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Nick and Jessica Are Married Taxpayers That File Married Filing

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Nick and Jessica are married taxpayers that file married filing separately.Jessica earns $250,000 of taxable income per year.Nick earns $130,000 of taxable income per year.Using the appropriate U.S.tax rate schedule for year 2013,how much tax does each of them pay? What are their marginal and average tax rates? How much tax would they save,if any,if they filed jointly? (Round the tax rates to 2 decimal places,e.g. ,.12345 as 12.35%)


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