Question

Jamal works at the recreation center 15 hours a week during the school year he earns $ 8.75 an hour in a typical month he works 63 hours calculate his monthly Taxes
Monthly Federal Income Tax (10%)
Monthly Social Security (FICA) (6.2%)
Monthly Medicare (1.45%)
Monthly State Tax (4%)
Monthly Local Tax (0.1%)

Total Monthly Deductions

Answer 1

Since his wage is 8.75*63=551.25, we can add up the percentages to get 10+6.2+1.45+4+0.1=21.75%. To get 21.75%, we can move the decimal 2 to the left to get 0.2175. Multiply that by 551.25 to get around 119.9 dollars. If you'd like to calculate the individual taxes, you can apply a similar process to figure that out