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rumorconsumer
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EE bonds cashed, just wanting a sanity check on tax rate

Quick sanity check

 

Im single.

 

I make about $65k per year.

 

I cashed $23k of EE bonds this year. 

 

Taxes appear to be about $5200 on $23,000. The $23k bonds puts my income at around $88k.


I have a $3k capital loss carryover from a failed business if that matters. But that $5200 is the tax it wants me to pay when changing the only variable of the 1099 income from the bonds. 

 

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dmertz
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EE bonds cashed, just wanting a sanity check on tax rate

Seems roughly correct.

 

$85,000 of AGI after subtracting the $3,000 carryover loss would mean $70,400 of taxable income which means that the entire $23,000 increase in taxable income falls in the 22% tax bracket.

 

I assume that $23,000 is the taxable amount shown on the Form 1099-INT.  The amount paid out would be the taxable amount plus the original investment in the bonds.

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