get him hooked on finances and saving and the security you feel from a financial saftey net and itll all work out. this tax thing is interesting thats square one then get him a real bank account. there is a financial flowchart in the wiki somewhere he should conquer step by step.

with these rules applied you should have 42% of your take home for discretionary spending correct? that should be enough if you want to be saving 25% and putting 25% in housing. you either need to earn more or spend less not sure which one you gotta figure that out.

i think its weird your current company counter offered within a 1000 dollars but not fully to the new offer. that seems sorta cheap to me you know what i mean? idk how i feel about that...