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Best answer by VolvoGirl
No you don't get back all or most of your withholding.  You do owe tax on your income.  The withholding is just an estimate so you don't owe all the tax in April.  

And if you got it all back it would be like giving the IRS an interest free loan all year.  You actually should try to come out even on your tax return.  So you don't owe the IRS and they don't owe you.

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VolvoGirl
VolvoGirl
Employee
June 4, 2019
Why do you think you are?  Do you have a state tax due?  Are you having any fees deducted from your federal refund?  There is an EXTRA 39.99 service charge for that.
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beccaalouuAuthor
June 4, 2019
Because on my return it says over 1,000 was withheld from federal and 300 was withheld from state, yet i am only getting back 430 for the both of them. Shouldnt I be getting close to those amounts back? and no I have no fees being deducted.
VolvoGirl
VolvoGirlAnswer
Employee
June 4, 2019
No you don't get back all or most of your withholding.  You do owe tax on your income.  The withholding is just an estimate so you don't owe all the tax in April.  

And if you got it all back it would be like giving the IRS an interest free loan all year.  You actually should try to come out even on your tax return.  So you don't owe the IRS and they don't owe you.
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beccaalouuAuthor
June 4, 2019
I earned almost triple what I made last year and I am getting back less than last year. I am not close to owing anything. I have friends, who are also full time students, and they get all their money back. ???
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xmasbaby0
Employee
June 4, 2019

STUDENTS PAY TAXES TOO

Being a student has nothing to do with it. Students are not exempt from paying tax.  If you are being claimed as someone else's dependent (parents?) then any money you have in Box 1 of your W-2 that is over $6350 is taxable income.  So you do not necessarily get back all of what you see in Box 2.  The government gets to keep some of it.

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