<prompt> Human: Were working our butts off! shes a school teacher and works banquets on the weekends. I run the second shift in a kitchen. We have young children so were working separate shifts. Between the two of us we do quite well though youd never know with our school loans and all. I saw that Trump is looking to change the tax rates and brackets and I realized that Im just into the 75k to 150k bracket which is a difference of 10.. Would we be better off trying to lower our income just enough to get into the 18-75k bracket? thanks for the help  <response>: ... Taxes dont work that way. Our Tax brackets determine the marginal tax rate for that bracket. In other words, the only income you will pay the higher tax rate on is the income that puts you in the bracket. So earning less means you will just earn less money. You dont hit the 75k mark and suddenly owe 10 more tax on your entire income, just on the part between the 75k and 150k bracket. 