One more week until Tax Night out. Have you filed yours yet? I haven't (probably should onboard that, actually), and when I read in USA Today that roughly 47% of Americans won't even need to worry about paying federal income taxes, I start to wonder if I should even bother. Oh sure, there's the threat of prison time for tax evasion, but really, what's the point if half the damn country isn't going expend up and leave scot-free?
Contributing an insurance deductible $1,000 will lower the taxable income of the $30,000 each person from $20,650 to $19,650 and save taxes of $150 (=15% of $1000). For your $100,000 every year person, his taxable income decreases from $90,650 to $89,650 and saves him $280 (=28% of $1000) - almost double the!
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