444-Yes, You Can Afford For Your Wife to Stay At Home...Here's How!
Radical Personal Finance · Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP
March 29, 201737m 13s
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Show Notes
Today's show comes by inspiration of this listener question: "Joshua, will you please send me a link to the best show on your website for a woman wanting to convince her husband that they can make it financially if she stays home?"
Well, I didn't have such a show. But now I do.
Here it is!
Joshua
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DATA:
Working (Conservative) Staying at Home Difference Husband $60,000 $60,000 Wife $60,000 $- Total $120,000 $60,000 $60,000 Employment Taxes (7.65% -- 6.2% SS + 1.45% Medicare) $9,180 $4,590 $4,590 Income Taxes (Turbo Tax Estimate, 30 years old - 2 kids, no deductions) $12,849 $1,756 $11,093 $22,029 $6,346 $15,683 Income, net of tax $97,971 $53,654 $44,317 Cost of Childcare ($7k x 2) $14,000 $- $14,000 Income, net of childcare $83,971 $53,654 $30,317 Commuting Costs Saved ($200/mo) $2,400 $- Work Lunches Saved (100 lunches @ $15) $1,500 $- Work Clothing Saved ($50/mo x 12) $600 $- Dinners Out Saved ($60 x 50) $3,000 $- Household Savings due to frugality ($200/mo x 12) $2,400 $9,900 $- $9,900 Income, net of working costs $74,071 $53,654 $20,417