@angelarob13 wrote:
Yes they withheld social security and Medicare but nothing was withheld from my federal income tax, but last season there was federal income withheld being I did sign a W-4. So it should’ve been withheld
If your W-2 is correct, and no federal tax was withheld, you file your return on that basis. If you owe more than $1000, you likely owe a penalty for not having enough withholding.
If you submitted a correct W-4 and your employer ignored it and withheld incorrectly, you might have an argument that your employer should pay the penalty. And you might have to get your union or your state labor board involved. But you always owe your own correct tax. And if you owe (let's say) $5000, it would be because you should have been paying $100 a week throughout the year through withholding. You got the $100 a week to spend because it wasn't withheld, now you owe it to the IRS; if it had been withheld you never would have gotten that in your pay in the first place. But you always owe your correct tax to the IRS, whether that is through withholding or payments. If your employer made a mistake they don't owe your taxes. (They might owe your penalty.)
