Heading: Income Tax
Tip:  Your filing status is from the last day of the year.

HOW MUCH WILL I PAY?                 

Filing status

Qualifying Widow(er) with Dependent Child – your spouse died within the past two years, you have a dependent child, you have not remarried, and you provided over half of the cost of keeping up a home the past year

Work across the table to find out how much you will owe:

2004 Tax Rate Schedule – Status:  Qualifying Widow(er)

If taxable income is over

but less than

your tax is

plus

of the amount over

$0

$14,300

$0

10%

$0

14,300

58,100

1,430.00

15%

14,300

58,100

117,250

8,000.00

25%

58,100

117,250

178,650

22,787.50

28%

117,250

178,650

319,100

39,979.50

33%

178,650

319,100

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86,328.00

35%

319,100

Example:
$20,000 income = $1,430.00 + 15% of (20,000-14,300) =
$2,285 tax

The different sections on the table are called “tax brackets.”  A tax bracket sets what percent of your income you pay in taxes.  The more money you make, the higher the percentage you pay.

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