<prompt> Human: I was lucky enough to be apart of a company that was acquired and therefore they bought me out of my shares. However, the payout went through ADP our payroll system as income so to the payroll system they thought my paychecks were now going to be 100k .This resulted in 54 of the payout being taken for taxes. My question is how much of this of this should I expect to see back on my taxes? I am a single filer, few deductions, and no other income other than my W-2.Any help on answering this would be great. It seems like I should expect a large chunk of this back but I would like to confirm for myself. Would talking to a CPA be a better approach?  <response>: You should expect a fair bit back, but how much depends on what your actual year-round income will be. Thats what your actual tax liability would be.But your actual rate could pretty realistically be anywhere from 22 if your actual rate is in the 15 income tax bracket and you have no state income tax, meaning well over half of the withheld tax youd get back, to probably 40 or higher if your actual rate is 25-28 and youre in a high tax state, meaning youd get a comparatively smaller proportion of the withheld taxes back.Im also not sure what, if any, implications there are of this coming from the sale of stock. That may depend on what actually happened. 