Payed $34,000 to the feds, $10,000 to Cal, plus 8.5% sales tax, 21% sales tax on gas, property tax, Medicare, SS tax, "fees" (aka tax) on phone, internet bills, and not to mention the "hidden tax" in the form of higher prices that a business will charge because of them getting taxed.

Tired of being the prison bitch to the government.

As a former tax preparer, I agree exactly with what Boortz said re: people crowing 'I got a refund!' and not knowing what they paid. Clueless.

Also it was amazing to hear those who got the Earned Income Credit keep asking 'HOW much am I getting back?'...well honestly they were not getting anything BACK, they were getting a FREE handout, a gift from the people who PAY taxes. But that was never realized, after all we must protect their self-esteem at all costs!

Man, if only I ruled the world. Just gimme 5 minutes.

To cover my tax Federal and State tax liability, the first 5.4 months of my work went all to the government. Blood suckers!

I'm a mechanic. 43% of my income goes to taxes. My grandfather was a mechanic and back in 1950 only 10% went to taxes. I'm getting close to the point where it doesn't pay to work.

After paying our quarterly self-employment taxes last year, and after hearing that decreasing insurance reimbursements and increasing government paperwork for physicians will have me working 60 hours a week for $50,000 in income this year - a 70% pay cut vs. last year...we get informed we owe ANOTHER $32,000 in taxes by next week. It warms my heart to know that I'm paying more taxes to assuage the guilt of the college-age yuppie trust-funders, and welfare leeches, who elected our current leader. Too bad none of them run a small business (dealing meth on the side doesn't count - no taxes or paperwork), or pay income taxes, since they mostly live off trusts or have taxes quietly deducted from their pay. So, how do you pay $32,000 in taxes when you're going to only earn $50,000 during the coming year?

My total bill was 11526.99
The guy that sits next to me made off with about 400 of that...

An additional $8,400 paid today bringing the total to $99,181 to federal. I am beyond incensed

I think everyone is still under quoting how much they paid in federal taxes, did they forget about the embedded taxes on the items they bought, I roughly put it at 21% of embedded federal. So after doing the math, with all the federal taxes taken from my pay, and then all the items I’ve bought, I am currently paying 48% of my income to the federal government in one way or another

Actually Neal, I didn't "pay" taxes... they were "confiscated" by "da gubment"

Federal... $18,445 (+ $6,324 SS & $2,104 Medicare)

Arizona... $2,775

Can't say I made much, about $15.5K for the year, but for federal and everything else they took $2.1K.

I just want to thank you for paying my taxes for me...and another thing...your wasting your time going to protest something you have no control over. Go watch the Braves play they need your support more!

grossed $13,000,000.

15 trucks
21 empolyees

i got mugged

$22k to the Fed (plus another $10k of so in FICA we will never see) and $10k to the State - that's $40k in income taxes alone. I guess i am rich. Funny thing, i don't feel rich.

See ya'll tonight at the rally at the capitol. Be there!

Interesting, I don't see any of the usual lib suspects posting on this subject but they are all over the ones demanding we fork over more out of "fairness". Is it because they are the ones who are the recipients of our government's benevolent largesse because they are in the bottom 50% of income earners?

Oops. I forgot to include my share of SS and Medicare taxes. Looks like I paid $41200 to the feds and $6600 to the state. This still excludes property taxes, vehicle taxes, sales taxes, embedded taxes, gas taxes, beer taxes, user fees, etc. $41200--that's at least one really nice, new Ford pickup truck I won't be buying now.

Chalk me up for 30,000, not including the various CT State income, property and other taxes. 90k doesn't go far in CT..

I'm an independent contractor therefore I hold out my own taxes and pay them quarterly. Last year I paid just over $11K in taxes. This year, the same. If everyone had to do what I have to do, this mini revolt would have happened long ago and we'd have shifted to the Fair Tax long ago too I imagine.

I paid $30,000 federal and $15,000 in FICA/MEDICARE taxes for a whopping 40% of my earnings

My wife and I filing jointly
$40k + to the feds
$17k there abouts to the state

I made a little over 60k last year. That's working 348 days last year. I paid over 15k in taxes and still had to pay the great state of WV more money. I had some health issues in the family and basically I broke even, no new cars or anything. Just groceries and a house is all I could afford this past year. The good news is that I work 2 full time jobs so I get about 20 dollars a week with the Obama weekly chores allowance. I can finally take a vacation in another couple of years and afford some worms to go fishing with. Until then I'll keep pushing out a hundred hours a week and pay for somebodies inner city housing in the barrio.

Sorry, but he said co-workers. That means you have to work. Crawl back in bed, tool.

Federal Income Tax: $17,898.00
GA State Income Tax: $4,711.00

All because I am a single achiever, now looking for a career in Texas!

$8200.

w00t

isn't obama gonna give it back to the working people? i work, so i figure i'm getting it back. oh wait, i wear a dress shirt to 'work', so i guess that means i'm not a working person.

$22k in taxes this year - but the best part is not the actual amount, but the fact that i'm in the 25% (or maybe 28%) bracket, but only paid 12% effective. suck it, IRS.

My wife and I paid about $15,000 this year. Because we got married a year ago, the Feds withheld too much. I've already told her we are only using that money to pay off existing debts, NOT shop for "new stuff".

If one of my co-workers walked up to me and asked me how much tax I paid, I would tell them to mind their own frakking business. Not everybody is a rude blowhard like you, Neal.

No, but seriously, I gave the government a $3500 short-term interest-free loan. All in all, I think I paid $20k in federal. Down here in FL, though, we don't have state income tax or ad valorem tax. Although our property taxes are disgusting.

Best part is I loved pissing away half my year-end bonus in tax. Gotta love that.

I'll admit I didn't have this memorized; I completed my taxes in January. However, I keep records that I can easily reference:

Income was about $73,000

Federal: $4,191
State: $1,439
Soc. Security: $4,717
Medicare: $1,103

In all, not too bad, but as many have said, this isn't counting all of the sales taxes and what-not I paid throughout the year. We actually paid much more and got a refund. We're considering changing our withholding to even that out more, as we are tired of giving the gov't an interest-free loan. Not to mention the fact that we live in Arizona, and it's just a matter of time before this state follows California's lead and begins to delay refunds.

By the way, my sister-in-law, a doctor a year out of med school and her husband, a lawyer (in practice for a little over two years) paid about $75,000 in taxes last year, and they expect to pay much more this year. They don't make as much as you'd think, especially when you factor in her student loans. Yet, they are exactly the people that others are clammoring for to pay their "fair share." They could literally support an entire family (or two) for a year on the money they paid out last year. How many families is the government supporting with that money???

I forgot to add in property tax ($6000), FICA ($6000), Medicare ($2000), and sales tax (about $6000).

From the return (all figures joint):

Gross Federal Income Tax Liability: $6,600
Gross State: ($3,620)
FICA: $4,640
Medi: $1,220.

Of course, some of this is skewed because of various deductions and credits. PIA.

which was apparently not enough...my next two pay checks will be going straight to the government so that they might give it to someone who didn't earn it and has no right to it.

Years ago I was taught a great lesson in taxes. While in college I ran a local bar and grill. Every payday, the owner would come in to pay the 8 or so employees. He would actually sit down, take each employee’s time card and calculate what they should receive for their pay based on the pay rate and the hours worked. Then he would count out that the gross pay in cash. Then, he would use the tax calculations to take back the cash required for taxes, social security, or any other charges. I still remember the first time he did it and the impact it made on me. Seeing the cash I was due and then watching him take it back was something I will never forget, and is why today, over 20 years later, I still know exactly how much I am forced to turn over to the government ever two weeks.

Well, I had the 'privelege' of paying out almost $900 in addition to the amount that had been withheld from my paychecks throughout the year! Yaaaaay!

Hahahahahaha. This is my first year out of college, but because I am proactive and work a full time salaried job ON TOP OF owning my own business, I had to write an additional $8,000 in checks to the State and Federal government, on TOP of what was already withheld. And my small business was only operational since April, and only made real money since September! I make sure to tell everyone around me exactly what percentage of my income the government is taking from me because I am a small business owner... and not even in a high income tax bracket! Ridiculous. I am going to incorporate this year to get around some of that nonsense.