<prompt> Human: Taxes arent simple. At least they arent to me. I feel like I must be doing something wrong because this is the third year that Ive owed extra money on my taxes. I make about 30,000 a year as an apprentice electrician in Kansas. Last year I worked 12 weeks in Iowa and about 4 months in MO. I also worked one day a week at a local pizzeria and make about 1,500 over the course of the year. Im 25, single, and living at home. To be honest I dont know if I claim one or zero and I have never been clear about which one I should do and how to change it if Im doing it wrong. I started doing my return with TurboTax and after entering all my W-2 info I owed almost 1,000. I am shocked. How does something like this happen? I am putting off filing my return for a couple weeks until I figure out whats going on and Im using the VITA program to file my taxes for free. Any advice or clarification would be very appreciated. Thank you.  <response>: FYI, whether you get a refund or have to pay in April, you are paying the same amount of taxes overall. Its just whether you give the IRS more money than you owe and they send it back to you, or you give them less than you owe and they ask for the difference. But the actual tax you pay is the same.So you can change your withholding to keep from owing so much in April aka have more withheld from your paychecks or just save the money yourself in a savings account, if you know its going to be a substantial hit each year. 