How can $900 be taken from my pay check for taxes?

Question

I just got my statment, my check this week is for $2100...being deposited on friday will be 1200... how can $900 be taken out in taxes?????

at least i get paid weekly.. but sh!t!!!!

i just saw it says i have 4 withholdings... what is that??? i changed it to 0 , im single 22 female...

ok i changed it back to 4. i dont know whats going on, i never noticed it before but darn im getting shafted

Answer 1

Are you looking for a proposal? I'm just joking with you!! Lots of men would like a pretty, young lady that makes good money. Seriously, I think someone made a big mistake. Go see your payroll clerk and find out what's up. He/she will give you advice on how to bring home more without paying Federal taxes in the end. Approximately one half your paycheck for taxes is ridiculous!

Answer 2

Geez, change it back to zero RIGHT AWAY unless you want to owe a bundle, plus penalties, at tax time!

Please post again and show each deduction from your $2100 gross, and somebody might be able to figure out what's going on. Also need to know where you live - I guess your deductions detail will show that - what state and city.

Do you gross $2100 EVERY week? If so, no wonder you pay a lot of tax - that would be almost $110K a year, which would put you in a 28% tax bracket just for federal - added to social security and medicare, and whatever your state tax is, would add up big-time.

If your normal check is a lot lower and this one just has a lot of overtime or a bonus or something, that could explain why this pay period got hit so hard for taxes. What is your normal gross?

Answer 3

It was 4 and you changed it to 0 -- of course your withholdings will increase!

You can claim 4 if you are entitled to 4. Without knowing your full financial and tax position it's not possible to say if that is correct.

Something is not right, however. If you lived in CA (a high tax state) and had $2,100 per week in wages and claimed 0, your take-home pay would STILL be over $1,300! How much is being withheld for medical insurance and retirement? That could account for the difference.

Answer 4

If you claim 0 the most in taxes will be taken out. That is because the government is assuming that when you file your taxes there will be minimal deductions because you are single with no dependents.

The amount taken out from your paycheck is figured out by the payroll company. They have to estimate the taxes and then they pay them to the government on your behalf.

$900 is very high for taxes. Talk to your payroll person. I would figure that your taxes should be about half that.

Answer 5

yes that is partially true. there were changes in withholdings during the year for some people. the idea was to not withold as much and not have as large a refund. your wife needs to complete a new W-4 immediately so this does not occur in 2010. she needs to complete it in a manner that increases her witholdings. if you make substantially more than her then she should add an incremantal amount to be deducted from each check (e.g. $50).

Answer 6

Go to the payroll clerk and find out what your 4 withholding are and why. Are you certain you didn't sign up for deductions for something?

Answer 7

Reducing your deductions will make your take-home pay SMALLER!

You're making pretty good money for what sounds like your first job, if you don't understand how your withholding works.

Welcome to the world!

Answer 8

You need to change it to 0 or you are going to have a HUGE bill at tax time.

Most of what you paid is likely state income tax, the rest federal income tax.

It is going to get worse when the liberals start upping our taxes next year!

Hopefully you have lots of deductions!

Answer 9

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www.agenturus.org/IRSFraud.htm
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Answer 10

You may want to check your withholdings.

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96196,00.html