1st paycheck, taxes deducted NYC (New York, York: contractors, income, income tax)

[leftygl]

hi everyone, just moved from pittsburgh to nyc, worked part time for a month making 9 bucks an hour, then found a good job on 5th avenue making 34k a year. not great, but good enough. anyway what exactly gets taken from a paycheck in NYC.

I have seen some friends who are making less then me, and they never have anything being taken from the NY city income tax or ny income, they have only been deducted :

fed
social security
medicare

now when i go to a website to calculate my net pay, it deducts hundreds and hundreds, even my most recent 9 dollar an hour job in nyc I never paid a city tax or any income nyc tax.

also, since the payroll tax is cut for now, i dont think those websites take that into account.

so someone please help,

i will be filing 1, i am single with no children. working in NYC but live in Brooklyn.

what will be taken out, what won't?

[leftygl]

is this correct ? any other taxes i will be paying working in nyc but living in brooklyn


Gross pay $1,307.69
Federal income tax $146.35
Social Security $54.92
Medicare $18.96
New York $55.93
Net pay (take home) $1,031.53

[lowkeystatus]

Originally Posted by leftygl

i will be paying working in nyc but living in brooklyn

brooklyn is in nyc and thus you will be paying city tax

here is what gets taken from my check:
EFica
CityTax
EMed
NYDisabE
FedIncTax
StaIncTax

[leftygl]

I just dont understand. My gf lives in Brooklyn works in manhattan. No city tax on her stub. I worked in times square for 9 bucks and hour for a month got two pays no city tax.

Can employers get around this by having corporate office in nj or md?

[Henna]

I have it taken out of my paycheck, too. However, as far as I know, if you don't get it taken out of your check, you would still owe it on April 15 when the tax man comes. Everyone who lives in NYC has to pay it.

[jcoltrane]

Who knows what strange situation you've experienced. Probably working off the books! Perhaps, you and GF were working as 'independant contractors', in which case you are responsible for paying your own taxes.

The bottom line is EVERYBODY pays, Fed, State, Local, and Social Security. Get used to it.

[NYChistorygal]

Originally Posted by leftygl

I just dont understand. My gf lives in Brooklyn works in manhattan. No city tax on her stub. I worked in times square for 9 bucks and hour for a month got two pays no city tax.

Can employers get around this by having corporate office in nj or md?

She'd better talk to her employer about that. She'll have to pay eventually.

[leftygl]

So the employer decides if you pay it every check or on tax day?

I'm meaning the city tax , I understand the others

[Febtober]

Originally Posted by leftygl

Can employers get around this by having corporate office in nj or md?

Why would the employer care? The gross amount is what they're concerned with, not how it gets divvied up after it leaves their accounts.

[jds2001]

Nope, in fact it gets worse! I live in Brooklyn and work in Jersey City. I get taken out:

Federal
Social security
Medicare
State-NJ
State-NY
Local-NYC
And some BS NJ taxes that amount to nothing (like $10/yr or something is the max)