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[magical thyme]

52. That seems odd. Wouldn't a paycheck received right now

reflect earnings for 2012? So wouldn't the old rates still be in effect?

Ok, I've just read that you are paid weekly and that the drop was almost a week's grocery money. Still, at most 3 days of this check would reflect a change for this tax year, so you would only be seeing about half of the increase...at most.

If you made minimum wage (what is that now, $7 and change) full time you'd be grossing about $300/week. A 2% increase would be $6.00/week...hardly grocery money.

If you make, say, $15.00 hour, full time you'd gross $600/week and your 2% increase would be $12/week. Still not a week's groceries.

If you spend $25/week on groceries (pretty tight budget at today's prices), you'd need to be earning more than $30/hour and grossing $1250/week.

It's not making sense. Are you sure there isn't some other change reflected in your paycheck that has nothing to do with the end of the tax holiday?