<prompt> Human: I am 22 years old, I just graduated from college in May and started my new job making 50kyear. In college, my parents claimed me as a dependent. On my first 2 paychecks, I paid around 30 to federal tax witholdings. HR says this number is abnormally large and they changed my W4 form to claim myself as a dependent from what it was originally claimed as at 0.I am supporting myself with rentfoodlivingexpense. Am I doing the right thing in claiming myself and asking my parents to not claim me?Edit: Thank you, ledgerdoctor for providing the most accurate and useful response  <response>: Did they support you at all in the fist 5 months of the year? If they did, they might feel justified in claiming you as a dependent, and you will have to come to agreement with them about how you wanna handle the tax liability. If not, you should claim yourself as a dependent. Also keep in mind that the number of exemptions on W4 does not determine anything other than an amount of tax taken out of your paycheck. Once you file taxes at the beginning of the next year, you will have to decide who gets to claim you as a dependent. 