If op earned 87k and deducted 1k then his income would be 86k. He would not pay the 32% taxes on that 1k deduction. Correct?

10% for individual income of $9,875 or less ($19,750 if married filing jointly) 12% for individual income over $9,875 ($19,750 if married filing jointly) 24% for individual income over $40,125 ($80,250 if married filing jointly) 32% for individual income over $85,525 ($171,050 if married filing jointly)

What this means is for the first $9,875 earned you pay 10% tax. Then for income earned $9,876-$40,125 you pay 12%. And so on and so on.

So if you earned $85,525 you won't pay exactly 32% taxes because for the first 9.8k you paid 10% and for the rest up to 40k you paid 24% and so on.

You can look at it that way. But you need to find out what percentage of taxes you are paying to get an accurate formula

Your tax write-off is not a tax credit. If I buy a $1,000 item and it's tax deductible. You won't pay taxed on that $1,000.

So if you make 100k you'd only pay taxes on 99k. Let's say you pay 30% taxes, 30% of 100k is 30k and 30% of 99k would be 29.7k. you'd save $300 in taxes but still spent 1k on the item.

Just give me a happy family and upper middle class.