# Tools Berry Paycheck Muse connector

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## Tools Berry Paycheck

Calculate your 2026 take-home pay and taxes across all US states

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/tools-berry-paycheck
- Category: Finance & Bills
- Developer: tools-berry.com (https://tools-berry.com/mcp/)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 151ms, checked 2026-09-28T08:30:46Z
- Endpoint: https://mcp.tools-berry.com/
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-09-24T02:10:58Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (com.tools-berry/paycheck) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=com.tools-berry%2Fpaycheck

Computes federal and state payroll taxes, Social Security, Medicare, and net pay for any US salary. Shows bonus withholding and lets you compare take-home across states. Uses 2026 tax rates and rules.

Example request: "How much will I take home if I accept a job offer in Texas versus staying in California?"

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Tools Berry Paycheck to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://mcp.tools-berry.com/. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- compute_take_home: Full 2026 paycheck breakdown for a salary in one state: federal income tax, Social Security, Medicare, state income tax, state payroll programs, net pay (annual/monthly/biweekly) and effective tax rate.
- compute_bonus_withholding: What is actually withheld from a bonus in 2026: the federal flat 22% supplemental rate (37% above $1,000,000 of supplemental wages), the state supplemental treatment (flat rate, aggregate/regular method, or none), and FICA.
- compare_states: Net pay on the same salary in several states, ranked best-first, with each state's gap to the best one.
- get_state_rates: A state's 2026 schedule: flat rate or bracket ladder, standard deduction, employee payroll programs, bonus/supplemental method, and the statutory source the figures come from.

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 61ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (mcp.tools-berry.com, tools-berry.com not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (4 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (No redirects off the domain)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)