# `io.github.theluckystrike/paycheck-calculator-mcp` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/paycheck-calculator-mcp
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/paycheck-calculator-mcp
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: io.github.theluckystrike (GitHub account)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/theluckystrike/paycheck-calculator-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-30T01:17:37.520Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Paycheck Calculator
Take-home pay for 2025-2026: IRS brackets, FICA wage base and state income tax for 50 states + DC.
```

Scanned 2026-10-30T01:18:19.226Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 1 do something that can't be undone, 3 change things and 1 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 1 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 1 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data or untrusted-input or outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | none |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `calculate_take_home_pay` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "calculate_take_home_pay" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "irreversible".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "calculate_take_home_pay" says "pay": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `compare_states_take_home` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "compare_states_take_home" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "compare_states_take_home" says "compare": a word for reading.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `salary_to_hourly` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "salary_to_hourly" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The description's first verb is "convert": a word for a change.
```

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `hourly_to_salary` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "hourly_to_salary" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The description's first verb is "convert": a word for a change.
```


## Can't be undone (1)

Sends, pays, publishes or merges: once done, it cannot be taken back. Claude Code: ask.

### `calculate_take_home_pay`

- The name "calculate_take_home_pay" says "pay": a word that usually means money moves, which cannot be taken back.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Calculates take-home (net) pay for a US employee in any of the 50 states or DC for tax year 2025 or 2026: federal income tax from the IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40 / 2025-32 bracket tables with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act standard deduction ($15,750 single for 2025, $16,100 for 2026), Social Security with the wage base ($176,100 in 2025, $184,500 in 2026), Medicare plus the 0.9% Additional Medicare tax, and state income tax. State tax is exact from each state's 2026 schedule for CA, NY, NJ, IL, PA, GA, NC; other states return a labeled effective-rate estimate (method: "estimate"). Handles pre-tax 401(k) (not FICA-exempt) and payroll HSA (FICA-exempt), and Pennsylvania/New Jersey rules that tax 401(k) or HSA money. Returns per-period and annual figures. Local taxes (NYC etc.) are out of scope. Figures copied from irs.gov and state revenue sites in Oct 2026.
```

## Changes things (3)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `compare_states_take_home`

- The name "compare_states_take_home" says "compare": a word for reading.
- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Runs the same gross pay through 2 to 10 states (or DC) and ranks them by annual take-home pay for tax year 2025 or 2026, showing state income tax, the method for each state (exact 2026 schedule for CA, NY, NJ, IL, PA, GA, NC; labeled estimate elsewhere; no wage income tax in AK, FL, NV, NH, SD, TN, TX, WA, WY) and how far each trails the best. Federal tax and FICA use the IRS 2025/2026 tables and wage base. Use it for relocation and remote-work offers.
```

### `hourly_to_salary`

- The description's first verb is "convert": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Converts an hourly wage to weekly, monthly and annual gross pay, with optional weekly overtime hours at a multiplier (1.5 by default). Defaults: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks. Gross pay only; use calculate_take_home_pay for net.
```

### `salary_to_hourly`

- The description's first verb is "convert": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Converts an annual salary to an hourly rate and to weekly, biweekly (26), semimonthly (24) and monthly gross pay. Defaults: 40 hours a week, 52 weeks (2,080 hours). Gross pay only; use calculate_take_home_pay for net.
```

## Only reads (1)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_federal_tax_brackets`

- The name "get_federal_tax_brackets" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Returns the exact federal income tax brackets (rate, lower and upper bound, tax on lower brackets) and standard deduction for tax year 2025 or 2026 and a filing status, from IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-40 and Rev. Proc. 2025-32, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) standard deduction increase for 2025 ($15,750 / $31,500 / $23,625). Also returns the Social Security wage base and Medicare thresholds for that year.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `paycheck-calculator`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__paycheck-calculator__get_federal_tax_brackets"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__paycheck-calculator__calculate_take_home_pay",
      "mcp__paycheck-calculator__compare_states_take_home",
      "mcp__paycheck-calculator__salary_to_hourly",
      "mcp__paycheck-calculator__hourly_to_salary"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```