Is Single 1 tax status the same as being married, but withhold at a higher single rate?
Q. I got married in Sept. 2006. My payroll changed my tax status to Married 1. I ended up owing the IRS in April, 2007. (My husband never changed his status from Single 1.) My accountant suggested that I file as Married, but withhold at a higher single rate. After a pay period or two, I noticed that my payroll dept. did not do this. They claimed that their paychex system does not have a check box for that option. They switched my status to Single 1. I feel that not only is too much money being withheld from my paycheck, but also, can't I get into trouble for filing as a Single 1 when I am married? Does anyone have any recommendations for how my husband and I should file? (Our accountant last year did a Married, filing separately return. My… [cont.]
Asked by Donna S - Sat Aug 18 08:14:13 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. "Married but withhold at the higher single rate" and "Single" are the same as far as withholding are concerned. There's nothing wrong with your withholding being done that way. It would only be a problem if you were to file a tax return as "Single". How you complete Form W-4 with your employer and how you file your tax return are separate and distinct issues. Don't confuse the two! What I would be more curious about is why your accountant filed your returns as Married Filing Separately. You'll normally pay more tax that way. Married Filing Jointly is how you would normally want to file as you'll pay less total tax that way unless you have a very unusual tax situation.
Answered by bostonianinmo - Sat Aug 18 10:19:30 2007

Can 1/2hp garage door openers open a 2 car garage door without spring?
Q. Can 1/2hp garage door openers open a 2 car garage door without spring? One side of the wire on my garage door broke, right now the door is crooked. If I cut the remain wire, the door will not be sprung, will the garage door opener still have enough power to open it? This is just temp solution until I can get it fixed, but I need to know before I cut. Thanks. What I had to do last night was, I losened the bolt that was holding the wheel that was winding the wire, it released the spring's energy, then I just manually opened the door with a buddy. I'm going to hire a professional to fix it and wind it back to the proper tension though.
Asked by xvl260 - Thu Sep 20 02:32:36 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. NO! Don't cut the remaining wire!. If you have individual side springs you have a fair chance of raising the door by giving it some manual lift assistance on the broken side. BUT- if your spring is a torsion rod that mounts horizontally on the wall right above the door I would have to advise you to please not attempt any action yourself, but contact an overhead door serviceman. Those torsion bar springs are LOADED with energy waiting to be released from the counter-wound springs and can be extremely dangerous when out of balance or suddenly released. With one half of the spring gone, this places abnormal overload on the remaining half, and without wanting to seem alarmist this does greatly raise the odds any jolting/erratic motion will be… [cont.]
Answered by FatrCat - Thu Sep 20 02:55:35 2007

How do I convert an absolute error of 0 1 to percentage error?
Q. If I have a range of values from -1 to 1 as my error, how can I change this into a percentage error? As in, for 5 1, it would be 5 0.2% What should I do in this case (1/0 , cannot divide by zero) Oops, yeah sorry, 20%.
Asked by Joshua N - Sun May 18 10:18:01 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A common approach to this sort of problem is to use the statistical standard deviation as a measure of data spread. This approach assumes that the errors are a random spread. The mean of the data is given by: - x(mean) = x1 + x2 + x3 + ... + xn ...___ ...n Where each of the x's are measured data points for the n recorded measurements. The standard deviation is given by: - = ( (xi - x(mean))/(n-1)) Where means the sum of and the xi's are the individual data points. However, with systematic errors e1, e2, ... en (those errors due to calculations or measuring procedures). The resultant error E is given by: - E = (e1 + e2 + e3 + ... + en ) This resultant error may be expressed as a percentage + or - error on the mean… [cont.]
Answered by '.. ...' - Sun May 18 11:07:18 2008