<prompt> Human: I started working for a restaurant in August of 2016. At the time I had no idea how to fill out my W-4 so I wrote down Exempt under Line 7. When I got my W-2 for 2016 I saw that I had no federal withholding and slowly figured out that my W-4 was more than likely the problem. So, in April of 2017 I changed my W-4 so it no longer had Exempt. Fast forward to this tax year and my W-2 still has no federal withholding. I asked my employers about this and they said according to our tax guy you dont work enough hoursmake enough money to take taxes out. Currently I work about 2 days a week because of my school schedule but I still made a little more than 5,000 in 2017.Im just confused because I assumed that Uncle Sam always wants his taxes no matter how much you make. Any clarification would be a huge help.  <response>: Everyone gets a standard deduction to subtract from their income before hitting the first tax bracket.This is enough to cover your paid wages though perhaps not your tip income. 