Dental Hygiene

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Dental Hygienist:be our calculations:
A dental hygienist is one of the professions that isNet salary = gross salary — (Medicare tax +
highly paid in the united states with a gross salary ofsocial security tax + federal taxes + state tax)
62,430 per year, this salary is the mean wage rate forThis can therefore be simplified in the table below:tax
the profession provided by the united state bureau oftypeamountfederal
statistics, every other employee is required to pay12,031.25state
taxes and gross salary minus the taxes give you net2225.63
salary, the taxes we consider in this profession includeMedicare
social security and Medicare taxes, state taxes and905.235social security
federal taxes.3870.66total tax
In our calculation of the net salary we will consider the19,032.78
federal taxes, state taxes and Medicare and socialWe can therefore clearly state that the total tax is
security taxes, we assume that the employee works1103.71 which includes all the taxes considered in the
in Arizona State and therefore his state tax will betable above, our net salary will therefore be as
with reference to the Arizona tax rate. For this reasonfollows:gross salary
this paper will first consider the calculation of individuals62,430minustax
taxes using the gross salary and therefore we must19,032.78net salary
consider the gross salary first and then search for43,397.225
appropriate sources of the tax rates that are requiredOur net salary in the dental hygiene profession for an
in the calculation of the net salary.average employee is 4098 dollars; this has been
Gross salary:obtained by calculating total taxes and then subtracting
The mean gross salary of a dental hygienist is 62,430from the gross salary.
per year, this according to the united state bureau ofThe yearly net earnings per month will therefore be
statistics available at because taxes are paid every43,397.225 ÷ 12 = 3616.435417and the total tax paid
month we will have to determine the mean salary perper month will be 19,032.78 ÷ 12 = 1586.064583
month and this will be obtained by dividing the annualAssumptions of this calculation are that the dental
mean salary by the number of months per year whichhygienist salary is 62,430 per annum and therefore to
is 12,get the salary per month is given by dividing this
Monthly gross salary = annual gross salary / 12 monthamount by 12 months. The other assumption made
= 62,430/12during calculation is that the person in question who is a
= 5202.5dental hygienist is a single person and not married, the
Medicare and social security taxes:other assumption made is that the taxes rates given
Given the monthly gross salary we are in a position toare monthly tax rates and finally the assumptions is
calculate the Medicare and social security taxes, thisthat only federal taxes, state taxes and Medicare and
tax level is obtained by multiplying the gross profit bysocial security taxes are relevant in the calculation of
the tax rate which gives us the tax level.net salary, this assumption also states that there are
Tax = gross salary X tax rateno tax refunds or compensations such as transport
The social security tax is 6.2% and the Medicareallowances and house allowances provided to the
taxes is 1.45% this is according to we thereforedentists.
consider each tax separately and this will be asTaxes:
follows:Taxes can either be direct or indirect taxes, direct
taxes include income taxes and wealth taxes while
Social security tax:indirect taxes include sales taxes and value added
62,430 X 6.20% = 3870.66taxes. There are various forms of taxes, taxes can
Medicare taxes:either be progressive, regressive or proportional taxes,
62,430 X 1.45% = 905.235a regressive tax is that tax which will place a heavy
State tax:tax burden on low income earners than higher income
State tax is also deducted from the gross salary inearners. A progressive tax is that tax which places a
order to get the net salary that a dental hygienistlarger tax burden on higher income earners than lower
should receive, the state tax for the Arizona state liesincome earners. Finally a proportional tax is the tax
between 2.59% and 4.54%, for this reason thereforewhich places an equal tax burden on all income groups.
we get the mean rate of the Arizona rates, theseThe state tax is a proportional tax meaning that the
rates were retrieved from the mean rate will below income earners and the high income earners pay
achieved by adding up the two rates and then dividingthe same tax rate to the tax rate, in this form of tax
the sum by two, this will be as follows:the poor citizens are forced to sacrifice more than the
2.59% + 4.54% = 7.13%wealthy citizens. The federal taxes are progressive
7.13% /2 = 3.565%taxes where the tax rate increases as the level of
For this reason therefore we will consider the stateincome increases, they help in establishing equality in
tax as 3.565% which the mean rate of tax in Arizona.the society through less tax burden to low income
Given the rate of tax as 3.565% we can find the taxearners. However we do not have any regressive tax
level of a dental hygienist in Arizona and this will berepresented in our case.tax
given by multiplying the gross salary by the tax rate,typeamountpercentagefederal
therefore our tax level will be achieved as follows:12,031.25
62,430X 3.565% = 2225.6319%state
Therefore our state tax per year is 2225.632,225.63
Federal tax:4%
The federal taxes are determined using a tax table,Medicare
our tax table was retrieved from and the table below905.24
shows the tax level at each salary range in the1%social security
country:3,870.66
If income is over6%net salary
But not over43,397.23
The tax rate is70%gross salary
062,430.00
7825100%
10% of the amount over $0According to the percentage analysis of the gross
7825profit the highest component of tax is federal taxes
3185019%, the second largest is the social security taxes 6%
782.50 plus 15% of the amount over 7,825and the lowest is the Medicare tax which is only 1%.
31850From the table above the net salary is 70% of gross
77100earnings and therefore the tax levels amount to 30%
4,386.25 plus 25% of the amount over 31,850of gross earning, in future we expect the tax levels to
77100decline, the reason for this is an increase in the number
160850of tax payers in future which will result into a large
15,698.75 plus 28% of the amount over 77,100number of taxable individuals in the future increasing
160850tax revenue. Taxes in the future are also expected to
349700promote equality in the economy and therefore we
39,148.75 plus 33% of the amount over 160,850expect all taxes to be progressive in nature.
349700to infinityTax payment methods:
101,469.25 plus 35% of the amount over 349,700Tax payers can pay tax using many different
This therefore means that our salary lies betweenmethods. Some of these methods include instalment
31850 and 77100 dollars and for this reason weagreement, cash or cheque or through web pay.
assume that the employee is single and not marriedCash or cheque:
because the table above depicts tax rate for singleThis is one method in which an individual can opt to
persons in the country, given that the tax rate ispay his or her taxes every month this is one of the
4,386.25 plus 25% of the amount over 31,850 then weeasiest method of paying tax.
can find the federal tax is calculated as follows:Instalment agreement:
4,386.25 plus:An employee can also pay through an instalment
62,430 - 31,850 = 30,580agreement. This allows the employee to pay taxes
30,580 X 25% = 7645every month through his or her bank accounts where
Therefore our federal tax level is equal totax amounts are deducted every month.
4,386.25 + 7645 = 12,031.25Fund transfers:
Net salary:The tax payer can also pay taxes using credit cards
Having determined the tax that is included in calculatingwhere the individual can transfer funds from bank
the net salary we can now determine the net salary,accounts for tax payment.