thomblake comments on Optimal Employment - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Louie 31 January 2011 12:50PM

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Comment author: thomblake 31 January 2011 09:28:40PM 4 points [-]

FWIW, when I wasn't making much money, my income tax was 0, and tax credits (such as EIC) meant that I was returned more money than was deducted.

Comment author: SilasBarta 31 January 2011 09:40:26PM 1 point [-]

Even after accounting for SS and Medicare taxes? (IIRC, student workers don't have to pay SS.)

Comment author: thomblake 31 January 2011 09:55:27PM *  1 point [-]

I'm not sure about those, but it would have been close some years. If I'm not mistaken (source), SS and Medicare are something like 7.6%, and looking at a rather high-paying year out of the bunch I paid about negative 3.6% in taxes. I probably did better than that in years with less money.