[quote=CA renter][quote=UCGal]Turbo tax says my tax rate (fed income) was less than 12%. That’s not terrible. I don’t like paying taxes – but I do like freeways, education, a safety net for those less fortunate, etc.
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[quote=scaredyclassic]my dad was always happy to pay taxes. he said it meant he was making money.[/quote]
Love these two posts!
And for those who are thinking that we must be paying low tax rates, our effective federal tax rate is usually around 16-18%, and our property taxes are over $7,000/year.[/quote]
i remember them doing their taxes together, then running it by larry, their “tax guy”, who was actually an “of counsel” lawyer in a mega ny law firm.
the return was ordinarily way too tiny for his attention, but he was a childhood pal of my dad…my mom was/is so punctilious and honest i’m sure it must have been extremely time consuming for my dad. the odds of her cheating are zero. the odds of her estimating, guessing, or attempting to skew anything in their favor without absolute certainty on fact or law that she is right…also zero…
my dad was a salesman with im sure a fairly complicated return….many hours spent going over tax records, adding and readding…but i never remember him complaining one bit…
