1.you will owe 15% of the total earned
so
[tex]\begin{gathered} 8425\times\frac{15}{100} \\ =1263.75 \end{gathered}[/tex]you are going to owe $1,263.75
2. calculate the 5% from $48,948
[tex]\begin{gathered} 48948\times\frac{5}{100} \\ =2447.40 \end{gathered}[/tex]they would have saved $2,447.40