Comment on Why does everyone hate Income tax ?
sith@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoMaking the employer pay the tax before the money reach the employee solves quite a lot. I understand that’s not the practice in the US.
Comment on Why does everyone hate Income tax ?
sith@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoMaking the employer pay the tax before the money reach the employee solves quite a lot. I understand that’s not the practice in the US.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How do you figure this isn’t the way it is in USA? My taxes are paid before I ever see a paycheck.
sith@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I don’t think it’s enforced by law. Only federal tax. Maybe different in different states? Anyway, Americans are always whining about it, so I figured it was national/federal.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m confused. You say taxes are not paid by the employer before the employee is paid, but you’re also saying Americans are always whining about taxes coming out of their paychecks?
sith@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Whining about having to pay income taxes by themselves. Could also be that many are self employed.
Soapbox@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Most Americans opt to have their employer take the taxes out and send them to the government for them. But its not required, we can choose to receive all of our pay and take responsibility for sending the government their cut ourselves. Its a PITA, but some opt to put their taxes in an account to earn interest for a year before paying the government. They view paying monthly as “giving the government a free loan.”
When you have your employer do it for you, your pay stub breaks down the amount you started with and how much was taken out for each tax. We can see what we are paying in tax on every paycheck which is why so many Americans complain about it.