Grossed 7100 last check of last year, fed tax was 900 something (roughly 13%), then grossed 6900 for the first month of this year, fed tax is 1726 (25%). I verified with accounting my married and 8 withholding was the same tax scenario for both months. Texas tax calculator spits out $900 something is what the fed tax should have been. $800 me my wife and two babies need to survive for the month poof gone... Employer tells me tax is higher at beginning of year and goes down as the year goes on .. is this some kind of bookkeeping strategy?? I ask that because at my previous employer last year my year to date gross as of 2/21/17 was 11,200 and my year to date tax was $538! What is going on here? Is it true there is such a thing as a bookkeeping strategy that makes tax higher at the beginning of the year and go down as the year goes on?
