<prompt> Human: How do taxes truly work?My deductions were:Not exact, not sure if exact numbers can be used in some way of fraudFederal - 7500Social Security - 3300Medicare - 800State - 1500City - 500I claimed 1 on my taxes all year, Im told I should have claimed 0...I did a tax estimate and it says a return of 2000 is expected... In total theyve deducted right around 13,000 yet they only return 2000, I know people who earn way less and get more than 2000  <response>: The amount of money you might get back after filing your tax return is called a refund.You get a refund if you had more money withheld from your paycheck throughout the year than you actually owed. If you had the correct amount withheld, then you dont get a refund and dont need to send a check in with your return either.So you can see that the amount of money you get back at tax time is entirely unrelated to how much you earn. 