Do you have to do anything special if you switch jobs in the middle of the year on taxes? Can you claim yourself on both jobs if they don't overlap?

[luke-cs-stevens]

I was surprised to find that when I put in each W2 separately, I got a fairly large refund from each, but when they both were put in, I ended up having to pay in. Can you not claim yourself as an exemption/witholding in both jobs even if they don't overlap?

[IsabellaG · Accepted solution]

It's very common that adding two or more W-2s for the year increases your tax. Income taxes are computed on your total income and withholding for the year, no matter whether you worked the jobs at the same time of if you switched jobs in the middle of the year. You may have claimed too many allowances on your W-4's.

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