Reply #52

reflect earnings for 2012? So wouldn't the old rates still be in effect?

Ok, I've just read that you are paid weekly and that the drop was almost a week's grocery money. Still, at most 3 days of this check would reflect a change for this tax year, so you would only be seeing about half of the increase...at most.

If you made minimum wage (what is that now, $7 and change) full time you'd be grossing about $300/week. A 2% increase would be $6.00/week...hardly grocery money.

If you make, say, $15.00 hour, full time you'd gross $600/week and your 2% increase would be $12/week. Still not a week's groceries.

If you spend $25/week on groceries (pretty tight budget at today's prices), you'd need to be earning more than $30/hour and grossing $1250/week.

It's not making sense. Are you sure there isn't some other change reflected in your paycheck that has nothing to do with the end of the tax holiday?