Has anyone taken the tactic of picking up work that just pays the taxes on the other one (and then of course on itself too)? Is that a wise strategy?

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Personally I think that gets too complicated. It’s easier to just figure out your new annual tax amount is with each job and then take out extra from the new job. With J2 I took out an extra $500 per check and j3 I took out almost $750. Worst case you end up with a nice tax return and if you lose a job it’s easy to figure out how to adjust your withholdings.

I pick up work that pays money. If it pays taxes, great. Typically I expect it to pay more than just taxes.

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