<prompt> Human: So I was looking forward to the best check Ive ever gotten in my life. I am paid bi-weekly, but with one of those paychecks every month is my paycheck with commission in it.My Gross Pay was 11,071.79. My Net Pay into savings account was 6,745.07Besides the commission, I just get minimum wage. There is also overtime and overtime commission.I was just a little shocked that I only got to keep 60.92 of my gross pay. Is it right? Will I be getting some of it back with a tax return?  <response>: Its because you got a giant check and it was taxed like you got paid that all the time.If you dont, you will have over contributed to your 2013 tax burden and will get much of it back as a refund later. If you really want to, get your calculator out, make some guesses on your tax burden the rest of the year and adjust your withholding. That sounds dangerous if you have a volatile income though, so I wouldnt do it. Hell, I wouldnt do it anyway but I like tax refunds more than most folks in this sub...I had a mishap happen once where I had a roughly similar kind of paycheck. My shock seeing the bottom line of what would have been a Senior VPs pay rate wasnt how high it was but how low relative to the gross, just like you experienced... 