My husbands employer has not taken out any federal taxes from his regular earnings. He started this job in the middle of last year so when we filed our taxes we didn't notice this. However, upon filing this year and seeing the tax burden it raised a flag. His W2 is showing that federal taxes were only deducted from his bonus payment but are not coming out of his regular earnings. We checked his W4 and he is not claiming exempt. He is married filing jointly and claiming $4000 in step 3 for 2 qualifying children under the age of 17. His employer is not offering any assistance with this because they said the deductions are based on the W4. We are both a bit confused because he has always completed his W4 this way and has never not had federal taxes withheld. We are also wondering why this didn't impact his bonus withholding. If this is a mistake by the employer do we now need a corrected W2? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
