I appreciate the response but I don't think anyone is specifically answered my question. I apologize if I've made it confusing. :(
if I my line 15 taxable wages are say $80,500... and her unearned income... less the 2200... is 12,000 ... Considering the chart above... am I looking at the single(her) or married(me) column and more specifically am I looking for the row for $80,500 or $90,700 (my taxable income plus her unearned taxable) to get the percentage due. By the way, in this example I see the percentage is 22% in either case....BUT... if it's indeed only supposed to be looking at MY 80,500 in wages, if I lower that to say 79,000 I would think that would bump the percentage due to 12 percent.... but it's not it reduces it a little but not by a full 10%
Final question does it just look at my line 15 wages to determine the percentage from the chart above or does it look at my line 15 wages plus her unearned income added together to determine the percentage?
