Thread: Tax Calculator code error when prompting user for annual income.

I have this code that I have been working on for a week now for my Java Programming class at ASU. It is a tax calculator that asks the user for their name, filing status, and annual income. The program then determines taxes to be paid based on the user's input.
If the user enters anything but the available options as their filing status, I have an error message that lets the user know their filing status input is invalid and to restart the program. When ran, however, once the user enters their annual income, the error message appears regardless of their choice of filing status. What have I done wrong?

import java.util.Scanner; 
 
public class TaxCalculator {
 
  public static void main(String[] args) {
 
    // Start input Scanner
    Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
 
    String name = "";
 
    System.out.print("What is your name?: ");
 
    name = scanner.nextLine();
 
    System.out.printf("\nHello, %s and welcome to the tax calculator.\n" + "Follow the prompts to determine total income tax for annual income.\n\n", name);
 
    // Prompt the user to enter filing status
    String status = "";
 
    System.out.println(
      "SG - Single\n" + 
      "MJ - Married, Filing Jointly\n" +
      "MS - Married, Filing Separately\n" + 
      "HH - Head of Household\n\n");
    System.out.print("Enter the two letter code which corresponds to your filing status: ");
 
    status = scanner.nextLine();
 
    // Prompt the user to enter taxable income
    System.out.print("Enter your gross annual income: ");
 
    double income = scanner.nextDouble();
 
 
    // Compute tax
    double tax = 0.0;
 
    // Tax calculation for Single filers
    if (status == "SG") { 
      if (income < 30000)
 
        tax = ((income - 5950) * .025);
 
      else if (income >= 30000 && income < 60000)
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.10) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income >= 60000 && income < 100000)
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.20) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income >= 100000 && income < 250000)
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.30) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.40) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
    }
 
    // Tax calculation for Married, Joint filers
    else if (status == "MJ") { 
      if (income < 30000)
 
    	tax = ((income - 11900) * .025);
 
      else if (income < 60000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 11900) * 0.10) + ((income - 11900) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income < 100000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 11900) * 0.20) + ((income - 11900) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income < 250000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 11900) * 0.30) + ((income - 11900) * 0.025));
 
      else 
 
    	tax = (((income - 11900) * 0.40) + ((income - 11900) * 0.025));      
    }
 
    // Tax calculation for Married, Separate filers
    else if (status == "MS") {
      if (income < 30000)
 
    	tax = ((income - 5950) * .025);
 
      else if (income < 60000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.10) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income < 100000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.20) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income < 250000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.30) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else
 
    	tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.40) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));  	  
    }
 
    //Tax calculation for Head of Household filers
    else if (status == "HH") {
      if (income < 30000)
 
    	tax = ((income - 8700) * 0.025);
 
      else if (income < 60000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 8700) * 0.10) + ((income - 8700) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income < 100000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 8700) * 0.20) + ((income - 8700) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income < 250000)
 
    	tax = (((income - 8700) * 0.30) + ((income - 8700) * 0.025));
 
      else
 
    	tax = (((income - 8700) * 0.40) + ((income - 8700) * 0.025));
    }
 
    else {
 
      System.out.println("Error: invalid status. Restart program and enter the two letter code that corresponds to your filing status and provide your annual income.");
    }
 
    // Display tax calculation result
    System.out.println("\nTax to be collected is " + tax);
 
    scanner.close();
 
  }
 
}

Thanks!

Thank you for the help Norm! Looks like I had a few mistakes. It was also pointed out to me that my use of the double equals sign was not appropriate in my If-statements.

instead of (status == "SG"),

I should have used

(status.equals("SG"))

All of these If-statements are a bit bulky too. Once I learn how to use a switch, I'll make some changes

if (status.equals("SG")) { 
      if (income < 30000)
 
        tax = ((income - 5950) * .025);
 
      else if (income >= 30000 && income < 60000)
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.10) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income >= 60000 && income < 100000)
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.20) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else if (income >= 100000 && income < 250000)
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.30) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
 
      else
 
        tax = (((income - 5950) * 0.40) + ((income - 5950) * 0.025));
    }