makes 1/2 of the income:
- >$48300-106800 (35.65% to 38.65% marginal tax rate)
-
- The highest marginal tax bracket is on married with children
- with self employed income between $15,000 and $20,000.
- FICA -> 15.3%
- Fed Tax -> 15%
- Earned income credit recapture -> 10%
-
- Total -> 40.3%
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