If this doesn’t resolve it or you lost the receipt, contest the charge with your bank. They’ll contact the merchant on your behalf (so you can avoid the awkward conversation) and hopefully refund the disputed amount.

I got screwed in that they decided to screw around with withholdings so what used to be more than adequate no longer is and now I have to come up with a large chunk of money to pay what should have been covered during the year, plus I used to get a larger deduction because of the personal exemption and now I no longer…

My personal tax liability only went down by a tiny fraction, and if my income changed I didn’t notice it, so it can’t have been more than a couple dollars.

The roughly $5 per paycheck that I got last year does not balance out the hundreds of dollars I now owe the government.

Repeating what I have said multiple times in this thread: my total tax liability went down an infinitesimal fraction while I got screwed because I couldn’t claim the personal exemption anymore. I don’t use the standard deduction and haven’t in probably a decade, because when I itemize I can claim a higher deduction.

My tax rate went down only infinitesimally while I lost out on other deductions that were previously available to me. I do not consider my refund a "bonus" in any way, shape, or form, but I do believe that I shouldn't have to keep messing with withholdings every year because the government wants to be a bunch of…

I answered this in other threads, but my tax rate went down infinitesimally while I lost deductions that were previously available to me.

My effective tax rate went down about .1% and I have to pay a good sized chunk of money. Pretty sure the couple extra dollars I got last year doesn't make up for what I have to pay now.

No, it’s not about the refund. It’s about the fact that they removed the personal exemption, which screwed me over.

Exact same reasons here. It sucks.

My tax rate went down just a tiny fraction (like .1%) but it looks like what really screwed me over was the loss of the personal exemption, which was making a significant difference for me before.

Okay but some of those were REALLY close and I had a 50/50 chance of getting them right either way...

Oh man when I worked at a movie theater I freakin’ loved kids like the one you were. It seriously made my day every time an adult would tell me their child was young enough to get in for free and said child would indignantly reply, “I am not two! I’m three and a half!”

Yeah, I did check my withholding...at the beginning of the year. I didn’t realize it changed later.

Same boat. :/

I’ve had a refund every year since I first started filling taxes at age 16 - and this year I OWED a significant chunk of money. I file single, no investment income, the most complicated thing I have to itemize is a mortgage, and my deduction was even higher than the standard. And yet, after getting a good-sized refund…

Okay, but I claim no responsibility for the condom wrapper.

I suspect that in HtKaF’s case it’s more likely that she just didn’t like Charlotte. I know every piece of media says that all women are secretly in love with their male friends, but, well, if there’s a simpler explanation....

Yes, and the article did mention Mennonites - I was just correcting the misconception that “Mormons” wear stuff like this.

Not wearing sleeveless shirts or short shorts is a far cry from wearing tube dresses that cover your wrists and ankles....