MichaelG3
Expert Alumni

Get your taxes done using TurboTax

Thank you for asking! If you want to withhold more in federal income tax, you will want to claim fewer exemptions from withholding (in your scenario, 0 will withhold more than 1). 

 

If you would like to see how much will be withheld, I recommend using our W-4 Calculator, which you can access at https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/w4/.

 

You might also use Taxcaster, our tool for estimating federal income tax, at https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/taxcaster/, so you can compare what you may owe with what you are withholding.

 

Using those tools together can help you withhold the right amount and avoid owing at tax time.