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> There are also a ton of people who think they aren't among those who don't pay any federal income tax because they see the Social Security tax line on their W
by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
> There are also a ton of people who think they aren't among those who don't pay any federal income tax because they see the Social Security tax line on their W-2 forms.
(rephrased) There are a ton of people who think that they pay some federal income tax because they see the Social Security tax line on their W-2 forms.
Sorry, I'm not normally one to call out double negatives. My brain just does not want to make sense of the provided sentence. Did you mean despite or because in the context of the Social Security line item? I would have thought despite but that actually changes the meaning of the sentence.
- KMag 3y agoPeople hear that 57% of households paid no federal income tax. They look at their own W-2s and see their combined Social Security tax and income tax withholding payments exceed their tax refund, and believe they've paid income tax. There are quite a few people who believe they pay federal income tax who don't. They do pay some taxes that come out of every paycheck, but they don't (in net) pay federal income tax.