• w3dd1e@lemm.ee
      13·
      1 day ago

      Nah. He’s not an idiot. But he is impatient. He doesn’t handle paperwork or anything involving patience well. (ADHD)

      I also think taxes in the US are intentionally over complicated and confusing. I don’t struggle with things like that but I can empathize with people who do.

      • GaMEChld@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 hours ago

        I too have ADHD and am impatient (combined type, severe). Impatience is not an excuse for financial illiteracy. And a graduated income tax is not complicated. Deductions, credits, exceptions, etc are where it gets complicated. But if he thinks he’s losing money by making more money, then he’s stupid.

        Reading your other responses, you’re right. Not knowing something doesn’t make someone stupid. Refusing to learn something when you find out you don’t know it, that’s what makes someone stupid. Willful ignorance is stupid.

        At the very least, he should just admit he knows nothing about it and just take your word for it. Deferring to others expertise in areas you are weak is smart.

      • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        24 hours ago

        Strictly speaking the taxes in the US are not that complicated, but the credits, deductions and what not are. Still Tomato Tomato.

    • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
      01·
      1 day ago

      There’s not enough information provided to reach this conclusion.

        • alkbch@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          No, there is not. There are many tax credits one is no longer eligible for after a certain threshold. There are various programs one is no longer eligible for after a certain threshold.

          • jj4211@lemmy.world
            0·
            1 day ago

            Most of the likely credits tend to phase out gracefully. So it’s true that we can’t be certain, based on my experience of when people are afraid of making too much money, it’s almost always because they think a higher tax bracket applies flatly across their income not due to nuanced understanding of tax credit and welfare benefits.

            • w3dd1e@lemm.ee
              1·
              24 hours ago

              This is true for many people I’ve talked to, but he does understand, on a basic level, how the brackets work. When it comes to the calculation parts, I think he gets frustrated with all the rules.

              But it’s okay! I’m good at stuff like that and he can build pretty much anything. We all have our strengths. :)

              • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                2·
                16 hours ago

                Hellllll yeahhhh!!!

                Yooo is he visual?

                Awww I thought for sure we were gonna have the perfect diagram thing…

                Bah. So maybe there’s some YouTube video where they’re like “Bob made $50,000 last year. This year he took some extra construction shifts and made $75,000. …”

                I don’t care about the partner’s weaknesses I demand clever solutions :p hehe glad everything is good!! 💙

                Edit with silly riff that’s probably inaccurate:

                I’m kiddddding this was just the evil thought when I first read it :p

                • w3dd1e@lemm.ee
                  2·
                  16 hours ago

                  Actually, yeah. Something visual would probably be much better. That’s a great idea! Next time the topic comes up I’ll try that!

                  If he is interested in something he’ll dive in head first. He reads so much! But if he’s not interested in something…that’s another story. It’s hard for him to fake it lol

                  We watch a lot of mini documentary on YouTube. I can’t believe I didn’t think of that before!