# First paycheck! Hooray!  Got to keep a whole 28% of it...

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 17, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203 "2016-09-17T21:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-paycheck-hooray-got-to-keep-a-whole-28-of-it/766203/158 "2016-09-26T16:23:41Z")

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> [@A traffic Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traffic-rant/101652/5):
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> seems like you just figured you’d get it back with your tax return.

Tax **refund**.

🙂

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