So a person living BELOW THE POVERTY LINE (~$10,000 for a single person in 2009) is theoretically expected to pay over $800 in federal taxes.
As someone who made less than 10K last year: I got all of that money back as a refund. It was annoying that it was withheld, but I did get it back. Not sure if this hold true for everyone, but it's been the case for several of my tax returns where I was under the tax minimum. I think you don't even have to file under a certain amount, but if you got money withheld that's the only way to get it back.
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As someone who made less than 10K last year: I got all of that money back as a refund. It was annoying that it was withheld, but I did get it back. Not sure if this hold true for everyone, but it's been the case for several of my tax returns where I was under the tax minimum. I think you don't even have to file under a certain amount, but if you got money withheld that's the only way to get it back.