For health insurance in California you will likely end up with a choice between something like Kaiser (where you go to their hospitals and clinics for everything), an HMO which will basically be another network of preferred providers, so that you are 80 or 90% covered if you use their network doctors and 60% or some other lesser % if you use an out of network hospital or specialist. It is hard to figure out what's best. I have never done Kaiser but most people I know who use it are okay with it.
Vision and Dental insurance is usually more straightforward and you only get 1 choice.
there will be a tax form, a w-9, that you fill out where you check off some boxes about how many dependents you have and whether you are a head of a household. That affects the amount of taxes withheld from your paychecks. If you get that withholding right then most of your taxes will be automatically deducted and paid, so when April 15 (tax time) rolls around you won't have a huge amount owed by you or to you. The rate you get taxed at also depends on how much you make.
I have no idea how taxes, benefits, etc work for you now but that is the basic primer... maybe too basic!
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Vision and Dental insurance is usually more straightforward and you only get 1 choice.
there will be a tax form, a w-9, that you fill out where you check off some boxes about how many dependents you have and whether you are a head of a household. That affects the amount of taxes withheld from your paychecks. If you get that withholding right then most of your taxes will be automatically deducted and paid, so when April 15 (tax time) rolls around you won't have a huge amount owed by you or to you. The rate you get taxed at also depends on how much you make.
I have no idea how taxes, benefits, etc work for you now but that is the basic primer... maybe too basic!