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How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

Post by getemgoon » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:41 pm

I grossed around $30,000 this summer and net $23,000. How much will I get back? Thank you in advance.

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Post by mvp99 » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:45 pm

my guess... around 4-5k

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Post by getemgoon » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:47 pm

mvp99 wrote:my guess... around 4-5k
Thank you. Any people with previous summer associate(ships) want to chime in?

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Post by Danger Zone » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:48 pm

Depends on your income for the year

Go use an irs calculator
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Post by getemgoon » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:03 pm

Danger Zone wrote:Depends on your income for the year

Go use an irs calculator
Thank you. No other income for the year. Just Uncle Sam's 7% interest loans.

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Post by brotherdarkness » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:04 pm

I think I got around $5k back.

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Post by NotMyRealName09 » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:17 pm

Google the irs withholding calculator. It should tell you.

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Post by NotMyRealName09 » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:17 pm

delete, duplicate, bah.
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Post by Anonymous User » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:17 pm

As far as actual deductions , so far I can think of:


2k credit for lifelong learning credit = 2k cash
2.5k ATLine for student loan interest paid (Must pay 2.5k on your loans to claim) = $375 @ 15% marginal rate
standard deduction if single: 6300 @ 15% = $945


Don't know anything about NYC/NY State taxes




Firm already taxed me as if making 33k for the year but only received 21,725 of 33k net..

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Post by Danger Zone » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:19 pm

Youngins take note: for future reference, the exemptions are there for a reason, and you should claim a shit ton of them for summer work
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Post by NotMyRealName09 » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:21 pm

Anonymous User wrote:As far as actual deductions , so far I can think of:


2k credit for lifelong learning credit = 2k cash
2.5k ATLine for student loan interest paid (Must pay 2.5k on your loans to claim) = $375 @ 15% marginal rate
standard deduction if single: 6300 @ 15% = $945


Don't know anything about NYC/NY State taxes




Firm already taxed me as if making 33k for the year but only received 21,725 of 33k net..
Lesson to future SAs - adjust your withholdings with precision! You missed out on thousands more dollars in cash you could have been blowing on hookers all summer long because you probably just took two allowances on your W2s.

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Re: How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

Post by Danger Zone » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:25 pm

Did you come in this thread solely to post exactly what I post right after I post it
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Post by NotMyRealName09 » Tue Oct 13, 2015 5:43 pm

Danger Zone wrote:Did you come in this thread solely to post exactly what I post right after I post it
Great minds think alike, but some hands are just faster apparently. The bottom line is we are both awesome, or at least one of us is.

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Re: How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

Post by Anonymous User » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:28 pm

I might be totally brain dead, but does that simply mean increasing the number in box 5?

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf

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Post by Anonymous User » Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:36 pm

Is there any post tax refund benefit to exemptions? The "forced savings" seem useful.

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Post by Danger Zone » Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:02 pm

Anonymous User wrote:I might be totally brain dead, but does that simply mean increasing the number in box 5?

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf
Yes
Anonymous User wrote:Is there any post tax refund benefit to exemptions? The "forced savings" seem useful.
I don't understand your first question, but to the second, I mean, maybe if you have no self control. Otherwise you could have it yourself, earning interest somewhere, or making a Roth contribution that you couldn't otherwise make that year. Why would you give the government an interest free loan of thousands of dollars for nearly 8 months?
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Re: How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

Post by Anonymous User » Fri May 06, 2016 8:40 am

Could someone explain to this ignorant SA-to-be what other exemptions a single, split-summer person can be claiming other than Entering "1" in "A" and "B" on the personal allowances section? Trying to avoid the whole lose-out-on-more-money thing.

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Re: How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

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Anonymous User wrote:Could someone explain to this ignorant SA-to-be what other exemptions a single, split-summer person can be claiming other than Entering "1" in "A" and "B" on the personal allowances section? Trying to avoid the whole lose-out-on-more-money thing.
The worksheet is solely for your benefit. You can just write 15 exemptions or however many you need in the bottom line. They don't need to be attributed to anything.
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Post by BmoreOrLess » Fri May 06, 2016 9:50 am

Danger Zone wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:Could someone explain to this ignorant SA-to-be what other exemptions a single, split-summer person can be claiming other than Entering "1" in "A" and "B" on the personal allowances section? Trying to avoid the whole lose-out-on-more-money thing.
The worksheet is solely for your benefit. You can just write 15 exemptions or however many you need in the bottom line. They don't need to be attributed to anything.
Yea, you can include multiple jobs on the IRS's witholding calculator.

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Re: How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

Post by ballouttacontrol » Fri May 06, 2016 7:41 pm

I took a zillion allowances, so had about $50 withheld. Got 100% of it back. May have had slightly more write offs than an average kjd but meh. You should be able to get most of it

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Re: How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

Post by EzraFitz » Sun May 08, 2016 12:41 pm

Yeah, the calculator took into account the job I'll have in the fall, and gave me a mess of allowances for the summer, but told me to take 0 for the fall. I'll probably take a couple less than it suggests then take 1 or 2 in the fall once I know my hours, because the fall hours aren't set yet, so that income is an estimate.

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Re: How much do I get -- tax return post SA.

Post by shock259 » Sun May 08, 2016 12:57 pm

I claimed 20 exemptions and I still got a pretty large refund.

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