Depending on her rate, sure, but you don't get consistent paychecks at your rate every other week when you're an actor. You get paid that amount for the 6-10 weeks that you may be on set filming.
That's what happens when you're in a gig industry. They'll get a good role and make $100K in 3 months, not have a job for 7 months, and get a commercial or two at the end of the year that'll score them an extra couple thousand for the holidays. Meanwhile, they're stretching their cash until the role they scored that starts at the beginning of the new year.
And since all that money is in a condensed portion of the year, she's taxed a lot higher than if it were over 12 months because it reads like she's making 300-400k for the year.
What do you think tax returns are? They’re corrections. At the end of the year, you’re taxed for what you made, not what it “reads” like you made.
There are ways to keep your money upfront and pay later.
It’s basically a guessing game. You guess how much you might make and pay that much taxes upfront. At the end of the tax year (April), it gets corrected.
So if you over paid, you get money back. If you under paid, you owe the government money.
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u/hadawayandshite 21d ago
She will have likely earned 150,000 a year (conservatively) whilst on Superman