TheRtRevKaiser

¿Por qué no los dos?

Jesus Christ what a sentence...

You can blame the French for "queue", it was like that when we got it.

Derelicte

YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD

Man I need to catch up on this comic...

What the actual fuck is that image on the screen?

Oh for sure, I'm not trying to defend the American tax system as being good by any means - it's most definitely not. But for most people it's not as bad as some folks seem to believe.

Yeah, I'm not by any means trying to say that the American system is the best way of doing things. It's definitely not, and to be honest I've never quite managed to get my state withholding right - I almost always owe a little bit (usually a hundred dollars or so). But some folks seem to have gotten some strange ideas about how bad it actually is.

I'm not sure what country you're talking about, but I assume the U.S. We do have taxes deducted from payroll, and you fill out a form telling the employer (and the IRS) what amount to deduct based on estimated income, family size, and a couple of other factors. Then in April we have to file our official tax form declaring actual income, and if we owe less than what was deducted from our paychecks we receive that back as a refund, but if we underestimated we have to pay whatever taxes are remaining. The reason that filing taxes is so complicated is the sheer volume of deductions, exemptions, credits, etc that have been piled on top of the tax code over the years (plus lobbying by the tax prep industry). It's a stupid system, but it's not as stupid as some people seem to be assuming in this thread. If you set up your withholding right, you shouldn't ever owe taxes when it's time to file.

Now, if you're self-employed or a contractor (and considered self-employed) the whole thing kind of falls apart and it's a lot easier to wind up owning a bunch of money. Like I said, it is a stupid system, just not quite as crazy as some people seem to be assuming.

You know West Virginia only exists because it broke away from Virginia to stay in the Union, right?

The swarm is so homeless they've wandered all the way to Lemmy...