My spouse and I earn about the same amount. My federal withholding is double what was withheld from his paycheck. He has 0 allowances and filing status for federal is Married, filing jointly. He does have 401K contributions which are about 13% of his pay. This year we have to pay a large amount back and most of this appears to be caused by how little is being withheld. Could this be an error on the part of the employer or do we need to update his federal filing status so we aren't hit next year with having to pay so much money back?
