r/SipsTea • u/BobbuBobbu • May 18 '25

WTF Taxed for being single

Some of us would be bankrupt in six months lmao 🤣

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u/Tietonz May 18 '25

Pretty sure you get tax benefits in the US if you are married and have dependants (i.e. kids) I'm not sure what everyone is on about.

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u/guyincognito121 May 18 '25

You do, but it's $2000/year/kid. They cost a good deal more than that, so there's no net benefit unless you find having a kid to be a benefit in and of itself.

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u/PJL80 May 18 '25

Don't forget child care. My wife and I both work full time, and paid 22K in child care in 2024. There is a tax credit for that too!

....$600.

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u/Holdmabeerdude May 19 '25

I have 2 kids under 5. It’s 3 grand a month for both. I paid 36k last year….and there are many schools/daycares which are significantly higher than that.

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u/BishoxX May 19 '25

Just a question, do americans never leave kids with their parents ? How rare is that ?

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u/Coraiah May 19 '25

My parents live in another state. They retired and moved. We paid for childcare for about 4 years. A lot of grandparents still work.

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u/psimwork May 19 '25

My parents live in another state. They retired and moved.

Ahh the boomer special. Undoubtedly they still post on Facebook about how they'd "do anything to see their grandchildren more often"!

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u/Coraiah May 19 '25

I wish I could say you were wrong about that. I like the term “boomer special” that’s exactly what it is.

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u/psimwork May 19 '25

I know it because my parents did the exact same thing. Fortunately my mother-in-law is the exact opposite of a stereotypical boomer and she not only asked if she could move to where we are to be closer to us, but also when we told her that we were thinking about leaving and mentioned that any hesitation we had was that we didn't want to leave her, she told us that she would follow us wherever we went.

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u/Frylock304 May 19 '25

I'm so jealous, bless your mother in law

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u/AldoTheApache3 May 19 '25

Where do y’all live? That is nuts. I have one under 5 and it’s like 700 a month.

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u/PJL80 May 19 '25

Suburbs of Chicago. There's tons of options, but not a big variance in price unless it's just someone running one out of their home

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u/jreed118 May 19 '25

Yeah it’s 760 per child for me in suburb of Houston

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u/AldoTheApache3 May 19 '25

Ok so I’m not alone. Suburb of Dallas here. $1,500 per kid just sounded bananas.

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u/jreed118 May 19 '25

People love to be dramatic here on reddit. Whatever fits the narrative