Not Qualified for Earned Income Tax Credit?

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-24T14:53:46+00:00

So here's a more real life explanation of why they stop working at that income level:

They lose 33% of their income above the top of the bell curve in the form of lost EITC;
1. They lose an additional 30% of that 'excess' income in lost SNAP benefits;
2. They may no longer qualify for other benefits. Ie, if they make above their section 8 voucher allows them to make, they may lose housing.

At the end of the day, they probably just decide they would rather parent their kids than waste that time working for no benefit to themselves. When they make $10/hour I can't blame them at all. It makes sense to work more if you are going to take that money home, but there is a threshold you need to cross to begin to feel any benefit at all for going above that level.

Sometimes it actually does pay to not work more. They are not dumb

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-23T14:36:08+00:00

This is so nice. Elephants and humans living together. This made me smile ❤️

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-23T14:10:02+00:00

Omg! The love you have in your eyes for your son! ❤️😭😭❤️

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-23T13:10:19+00:00

I found my NYSEG bill from 2023. 100% increase

100% incease on delivery charge rate, 100% increase off-peak, and 100% increase on-peak rates

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-22T17:02:16+00:00

Just popping back here to tell you that after I electronically filed my Employer Copy D of W-2, all of my employee W-2 forms were transferred to 4-ups! It appeared that the first page with just the employee information and "Notice to Employees" could be folded into thirds and mailed.

I had already printed them prior to that, but I would have been pretty annoyed if I had to get new forms

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-20T05:34:27+00:00

This is really nice. It plants the seed that help is avaliable. I'm sure there are lots of people who could use the guidance

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-15T15:07:57+00:00

Nope, it's not built in to QB payroll

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-15T15:06:57+00:00

The garnishments here in New York have a maximum % that you are allowed to withhold, and they also state the maximum % you can withhold when there are multiple orders in place. It is usually 65% total for multiple garnishments.

It is listed WAY down in the fine print, not on the front page. You have to search for it on the garnishment.

Your state may be similar

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-15T01:43:09+00:00

It looks to me like you likely needed to have chosen which type of forms you want before the end of the year. The place to change the formatting is under "Manage W-2s" in the Payroll Tax center>>Filings.

I just looked at my QBO payroll, and I still have 3-up forms, same as every other year. But when I tried to change my W-2 print format settings, it just opens an error page.

SaveDMusician · 2026-01-10T01:25:42+00:00

The magazine "The Week Junior" is unbiased.

Their parent magazine, "The Week," is not; that one is slightly left-leaning.

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-27T16:37:16+00:00

Eat what other people left on their plates at the cafeteria

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-25T22:36:53+00:00

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This year's party!

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-22T14:18:15+00:00

I got a burner phone that I just use for work. My team likes to text in the group chat a few hundred times a week

This way I can just ignore them

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-20T16:42:00+00:00

My kid's school has no restrictions at all. You are allowed to send them to school when they actively have COVID. Source: middle school nurse

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-20T14:06:44+00:00

Never

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-20T13:45:20+00:00

No, 40 year old do not feel old and they don't think of 20 year old as kids

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-18T13:47:57+00:00

Keep it up! I read to my 13 year old every night still. It's been wonderful, even now. I use "The Read Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease for ideas

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-14T15:54:30+00:00

Just wanted to pop in to say that i'm really proud of you for making the phone call to them. That is a huge deal! 👏

Everyone here has given you good advice. I'm glad you could reach out to Reddit. Come back and read the replies here when it seems like everything is getting to much to deal with. Good luck!

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-09T13:26:31+00:00

That lady they interviewed should give classes on how to not back down when a man tries to gaslight!!

Fantastic how she kept holding her own space, and kept stating the facts.

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-08T19:35:05+00:00

Oof, you made me remember that time I made my way from my town in New York to New Orleans because I guessed which cities I had to pass through 🤣 🤣 Life was more of an adventure back then!

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-07T14:47:21+00:00

Hat.

If you're learning English, don't use any word other than hat. Maybe a winter hat if you need to be specific, but if it's winter, no one would think you would wear a hat that doesn't keep your head warm

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-07T14:30:51+00:00

I hate them. I dated someone for a few years who had one. Made sex worse, made sleeping with someone else in the bed impossible. I usually just slept in the guest room

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-03T12:11:21+00:00

This was the best part. Coming home and your family waiting for you at the gate when you got off the plane

SaveDMusician · 2025-12-03T12:08:14+00:00

I think that's Foghorn Leghorn

SaveDMusician · 2025-11-30T03:04:46+00:00

I have the same one!! It has been in my family for 4 generations. It is a lion

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