jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoThey paid their preschool and homeless services taxes. Then the city told them they hadn'twww.kgw.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkThey paid their preschool and homeless services taxes. Then the city told them they hadn'twww.kgw.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
Many Portland area residents who did pay the taxes are having to spend hours on the phone to correct the issue.
minus-squareTeamBrett@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoJust build it in to everything else. Introducing additional avenues for fuckups helps no one and it’s extra painful to pay your taxes both mentally and logistically.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoIt doesn’t help that the tax has weird cutoffs. $125,000 if you’re single, $200,000 if you’re married. I’m married so I’m under the cap, but if I got divorced, I’d be over the cap.
Just build it in to everything else. Introducing additional avenues for fuckups helps no one and it’s extra painful to pay your taxes both mentally and logistically.
It doesn’t help that the tax has weird cutoffs. $125,000 if you’re single, $200,000 if you’re married.
I’m married so I’m under the cap, but if I got divorced, I’d be over the cap.