Brook2
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I'm not a tax whiz, but I also don't have a complicated financial life (no deductions, no kids, own my home). I'm living on long term cap gains and cash out about $50,000 a year. This year I stumbled by forgetting my dividends and ended up with $60,000 income/investment total.
I just did my first run through on taxes and it appears I owe California six times as much taxes than I do the fed. Seems a little nuts (the ratio). I don't mind paying taxes, it's just that I get WAY more value from the federal government than I ever do from the state.
Not to mention my city charged me $1,500 to fix the sidewalk in front of my house that I didn't ask for. Isn't that what taxes are supposed to pay for?
I just did my first run through on taxes and it appears I owe California six times as much taxes than I do the fed. Seems a little nuts (the ratio). I don't mind paying taxes, it's just that I get WAY more value from the federal government than I ever do from the state.
Not to mention my city charged me $1,500 to fix the sidewalk in front of my house that I didn't ask for. Isn't that what taxes are supposed to pay for?