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I am a bit confused about why my Idaho state tax is owed so high! $1500! I have never owed that much in state taxes ever and I see I am claiming the lowest “0” this year and only $3 per payc

 
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JotikaT2
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I am a bit confused about why my Idaho state tax is owed so high! $1500! I have never owed that much in state taxes ever and I see I am claiming the lowest “0” this year and only $3 per payc

It depends.

  • Did you earn more income or did your withholdings change from last year?
  • Were you eligible for a tax credit in the past that you haven't claimed this year, or that you were not eligible for anymore?
  • Did you file using a different filing status this year (for example, married to single)?

The changes can be due to a variety of factors.  

 

The best thing to do is compare your information to your tax return as filed last year to narrow down where your information may have changed.

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I am a bit confused about why my Idaho state tax is owed so high! $1500! I have never owed that much in state taxes ever and I see I am claiming the lowest “0” this year and only $3 per payc

Thank you for the quick response! We didn’t get any special discounts year before and were given a refund check, I filed 0 last year as well but did change the filing to a 1 for federal halfway thru the year (had to pay $800+ Federal) for that this year in addition to the state taxes. We usually owe $40-$150 each year and usually get a refund. My husband claims what the tax calculator recommended. We filed his pay stubs first and he was due a refund then we added my jobs in and as soon as I did it showed money I owed the state and federal as high!
I worked a few other jobs and also filed zero on those jobs. So unsure. We even added discounts from owning a home and everything like that in. And still owed this much. Very confusing. 

even with making more $$ this filing our tax bracket is the same. Married filing jointly, same.

 

I am a bit confused about why my Idaho state tax is owed so high! $1500! I have never owed that much in state taxes ever and I see I am claiming the lowest “0” this year and only $3 per payc

if you work a few jobs for a short time, often no tax is withheld. Then you owe it at Tax Time.

Check your W-2s.

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