2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI'm paying already 25% in taxes on a retired salary and it will go up to 31% if we go over the cliff
MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)And that's only for money above and beyond $70K/year.
hoboken123
(251 posts)'I'm banking six figures while retired, but have the wrong figures and don't understand marginal tax rates'.
I'm guess they're not a retired CPA...
jeff47
(26,549 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)well, unless you want food or something.
many have it worse, but 70k in some urban centers. means that $2000/month for rent is a lot less possible, especially for retirees that don't have health benefits.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)That's just nuts.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)As someone who was born in SF with family hete the idea that people who stay or who MUST stay being dtupid is a clueless and heartless thing to say.
Yavin4
(35,438 posts)Inflation is outrageous here. No matter how careful you plan, the cost of living here will outstrip your income. I also lived in SF, and can say the same thing about that city as well.
It may be heartless to say, but it's the truth. You cannot survive in certain cities on a fixed income unless it's an extremely high fixed income amount.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)By the way?
What if they dont drive and depend local family and familiar public transit.
pnwmom
(108,978 posts)And there are lots of advantages for retirees in large cities -- good transportation, good access to doctors -- besides the fact that most want to stay near their families.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Including lots of residents of NYC and SF.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)as someone with significant health expenses, living in an expensive area because i was born here and have family to look out for here and who is in that same tax bracket as the OP, the 25% i mean, i sometimes feel like the enemy to many DUers because of where i live, though my house is underwater and i cannot move --even though i had a downpayment, i'm underwater and can't refinance. but to some people i'm just the enemy, i'm not rich, i'm middle class and working to stay that way.
but i get the whole shaking finger in my direction, even though i constantly post, give, advocate and do work off DU to end poverty.
there are lots of families in my neighborhood that make 75k per year and who cares what they are ranked nationally, for a family here making that amount, they are often barely able to send their kids to school with lunch money because rent is 2500 per month --and this isn't a rich area, it's an immigrant area where a lot of new families to the US have a network that helps them out.
and many two income households live in small places without enough to have a savings account only to get treated like they are some rich Warren Buffet by folks like Yavin or even, perhaps you.
if you want those people, who voted for Obama with upwards of 80 or 90 percent of their votes --if you want those people to feel ashamed for being so rich and feel like you, the rest of America, is mad at their non-white faces and children --go for it.
let's see where that gets us.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Look, the current battle is not against us. I'm also in the same bracket. But my taxes are only going to go up if the Republicans continue to fight for those over 250k.
How about this: What, exactly, do you want liberals to do that they aren't already doing?
Not "don't forget about me", or "I don't have it super easy". What EXACTLY do you want liberals to actually do about tax rates that we are not already doing? 'Cause we're fighting like hell against the Republicans, and we're not interested in you saying "woe is me" while we do it. And if you want woe, you're gonna have to compete against people in far worse situations.
'Cause this looks an awful lot like a pity party instead of something useful.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)I don't want pity and I don't want it for other people.
I don't want what I have or what other people have misrepresented.
It's about the *truth*.
I don't want your pity, I want you to respect the truth.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)If you're not seeking pity, why the lengthy story about how tough it is? What's the point?
Btw, you forgot to mention what exactly you think liberals are not doing to fix this. So what, exactly, should be done differently?
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)but you'll have to do it on your own.
i am a liberal, i support liberals and liberal policies, and there probably is not a single tax that i've voted against.
so whatever is in your head, if that helps you get through the day, go for it.
i'm moving on.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)if you're going to misrepresent what i say, then you don't need me to answer your questions, you obviously can just make up whatever you want me to have said.
pnwmom
(108,978 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Good for you.
bunnies
(15,859 posts)takes me three years of physical labor to make that much. sigh.
jenmito
(37,326 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Actually, they'll pay one-third less even if we go with Obama's proposal and don't go over the "cliff".
Eventually, if we give the job creators enough money, they'll create a job. Possibly sometime in 2018.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)First of all, congratulations on your success and good fortune. I also make a very good income, due largely to the opportunities afforded me by institutions of learning which are funded by the public. I am proud to have done well in such an environment, and equally proud to maintain it so that others may also prosper.
Secondly, now that you have done so well, it is time for you to understand how marginal rates work.
Autumn
(45,084 posts)services we need.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)SheilaT
(23,156 posts)to be in that tax bracket.
LiberalFighter
(50,928 posts)Before I (single) retired my top income tax bracket would be 25% and I would have to more than double my income to get into the 28% rate. I'm retired and doing fine financially.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)We're not supposed to remember that part.
My taxes only went down by something like $35 a month with the bu$h tax cuts. This $2500 figure is scare mongering for most people with anywhere around the average income.
nolabels
(13,133 posts)I plan on never retiring but the union and few others seem content on setting up such accounts on my behalf. Mostly what i see is that a good majority of the people who retire die or go back to work within the first five years so whats the use and i see no need for it.
The trick to learn is either "Do it" or "get it done to you". That middle ground in between those actions is just a place where things go to die.
xxxsdesdexxx
(213 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,928 posts)A very simple exercise to see the effects of the federal income tax on your income is to the do the following.
Dig up you 2011 tax return.
Multiply your tax by 100 and divide by your gross adjusted income for the year. Your tax does not include any refund you may receive because you paid too much in federal tax.
You now have your effective tax rate.
By the way, if your top tax bracket is 25% it will revert back to 28%. Not 31%.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)ALL tax cuts will expire (including those on the wealthy) and shortly after the first of the year, a deal will be made. I'm willing to suffer a temporary hike to get what we want. A deal later is much better for the middle class than a deal now.
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)"Since the rich can't get their tax cuts, NO ONE gets them. There, that will show you! HRMPH."
subterranean
(3,427 posts)Or just the part above $70,700? In either case, you are doing pretty well for yourself in retirement. Congratulations. I'm sure you'll still be doing quite well if we go over the fiscal "cliff."
Filibuster Harry
(666 posts)tax bracket:
Current 2012: Over $ 35,350 but not over $ 85,650 ; the tax is $ 4,867.50 plus 25% of the excess
over $ 35,350.-
2013 Projection: Over $ 36,250 but not over $ 87,850; the tax is $ 4,991.25 plus 25% of the excess over
$ 36,250.-
But if we hit the fiscal cliff:
Over $ 36,250 but not over $ 87,850; the tax is $ 5,437.50 plus 28% of the excess over $ 36,250.-