withholding

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One reason: consumers may well save some of the $5 billion to $10 billion in tax refunds that they stand to collect early this year because of the Treasury's overwithholding from paychecks in 1972.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slightly over half of this amount, or 800 million dollars, will be accessory to the simplified pay-as-you-go method of tax collection, and will be the result of overwithholding and over declaration of expected income.

From State of the Union Address by Truman, Harry S.