Quote Originally Posted by arch0nmyc0n
I don't know much about American taxes but that sounds like you're suggesting fraud?
Uhhhh ... no. There's no fraud involved, as Ya Know has mentioned. Unless there are unusual events that cause a sudden one-time jump in your deductions it is financially unwise to let your employer deduct that much money from your paycheck. In effect you're giving the United States a one-year interest-free loan of that six thousand clams.

If you invested it at 5% return that would be $300 you could have earned yourself with it.

Or if you had bought $115 ($6000 / 52) worth of beer, wine or spirits each week you could easily have spent the $300 on Tylenol and electrolyte-replacement drinks to help recover.

Your choice.