Join us on Wednesday, May 13th any time between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm
Pacific Time for our latest installment of our Ask the Experts event
series. Filling out a W-4 form is confusing for most people. Our Experts
will be here to answer your tax withhold...read more
Hello my wife and I have just recently updated our W-4 forms with our
employers because we did not have enough federal taken out since we owed
on our recent tax return on our recent W-4 forms. We did not claim
dependents on our updated forms even tho...read more
AtamanPosted 5 hours ago
| Latest post 4 hours ago by
Loretta P
Hello, my spouse and I have changed income brackets and are owing
federal taxes the last 2 years. Only one of us is declaring our
dependent son. Should both of us do the extra tax withhold or only one?
Would it be the higher earner? How should we cal...read more
Dani9305Posted 5 hours ago
| Latest post 4 hours ago by
AmitaR
Hello. Thank you for doing this forum. I have a few questions about the
way my employer calculates the taxes to be taken out of my paycheck. In
some years, many of them, I have ended up owing the IRS even though I
always file single, claiming 0 exemp...read more
MJ_R14Posted 9 hours ago
| Latest post 5 hours ago by
Loretta P
A substitute teacher in CA, not paid every month, and, of course, no pay
all summer. School districts don’t deduct federal and state from
paychecks if the pay is lower than a certain amount. The jobs are
unpredictable. Nevertheless, CA state penalize...read more
The last 2 years we have had to pay an extra $2000-3000 in federal
income tax. I had not updated my w-4 for 10 years. Claimed 2 exemptions.
This past year I had to pay a penalty. I make around $125000 and husband
$25000. One job each. Clearly somethi...read more
madermoss2Posted 6 hours ago
| Latest post 5 hours ago by
AmitaR
Something is off and for the last 3 years we end up having to pay over
$2k for federal taxes. How can we fill out updated forms so that we
either come out close even or end up with a small return ? hopefully
this information is sufficient: -We have 2...read more
My husband and I, both make decent money, we do have debt so we're
paying a lot on that, my husband works 3- 12 hour shifts at $28/hour and
I work 5- 8 hour shifts at $26/hour, I will also be starting a per diem
job at $20/hour, unknown amount of hou...read more
My spouse has very little federal income tax withheld from her
paychecks, and as a result we usually owe money during tax season. How
should she update her W-4 so that more federal taxes are withheld
throughout the year and we avoid owing as much at ...read more
How do I change my tax W-4 so that I don't owe taxes again? Every year
my wife and I, whether we change jobs or not, make sure everything on
our tax forms is as up to date and accurate as possible and we still end
up owing money. Howcome? Thanks!
ejoonPosted 7 hours ago
| Latest post 7 hours ago by
AmitaR
Hi,Hoping you can help me think through my W-4 situation for 2026.Quick
context: I'm a W-2 employee at Amazon in Washington state, single filer,
with roughly $223,608 in eligible comp ($145,200 base + $78,408 variable
paid quarterly). I ended up owin...read more
After filing my 2025 return, I just received an updated K1 form showing
more losses. Although i cant use the losses now with no passive income,
I will use in the future. So I still have to amend the return to report
higher losses. How do I do that? I...read more
NN15Posted 8 hours ago
| Latest post 8 hours ago by
AmitaR
My husband and I have owed a lot of taxes the last couple years, and we
have to pay a penalty for underpayment. How do I determine how much our
employers should be withholding?