I recently got married and my federal income tax taken out of my paycheck decreased.  Why?
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Because, since you are married, you will file married filing jointly, which has a larger standard deduction, and you get your spouses personal exemption also.  Therefore, you will presumably owe less tax, so they take less tax out.  Kinda nice.
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Contact the finance department of the business you worked for. They should have issued one to you and one to the IRS by the end of last month.
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Amount of tax would depend on what other income you have and your filing status.  If you're married filing joint, with no other income other than social security, you wouldn't pay federal tax.  If you're single, would pay some but not a lot. \n\nState taxes would depend on where you live.  \n\nFees would depend on where your 401K is.  Most of the time, wouldn't be any.
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Tax laws change from year to year ... best get a new copy and write it off on your taxes. \n\nMake sure the shortcut points to the correct folder. You might have to re-install it but save last year's return first.
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I separated from my ex husband two years ago and started to file separately because I didn't want to be blamed for anything on his tax return.  It was a trust issue with me as his income could not be verified because he works in a third world country as an expat.
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First of all, the "marriage penalty" is actually a married benefit now.  The tax rates are different for married couples in a positive way, as you can tell by looking at pages 65-76 of the 1040 instructions (http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040.pdf).  \n\nSecond, I'm surprised that $1,600 didn't cover your taxes.  \n\nLooking up your tax in the tax table (assuming you took the standard deduction of $10,000 and the two personal exemptions you were allowed adding up to $6,400) for married filing jointly) the tax on the $8,600 of taxable income would be just $863, which is far less than the $1,600 that you say was withheld.  \n\nAnd yes, as previous answerers have mentioned, it is true that you can claim a zero on your W4, which would have given you withholding of somewhere between $1,850 and $2,000.  \n\nHowever, I think that I have proved that your empoyer did in fact pull out enough money to cover your income tax on the income you received from that employer.\n\nUnless your wife's income and other income in the return totaled over $7000 and you had no additional withholding, you should have got a refund this year.
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Hi, you have almost invested the full amount in tax savings. I am giving you a web link.  Please go through it.  It will give you full details about Income Tax and Tax savings.\n\nhttp://www.incometaxbangalore.org/taxinfo/trates06_07.htm\n\nPlease note that long questions and difficult questions are usually un answered.  May with that reason no one has answered your question.
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That is a more complicated question than you can imagine.\n\nIt depends on multiple factors. \n\n1. have you reached normal retirement age? If not, the amount you can earn is less than if you have.\n\n2. you do not loose all of you SSI, if you earn money. Only a percentage.\n\nTo make a long story short, if you have reached normal retirement age, your benefits will not be reduced. If you have not, then are are limits and your benefits are reduced above a limit of $12,480 in an amount of $1 for each $2 you earn above the minimum. \n\nBut!! There is also the question of income taxes to consider. You must pay income taxes on your SS benefit, if your income is above a certain amount. I believe the amount was $44,000 in 2005 for a married couple. That include income normally tax exempt. \n\nThat is the story as I understand it. The government has a habit of making the rules almost totally incomprehensible.
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That sounds like a state refund you got last year.\nIn California, if you got a state refund in 2004 you must report it as income in your federal income tax for 2005.\nThere are exemptions like if you itemized last year and you don't this year.\nConsult your tax professional.
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Try using last years Federal Income Tax return.  If you claimed her as a dependent, you had to have put the number on your 1040.
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You only pay taxes on your adjusted gross income minus deductions and credits, in other words, your Net Taxable Income. \n\nYou will be in a different federal tax bracket if you are filing single, or married filing jointly, or qualifying widow/widower, or married filing separately, or filing as head of household.  The tax bracket also changes depending on how much net taxable income you are reporting (line 43, form1040).\n\nFederal Tax Brackets are 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, and 35% but, these percentages don't accurately portray the amount of tax due.  For each tax bracket, depending on your filing status, the bracket has a correction amount.\n\nFor example, someone filing Single, with a net taxable income of $6,000 would fall into the 10% tax bracket and owe 10% in tax.  This equals $600 in tax.  Looking up $6,000--$6,050 net taxable income in the tax tables, IRS Publication 17, shows a tax obligation of $603.\n\nAnother example, Someone filing Single, with net taxable income of $60,000 would be in the 25% tax bracket, but owe 25% of $60,000 minus $3,335.  That equals $11,665 in tax.   If you check the tax tables, starting on page 250 of IRS Publication 17, you will see a net taxable income $60,000--$60,050 shows a tax liability of $11,671.\n\nThe percentages and subtraction numbers are different depending upon your specific situation (your filing status and your level of net taxable income.)  Most people just use the tax tables and look up their net taxable income in the tables to find the tax they owe.\n\nHere's another way to compute the tax owed using the federal tax brackets:\nhttp://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=150856,00.html\n\nThe real problem finding your federal tax bracket is accurately determining your net taxable income.  The only way to do that is to complete a tax return and see how the numbers turnout.  Someone could have a high gross income but exemptions, deductions, and credits bring their net taxable income to zero.  In fact, some credits are refundable even if the taxpayer has no tax liability.
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If you are married, you should file as married. It is not a garauntee you will get a huge return whether you file single or married. Depends on your income and how many deductions you have and /or any dependants that you claim. If you and your spouses income is not over a certain amount combined , I think the limit is $80,000, thats together, I think you should still get a good return if you file together. Hope for a big return for you. Make sure a professional does your taxes this year since you are newly married. Go over the return after the process, and next year you should be able to see what to do and what not to do, you can do them on your on if you like.
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this is a new ?? to me.  go visit the irs website and see if they can help.\ngood luck
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If you're talking about changing your W-4, that only changes the amount withheld from your paychecks, and does not change your eventual tax liability when you file your return.  If you don't make the change, you might have more withheld from your paychecks but get it back in your refund.  Since this gives Uncle Sam an interest-free loan, not real sensible.  Timing of changing your W-4, before or after the new year, doesn't matter much.\n\nIf you got married in 2006, even on December 31, you're considered married for the entire year when you file your return.  You'll file as married, probably jointly unless there's some reason to file as married filing single which usually costs you more.
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Any one of a number of reasons.  One that comes to mind is you did turbo tax last year on that computer and you owed state taxes for 2004 that you paid in April 2005 with turbotax.\n\nThen it would have added that amount to what was withheld in 2005.\n\nI think that line on Sked A is for ALL of your state and local income taxes, isn't it?  Turbo tax uses all of them that you enter.  Local income taxes withheld on your W-2 would go there too.
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I was married on April 1st 1967 (UK) as were many, many, other couples.  You see, earnings were low then and if you got married before April 5th, the end of the Tax year, you got a really welcome tax rebate.  Mine came to a month's earnings.  It took a lot of convincing people when the invitations were sent out.......
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Usually when you get married you put the 2 incomes together.  But dont forget about your other expenses also, food, utilities, any credit cards, food, and all the little extras.  Being newly married is tough enough without financial problems...don't get in to deep to quick!  Good Luck!