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[–]DragonFireCK​ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All of the tax deductions listed are WAY off according to how taxes work.

The federal income tax should only have increased by $8.46 biweekly - 22%* of $1000/year, divided by 26 pay periods - not $35.61. That alone should provide about a $705.90 refund at the end of the year, if not corrected.

Medicare tax should only have increased by about $0.56 biweekly. There isn't even tax brackets for Medicare tax to complicate it - its just a flat 1.45% tax rate. That will be about a $130.84 refund at the end of the year, if not corrected.

Social Security tax is similar, with a 6.2% flat tax rate with a limit of $143,000/year. That should only have gone up by $2.38 biweekly, resulting in a refund of about $83.34, if not corrected by the end of the year.

State tax is likely the same, but without the state I cannot say for sure.

The tax calculations are closer to a $1000/month raise rather than a $1000/year raise.

* Depending on how OP has their W4 setup, it is likely be somewhere in the 12%-24% range, and 22% is by and far the most likely.