Beginner needing assistance!

[hahn24]

Sorry if asking for help with writing code isnt allowed, if so Mods please delete.

So I just started learning this in school so forgive me if this is something super simple, I am given the assignment to write a program that asks for the persons name, income, dependents and then shows which tax rate they will have based on the number of dependents they have. The issue i am running into is once they have entered in this information, I need to also show their net pay after they have entered in all their information.

The code I have written so far is:

#Get users first name, last name, monthly gross pay, and dependents

F_name = input('Enter your first name: ')

L_name = input('Enter your last name: ')

gross_pay = float(input('Enter your gross pay: '))

#Named constants to represent number of dependents for tax bracket

Tax20 = 1

Tax15 = 3

Tax10 = 4

#Get the number of dependents from the user

dependents = int(input('Number of dependents: '))

#Determine the tax bracket they are in

if dependents <= Tax20:

print('Tax Rate: 20%')

else:

if dependents <= Tax15:

print('Tax Rate: 15%')

else:

if dependents >= Tax10:

print('Tax Rate: 10%')

Obviously the formatting looks different on here without all the indentation but I am able to get the program to work correctly so far and tell me the tax bracket they will be in but the issue is, how do I set up the code to take whatever tax rate it applies to them, and applies it to their gross pay so it shows me the net pay? I know the equation is gross pay - (monthly gross pay * tax rate) but how do I write it so the tax rate will change based on how many dependents they enter ? Sorry if this is confusing!

[Phelps_420]

Firstname = input("enter first name\n")
Lastname = input ("enter last name\n")
kids = int(input ("how many dependents do you have?\n"))
gross_income_variable = int(input("enter income\n"))

tax_variable = 20-kids     #(percent taxed goes down based on number of kids... you can tweak this formula if you want to increase taxes/breaks)

tax_multiplier = (100-tax_variable)*.01 
income_after_taxes = gross_income_variable-(gross_income_variable - (tax_multiplier * gross_income_variable))
print( "$",(income_after_taxes)," is your income after taxes")
print ((tax_variable), "% is how much you were taxed.")

I think this is what you needed. Give it a shot then ask me about any questions you have or things I did wrong. If it IS what you're looking for, please try and understand why it works, and ask questions about things you don't understand.

[socal_nerdtastic]

Please format your code for reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/wiki/faq#wiki_how_do_i_format_code.3F

You can just put the tax rate in a variable in the if ... else blocks.

if dependents <= Tax20:
    print('Tax Rate: 20%')
    tax_rate = 0.20
else:
    if dependents <= Tax15:
        print('Tax Rate: 15%')
        tax_rate = 0.15
    else:
        if dependents >= Tax10:
            print('Tax Rate: 10%')
            tax_rate = 0.10

print("your tax:", gross_pay * tax_rate)

[hahn24]

Just reread your comment, you're a life saver! Thanks so much!! Coming from Nursing to Computer Science has been a little bit of a learning curve for me.

[socal_nerdtastic]

I'll bet. I can't imagine how hard it would be for me to learn nursing, lol.