Question

Jorge and Anita, married taxpayers, earn $190,500 in taxable income and $30,000 in interest from an investment in City of Heflin bonds. Using the U.S. tax rate schedule for married filing jointly, how much federal tax will they owe? What is their average tax rate? What is their effective tax rate? What is their current marginal tax rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

In this question, we are using 2016 federal tax rate schedule for married filing jointly.

(a) Federal tax they owe = $29,517.50 + 28%($190,500 - $151,900)

= $29,517.50 + $10,808

= $40,325.5

(b) Their Average tax rate =
`(40,325.5)/(190,500)`

= 0.2116

= 21.16%

(c) Their effective tax rate =
`(40,325.5)/(190,500 + 30,000)`

= 0.1828

= 18.28%

(d) Their current marginal tax rate is 28%