I mean, why on earth would you take one of the most identifiable superheroes and make a non-kids movie? (Queue Zack Snyder)

Yup. If you have enough medical expenses that you can actually take advantage of the deduction, you probably have bigger problems than your tax return sadly.

Yup. In areas like New York, Boston, San Francisco, etc pretty much all houses are expensive enough to put you over the standard deduction but that’s a very valid point for a lot of other parts of the country.

Even at 100K the state income tax isn’t always going to exceed the standard. Depends on the state of course but most of the states with the 8%+ income rates only apply that rate to incomes over 250K (or 373K for families - it varies). Once you get into the 200K taxable income range sure, but folks making 80 to 120K…

True but once you are making that kind of money you likely already own a house, and you might even be creeping into alt-min territory, which nixes several deductions and complicates matters enough that you probably have a tax planner already.

Even in Massachusetts (one of the highest state income tax rates) it’s…

Combined with home ownership deductions they can certainly boost your deductions but they need to be very high to exceed the standard deduction on their own. Chances are if you make enough money that your state income tax exceeds the standard deduction, you’re likely a homeowner.

The medical expenses have a dual threshold - they have to exceed a portion of your total income, and only that portion is deductible, which then has to be enough to exceed the standard.

Say you make 50K a year, and you have a lot of medical expenses. The medical expenses have to exceed 10% of 50K, and then only the…

The medical expenses has a dual threshold. First, they have to exceed a certain portion of your income overall to be included (which is itself very high), and then once included, that plus all your other deductions still have to exceed the standard.

Between that and charitable donations it’s technically possible to hit…

That’s absolutely true. So the larger point is that itemizing makes sense ONLY if you own a home, and sometimes, not even then.

Deductions outside of itemized (such as student loan interest) are always great if you are able to take advantage.

However, if you are not a homeowner, TAKE THE STANDARD DEDUCTION. There are a few itemizable deductions that don’t pertain to home ownership, such as charitable donations, but in most cases, they will…

I still have trouble stomaching the Chairman from Iron Chef America in AoS.

It straight up MURDERS that flaw.

How long until Engman is a staff writer at Jezebel?

How did this not in some way involve Florida?

Nope. Sorry, same movie as Episode IV sprinkled with J.J. Abrams predictability. It sucked.

Kouign-Amann are fucking awesome though. But fuck W-S. Even Whole Foods sells then for 2 bucks a pop.

Honorable mention for Jericho? (chirp chirp)

Patrick Kane also made a teen cry on her birthday.

Oh NP or CP now runs twice a day?

And yet there was a point in the first season where Alfred was the most interesting thing in the show.