I’m kind of in the same situation as this person the moment I added my 2nd child I ended up getting no federal taxes withheld from my checks and my w4 was always set to head of household with my 1 child so I kept it the same with my 2nd and when I filed taxes I refund was almost $6000 less than what it was the prior year and I ended up owing state almost $500 (I live in Georgia) For me, I had to change my filing status to single on my w4 and claim 0 in order to get taxes to start coming out but now they take so much money out for taxes. Example one of my pay checks was $3400 before tax and there was about $844 taken out in taxes. So would I need to change it to where I claim 1 in order to have less taxes taken out but enough to where I still get a nice refund and don’t owe or should I leave as single it without claiming any dependents and just keep letting them take huge chunks out of my checks. Is being head of household the issue should I keep it as single or if I claim head of household and just put 1 dependent will that work?
