If I understand your question(s), and assuming you do agree with and understand the state tax withholding, continue to see the federal withholding and the information for completing your W-4.
For the federal withholding there is a chart the employer must use to determine the amount to withhold each pay period and it is also based on your gross pay and the information on your W-4.
- Dependents: if you have dependents you can choose to list them or simply put zero if you want something withheld.
- Other income should be zero unless you know there will be income that is not subject to withholding as noted on the W-4.
- Deductions should be zero if you normally use the standard deduction.
- Extra withholding should be used if your income falls into a zero withholding amount. It's a simple process such as in your example of your regularly expected refund on your federal return of $400-$900.
- Example: Divide $500 by the number of your pay periods remaining in the year. $500/48 weeks = $10 each week is necessary to arrive at an approximate refund of $500.
- Enter $10 on line 4(c) on a new W-4. You can change this as many times as you want during the tax year and your employer must adjust your withholding accordingly.
Social security of 7.65% and medicare tax of 1.45% will always be withheld from your gross pay each pay period as indicated by @Vanessa A.
Pennsylvania (PA) rate will not change unless they should change their tax rate. Your employer would consistently take 3.07% for your state withholding from each pay check as you understand.
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