BillM223
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Retirement tax questions

The amount of Federal Tax withheld will be credited to the amount of other withholding that you have made.

 

However, you do not get to reduce the amount in box 1 by the amount in box 4.

 

For example, if Box 1 is $10,000 and box 4 is $3,000, you will receive as cash $7,000, but you will owe tax on the entire $10,000 (other things being equal). The $3,000 will be used to help pay your tax bill when it is finally calculated.

 

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