Question

Selina claims single having one exemption. Her state tax deduction is 21% of her federal tax contribution. Calculate the amount of state tax Selina owes if her gross pay for two weeks is $840.

Answer 1

Her state tax deduction is 21%. We use this to multiply to her pay to obtain the value of her state tax deduction. We calculate as follows:

state tax deduction = 840x.21 = 176.4

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