Problem Description:
The United States federal personal income tax is calculated based on filing status and taxable income. There are four filing statuses: single filers, married filing jointly, married filing separately, and head of household. The tax rates vary every year. Table 1 shows the rates for 2009.
If you are, say, single with a taxable income of $10,000, the first $8,350 is taxed at 10% and the other $1,650 is taxed at 15%. So, your tax is $1,082.5.
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Table 1
2009 U.S. Federal
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Personal Tax Rates
Married Filing
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Marginal
Tax Rate
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Si ngle
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Jointly or
Qualified
Widow(er)
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Married Filing
Separately
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Head of
Household
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10%
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$0 - $8,350
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$0 - $16,700
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$0 - $8,350
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$0 - $11,950
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15%
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$8,351- $33,950
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$16,701 - $67,900
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$8,351 - $33,950
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$11,951 - $45,500
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25%
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$33,951 - $82,250
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$67,901 - $137,050
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$33,951 - $68,525
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$45,501 - $117,450
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28%
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$82,251 - $171,550
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$137,051 - $208,850
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$68,525 - $104,425
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$117,451 - $190,200
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33%
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$171,551 - $372,950
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$208,851 - $372,950
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$104,426 - $186,475
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$190,201 - $372,950
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35%
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$372,951+
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$372,951 +
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$186,476+
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$372,951 +
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You are to write a program to compute personal income tax. Your program should prompt the user to enter the filing status and taxable income and compute the tax. Enter 0 for single filers, 1 for married filing jointly, 2 for married filing separately, and 3 for head of household.
Use dialog boxes for input & output.
Here are numbers for you to check your program:
Sample 1:
Enter the filing status: 0
Enter the taxable income: 100000 Tax is 21720.0