My employer said because i only make 1308.48 a month they do not have to take out my fed income taxes, i am married and file joint with him why are they saying this? I filled out W-4 as married and claiming 0 and Ive never heard of this, i don't want to h

[Critter]

If your only income was that $1308 a month then the annual income is only $16K and as a married couple you would owe zero taxes so that is why zero withholding is correct.  However if your spouse has income you have to take that into consideration when completing the W-4 worksheet ... in your case you should be withholding at the higher single rate and zero allowances.

Look at the withholding charts starting on page 47 ...

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf

[SweetieJean]

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/w4/

[re2boys]

Per IRS Pub 15 withholding tables, your employer should be withholding some federal income taxes as you appear to be over the threshold.  See excerpt:

[SweetieJean]

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[TomD8]

You may want to read this IRS reference regarding employer and employee responsibilities: https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation/employer-and-employee-responsibilities-employm...

Also, note that the actual dollar amount of taxes your employer should be withholding will depend not only on the amount you are paid, but also on the frequency with which you are paid.  You can see the entire withholding table on page 45 of this reference: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf