Even including FICA, state taxes, no deductions (beyond standard), etc that bill still sounds unbelievable and WAAAYYYY too high.
$20k AGI, take out standard deduction of, what, $9k. Fed taxes are 10% up to around 15k I think for singles, so you'd still be in that bracket. There's $1100. FICA would be $1500ish. I can't imagine CO state taxes being even as much as FICA, but let's call that another $1500, just to be overly conservative. That still only adds up to $4100, and being reasonble with state tax is probably more like $3000.
What am I missing (besides something from the many deductions/credits that can probably be found)?
One moment while I pull up my return..... aha, here's the problem, I used the wrong term. Not AGI, "taxable income". My bad.
And standard deduction is only $5k and change, not $9k, and on top of that I managed to qualify for NO other exemptions or deductions.