Well, that might explain why I owe them 767 bucks this year, along with the mortgage interest that my mortgage company won't report to the IRS until next year.
The Times, in their sly way, are trying to point the finger at employers -- for deducting "too much".
Fact is, the Obama administration changed the withholding tables -- so as to reduce withholding. But they didn't change the tax tables. So you still owe the same amount of tax, but not as much was withheld against your liability.
This was Obama's idea of "a tax cut".