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<p>The authors present no explanation for why they present only the tax data in their two examples as percentages instead of dollars. Nor do they ever present the actual dollar value for taxes anywhere in the book. So to conduct an "apples to apples" comparison of all expenses, I converted the tax obligations in the example from percentages to actual dollars.</p>

Q: My husband and I need assistance figuring out the tax benefit, if any, if I stay home with our son. Currently, my husband makes $52,000. After 403(b) contributions, health insurance, etc., he brings home $49,000 after taxes. I make $30,000 a year and have no health insurance benefits or retirement plan benefits at my current job. I have a flexible spending account, to which I contribute $5,000 for dependent care and $2,160 for health reimbursement, yearly. Our child-care costs are $765 per month. We would like to know how to figure how much I am actually bringing home after...