Question

If susie paid $579 in taxes on gross income of $2953, what percent of her gross pay is being taken out in taxes?

Answer 1

19.607...% of her gross pay is being taken out in taxes.

Explanation

Susie paid $579 in taxes on gross income of $2953

For finding the percentage of tax, first we need to divide the amount of tax paid by the total gross income and then multiply the result by 100%

So, percentage of tax $= \frac{579}{2953}*100$% = 19.607....%