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You should see how much they take when you work overtime. Holy smokes.

I remember that. It's because they assume your weekly earnings will be constant all year, so overtime pushes you into a much higher bracket.

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You can easily go into a higher bracket if you are given overtime.

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It's hard not to.

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But I think some of it comes back during returns.

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That's right. You're basically forced to make a zero interest loan to the government until you get your refund.

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Right, which is a crapshoot. You could claim more dependents, and things, but that makes the calculations even harder to manage.

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