Deductions & credits

Although you may be claiming your 20 year old daughter as a dependent on your joint return, you will only get a $500 credit for other dependents for her; she is too old for the child tax credit.   So listing her on only one W-4 or on both will have only a minor effect either way.   

 

Use the IRS withholding estimator to help you.

 

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tools/calculators/w4/ 

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/tax-withholding-estimator

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf

 

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