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Taxable income

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A quick definition of Taxable income:

Taxable income: The money you make minus the things you can take away is called your taxable income. This is the amount of money that you have to pay taxes on. You can take away certain things like expenses for work or donations to charity. After you figure out your taxable income, you might be able to take away more things or get some money back from the government.

A more thorough explanation:

Taxable income

Taxable income is the amount of money an individual or business has to pay taxes on. It is calculated by subtracting all allowable deductions from the gross income. Taxable income is also known as adjusted gross income. The deductions for taxable income are all above the line deductions. After calculating the taxable income, the individual or business may have further tax exemptions or tax credits.

Example 1: John earns $50,000 a year. He has $10,000 in allowable deductions. His taxable income is $40,000.

Example 2: ABC Company earns $500,000 in revenue. They have $100,000 in allowable deductions. Their taxable income is $400,000.

In Example 1, John's gross income is $50,000. After subtracting his allowable deductions of $10,000, his taxable income is $40,000. This is the amount he will have to pay taxes on.

In Example 2, ABC Company's gross income is $500,000. After subtracting their allowable deductions of $100,000, their taxable income is $400,000. This is the amount they will have to pay taxes on.

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And, yes, most people with a 170+ will go to the T20 because at the very least since the T20 pretty much all has a 170+ LSAT median they need at least 3k people a year with a 170+ to maintain those medians (given about 6k people enroll in the T20).
And there's only 4k people a year with a 170+.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
12:50
@babycat: That KJD question is a legit one, I wonder if there is enough data out there to show it as there is data that makes people think URM is a point boost
HopefullyInLawSchool
12:52
I just got my second decision of the day (:
12:52
you are a fucking idiot, Do you think every 170+ is in the t20? Some people want to inherit daddy's judge position and local connections and only needed a 155 but shit out a 173. Okay, go look at the schools yourself. Surely you will find ONLY 170s in the t20 and nowhere else! fucking tool. Also, there are only 4400ish people in the t14 and the median is like 171 lmfao they do not want ONLY 170+s
starfishies
12:52
unless you participated in a million clubs or had legit internships idk how kjds do so well honestly
starfishies
12:53
nothing against kjds just heard a ton of advice that you should work before applying
@EvolBunny: I said the vast majority dumbass. There's only 4k people with a 170+ and 6k people in the T20. The lowest LSAT median in the T20 is 169, so yes the vast majority of people (as in 70ish percent) with a 170+ are going to the T14.
babycat
12:53
I think some of that comes from a feeling that law school is a major commitment and you should be sure about it moreso than the value of the work experience
babycat
12:54
@BulbasaurNoLikeCardio: right? would love to see some analysis on this
babycat
12:55
I feel like as you get more WE you have diminishing returns. Not sure someone with 20 years of work is valued more than 5 or 10 unless it's been ground-breaking stuff
babycat
12:57
realizing now the correct spelling of groundbreaking is unhyphenated. I knew it looked wrong
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
12:57
I think it has to be proffesional or law related kind of work experience to mean anything significant. Entry level assistant jobs people get fresh from college has to be like ehhhh.
JumpySubsequentDolphin
12:58
@babycat: I think Dean z did a podcast on this
babycat
12:58
I don't really trust what she says 100% of the time. I think there's an impulse to say things because they sound nice and fair even if they're not true
12:59
texas law, you are clearly a humanities idiot who never dealt with stats and i will no longer be engaging your dumbass on this topic
JumpySubsequentDolphin
12:59
oh yeah for sure
@EvolBunny: that's rich coming from the person with a 163 LSAT score
but, hey, if you can't understand medians, your loss
JumpySubsequentDolphin
13:00
don’t engage Texas not worth jt
13:00
I think work experience helps in two different ways. One is showing maturity, and the other is doing something difficult/challenging.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
13:00
Dean Z can only speak to her school and when she is in charge. Does not apply to other schools fully. Talked to a few deans of admissions and they say ignore all the social media deans because they can't speak for how other schools operate
damn getting heated and yeah no worth engaging
babycat
13:00
Lmao I ignore all the social media deans already
13:01
So you get points for any professional work experience just for maturity reasons, and more consideration if that work is difficult
13:01
and maybe another consideration for if the work aligns with what you intend to do in law
babycat
13:01
I hate when St. John's emails me with a subject line that's like a TikTok trend or something. pissing me off
I don't know Dean Z does have some helpful tidbits. I think in the KJD episode, she mentioned that she looked more for a why law for KJD's.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
13:02
@BruceSutter: I think the maturity factor is the biggest one playing against KJDs. WE shows you have more life experience and maybe more maturity to help. The level of work matters.
BulbasaurNoLikeCardio
13:03
@babycat: was that the one with the dean having a bratt girls summer? I thought it was troll/spam and I lost respect for the school.
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