<prompt> Human: Its never too late for a first Reddit post, right?My situation: I work for a well-known Fortune 500 biotech company. Im in my mid-twenties, and hit my 3.5 year mark with the company after two promotions recently. I do field sales - and would like to believe this is a position I can be proud of given my age. I would also like to believe I can afford to live here.Today I received a paycheck for about 800.00.Looking at the breakdown of my deductions, I want to laugh and cry at the same time. Before I go on, please note that a studio apartment here is 2,500mo. to rent.EARNINGS: Taxable Fringe Benef.: 1,903.96 Regular Hrs Earns: 2,692.30 80 HRSGROSS PAY: 4,596.26TAX DEDUCTIONS: Federal Withholding Tax: 822.81 Social Security Tax: 280.42 Medicare Tax: 65.58 CA Withholding Tax: 317.75 CA SSDis EE: 40.71 TOTAL TAX DEDUCTIONS: 1,527.27ADDITIONAL DEDUCTIONS: 401K Contribution: 188.46 Dental: 4.09 Offset to FRG Taxable: 1,903.96 Medical Plan: 70.00 TOTAL OTHER DEDUCTIONS: 2,177.58NET PAY: 891.41My Additional Deductions has a nice 1,900 from my car allowance: - Since I did not drive a specific number of miles 5,000 for 12 months my car allowance was deemed taxable, so this amount was taken from my paycheck - Good thing I moved closer to my customers, pay up the ass in rent to be here, then get penalized for driving less and not knowing this.Using this more as a venting platform. But if youre with a corporate company and feel screwed over one way or another - know you arent alone.Cheers  <response>: You might have incorrectly formatted line breaks. To create a line break, either put two spaces at the end of the line or put an extra blank line in-between lines. See Reddits page on commenting for more information.I have attempted to automatically reformat your text with fixed line breaks.--- Its never too late for a first Reddit post, right? My situation: I work for a well-known Fortune 500 biotech company. Im in my mid-twenties, and hit my 3.5 year mark with the company after two promotions recently. I do field sales - and would like to believe this is a position I can be proud of given my age. I would also like to believe I can afford to live here. Today I received a paycheck for about 800.00. Looking at the breakdown of my deductions, I want to laugh and cry at the same time. Before I go on, please note that a studio apartment here is 2,500mo. to rent. EARNINGS: Taxable Fringe Benef.: 1,903.96 Regular Hrs Earns: 2,692.30 80 HRS GROSS PAY: 4,596.26 TAX DEDUCTIONS: Federal Withholding Tax: 822.81 Social Security Tax: 280.42 Medicare Tax: 65.58 CA Withholding Tax: 317.75 CA SSDis EE: 40.71 TOTAL TAX DEDUCTIONS: 1,527.27 ADDITIONAL DEDUCTIONS: 401K Contribution: 188.46 Dental: 4.09 Offset to FRG Taxable: 1,903.96 Medical Plan: 70.00 TOTAL OTHER DEDUCTIONS: 2,177.58 NET PAY: 891.41 My Additional Deductions has a nice 1,900 from my car allowance: - Since I did not drive a specific number of miles 5,000 for 12 months my car allowance was deemed taxable, so this amount was taken from my paycheck - Good thing I moved closer to my customers, pay up the ass in rent to be here, then get penalized for driving less and not knowing this. Using this more as a venting platform. But if youre with a corporate company and feel screwed over one way or another - know you arent alone. Cheers ---I am a bot. Contact pentium4borg with any feedback. 