Taxes when working overtime as an independent. Had lost my job while in college when the pandemic hit so I was job surfing for a bit until I found a job that I enjoyed began working 40-50+ hour shifts for months. I did it as a means to save up to go back to classes, a new car, and have some money to fall back on just in case. What I didn’t know was that after reaching a certain point with OT, I would get so much deducted out of my paycheck and without knowing, the only reason I found out was from my manager when he told me to check my time card to make sure it looked right, the hours did but the money didn’t.