<prompt> Human: Hey there.My wife and I have been together for almost 9 years. Only Married 4. We have no kids and we own our house. The past several years we have had to pay at least 600 to 700 dollars to the feds for taxes. Anytime I mention this to friends or whomever they act like we should not be paying anything and should be entitled to a refund. We had our taxes done by a professional this year and we ended up having to pay about 749.00.I realize im not throwing a lot of information out there and I dont know what kind of answer Im really expecting but does anyone else in a similar situation have this problem?I know she and I both claim 0 on our W-4s. Should we not be doing that?It is just frustrating because I feel like we spend the year building up our savings account only to have it nearly drained come taxes season so we can pay up. It makes saving for things like vacations really hard.Anyway, like i said, Im not sure what Kind of answer Im looking for here but if she and I are screwing something up on our earning statements that could be causing this Id like to figure it out.Thanks for any help or for just reading.  <response>: Ask the guy who did your taxes what you can dochange so you dont owe as much money next year? Considering they went through all the little details of your tax return, I would assume they would know what spots caused you problems and should be able to easily point them out to you. 