<prompt> Human: I always used to claim 0 on my federal taxes, but my latest W4 form actually said to put 1 if no one can claim you as a dependent, and put 1 if you are single and have one job, which means youre claiming 2. This was months ago, so I forget exactly what language was used on the form I therefore currently have a 2 claimed on my federal. Is this a recent thing with the IRS? It felt like the form really wanted me to claim 2. I doubt Ill be hit with a huge tax bill but I thought it was strange. Am I reading it right?  <response>: Upvoted because the number of people who think allowances dependents or that one or zero is the normal number of allowances to put is too damn high. 