https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-federal-tax-withheld-was-2000-00-why-did-i-only-get-back-1000-00/01/376518#M156117 my income was 23000.00 and&nbsp;&nbsp;i only had oe job the whole year. infiled as single, i have no kids and Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:19:32 GMT goreneego 2019-06-04T00:19:32Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-federal-tax-withheld-was-2000-00-why-did-i-only-get-back-1000-00/01/376518#M156117 my income was 23000.00 and&nbsp;&nbsp;i only had oe job the whole year. infiled as single, i have no kids and Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:19:32 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-federal-tax-withheld-was-2000-00-why-did-i-only-get-back-1000-00/01/376518#M156117 goreneego 2019-06-04T00:19:32Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-purpose-of-withholding-is-to-pay-taxes-as-you-go-y/01/376522#M156120 <P>The purpose of withholding is to pay taxes "as you go". You should not expect to get&nbsp; all your income tax withholding back.</P><P>$1000 is the approximate correct amount of income tax for a single person, with no dependents and/or credits, to pay on $23K of income.</P> Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:19:33 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/the-purpose-of-withholding-is-to-pay-taxes-as-you-go-y/01/376522#M156120 Hal_Al 2019-06-04T00:19:33Z