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Federal Tax Forms 2009 W4

Question: Can someone please help me with my W2 form?

I am having some issues with my W2 form. I think my employer cheated me.
I joined this job in July 2009. When I filled out my W4 form, I was married (in Jan 2009) and my husband does not have a social yet. So I filled the # of federal allowances as 2.
In my 2009 W2 form, it is being shown that federal tax deducted was only $29.20. I don’t have a copy of my pay stub from 2009 (I wish I had it…). I asked them at my work if I could get a copy of my 2009 pay stub, they did give me one, but with no details in it. I need to know anyway that I can argue against them.
I don’t wanna end up losing all my money. I remember clearly that every month I used to pay at least $8.00 in federal taxes.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help me…!!

Answer: They should not have deducted the same amount every month. There were several months when withholding was reduced so much that a person who normally had only $8 per month withheld during other months would have had no federal income tax withheld during the time when withholding was reduced. Therefore, you would have had no federal income tax withheld during this time. Multiplying the remaining number of months for which you worked for this employer by $8-$9 per month, you would have had approximately $29.20 withheld during the year. The W-2 is correct.

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