<prompt> Human: Hi everyone, I need some help with my paycheck and certain calculations. A little backstory: I am earning 300day, 1500week or 6k a month before tax.I understand that this equates to 72k a year, however my contract is only for 6 months. I will effectively be earning 36k this year. I started in November 2017 and finish in May and I would like some advice please.I get paid bi-weekly. My last paycheck looked like this:Wages: 2850 I had one half day so got 150 deductedWitholdings: 744.52 FICA-SS 176.70, FICA MED 41.33 and FIT 526.49This just seems a bit ridiculous to me I am ready for the welcome to taxes comments and I have no issues paying taxes either. I did some research and I also want to mention this is my first ever employment and it started in November. With me effectively earning roughly 12000 this fiscal year. Why are my taxes so incredibly high? Do I just submit all this too HR and get it all refunded? I was under the impression if you made under 30K I think you arent required to pay any taxes? I might be wrong in all of my assumptions but my boss said hes paying all taxes etc and Im just getting a check. It works out to roughly 27 taxation. Are these numbers correct?Any advice is appreciated.  <response>: Well...idk Im sure there are people that know more than me and it depends what state you live in but 27 sounds like normal income tax to me 