i JUST GOT MARRIED, WHY DO I OWE MONEY ON MY TAXES?
By asianjabba
@asianjabba (158)
United States
February 28, 2011 12:09pm CST
I got married in 2009 and for the first time in my life, when I filed for taxes in 2011, I owe money. How did this happen? My federal witholdings are much lower then when I was single. But i never changed anything. Now I owe money and I have to deduct extra money from every paycheck so my federal witholdings aren't too low. Can someone explain how my federal witholdings automatically dips when I state I am married? On my W-4 form, I still declared 1.
1 response
@dreamy1 (3811)
• United States
28 Feb 11
I'm not tax expert but you do know that tax rates are different when you are married than when you are single. Assuming your spouse has a job you obviously made more money when everything is combined. You can try to file as married filing separately and see if that makes a difference.
