# Tax

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax/54438>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2001, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax/54438 "2001-02-14T08:32:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax/54438/1 "2001-02-14T08:32:16Z")

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What is the proposed tax on $40,000 for a single person?  
That is, $40,000 net taxable income after deductions.  
How much would be saved?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax/54438/2 "2001-02-14T08:35:55Z")

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[http://www.georgewbush.com/Media/PDFs/tax.pdf](http://www.georgewbush.com/Media/PDFs/tax.pdf)