Percentage question, how much percent is 295 taken from 1834 and how to calculate?

Getting 1834 in tax returns, accountant is keeping 295 of that. How much percent of my original amount are they taking? What percent am i keeping? and how do i calculate these kind of percentage question for the future? Please show you're work.Percentage question, how much percent is 295 taken from 1834 and how to calculate?
To do "x is what percent of y?" simply divide x by y.



295/1834 = 0.1608 = 16 percent.