Communism and the Civil Rights Movement

[ohio jones]

11.2% is hard to explain even including all taxes other than state, federal and local income taxes. I'm familiar with the deductions for the high tax states on the east coast, and they don't get anywhere close to that.

Unless it includes the employer share of FICA/medicare, but that doesn't seem logical.

[ken_sylvania]

11.2% is hard to explain even including all taxes other than state, federal and local income taxes. I'm familiar with the deductions for the high tax states on the east coast, and they don't get anywhere close to that.

Unless it includes the employer share of FICA/medicare, but that doesn't seem logical.

The employer's share of FICA/Medicare should be included in the tax burden of the employer, not the employee. I suppose if there are enough folks in that bracket who are self-employed (paying 15% self employment tax) it could raise the average percentage somewhat. It just doesn't seem likely it would raise it that far.

[Ken]

11.2% is hard to explain even including all taxes other than state, federal and local income taxes. I'm familiar with the deductions for the high tax states on the east coast, and they don't get anywhere close to that.

Unless it includes the employer share of FICA/medicare, but that doesn't seem logical.

The employer's share of FICA/Medicare should be included in the tax burden of the employer, not the employee. I suppose if there are enough folks in that bracket who are self-employed (paying 15% self employment tax) it could raise the average percentage somewhat. It just doesn't seem likely it would raise it that far.

That is a reasonable assumption. The percentage of self employed is about 30% which includes all farmers, Uber drivers, contractors, MLM marketers, etc. There are a lot of them.

plus, many states have additional state payroll taxes for various things like state UI, disability, etc.