Joel Stein did his taxes four times (whatever, Mike Dang did his three), and shares what he made and what he paid: •$399,101 in income (money earned for doing stuff) •$19,073 in dividends (money paid out to shareholders) •$1,312 in capital gains (money from increase in value of something you own, like stock or property or whatever) •$11,902 in refunds (which must be money from state returns that he wrote off last year? This seems to be some complicated rich person thing) For a grand total of: $431,388 He paid $127,826 in taxes and got a refund $469. In related news, Joel Stein is a rich person.