That's why you set the max number of "dependents" when you start a job.
The more dependents you have, the less they take out of your paycheck for taxes. You still pay the difference but it does give you a bigger paycheck.
Most people don't do it because it's nice to get a bigger paycheck from the government at the end of the year but I'd rather have my money now instead of trusting the government to give it back to me.
You can legally set yourself as a dependent (at least where I live).
This is how you know OP has never had a job.
He doesn’t know that every paycheck, taxes are automatically taken out.
That's why you set the max number of "dependents" when you start a job. The more dependents you have, the less they take out of your paycheck for taxes. You still pay the difference but it does give you a bigger paycheck. Most people don't do it because it's nice to get a bigger paycheck from the government at the end of the year but I'd rather have my money now instead of trusting the government to give it back to me. You can legally set yourself as a dependent (at least where I live).