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I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

 
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I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

Didn't the worksheet here help?

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4s.pdf

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

No, I have the form but can't figure out how to fill it out. It's line 4 (figuring my tax, rate schedule) that's stumping me

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

What is your filing status and what is the amount you entered on Line 3 of the W-4S?

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

married filing joint, $24,216

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

From the Form W-4S you would use Schedule Y-1 -
The tax to be reported on Line 4 of the Form W-4S is $1,905 plus 12% of the amount over $19,050
$24,216 (-) $19,050 = $5,166
$5,166 x 0.12 = $619.92

Tax reported on Line 4 - $1,905 + $619.92 - $2,524.92 (rounding up) $2,525

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

Thank you DoninGA. This form has been confusing me for weeks.

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

Are you able to help me with this same question? I'm trying to figure it out to submit for Paid Leave. 

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

@DoninGA are you able to help me with this as well? I'm trying to fill it out for a paid leave I will be taking so taxes come out and don't understand the table .

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

@Tasha11284 Assuming that you are not itemizing deductions on Schedule A then Line 1 and Line 3 of W-4S would be the same amount.

What is the amount on Line 3 and what is your Filing Status?

Single

Married Filing Jointly 

Married Filing Separately

Head of Household

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

@DoninGA @Single. I think it's 5,950 if I am doing it right. I have been only able to work part time since a severe car accident so gross earnings are lower this past year.

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

@Tasha11284 You would enter $595 for the taxes to be withheld.

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

@Tasha11284 I should have written $595 to be entered on Line 4 of the W-4S.  From there you can calculate how much should be withheld from each payment by following the instructions up through Line 10.

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?

@DoninGA  ok, so I take that $595 and divide it by how many payments I'm expected to get? I'm sorry if these are dumb questions lol but looking at the worksheet it doesn't compute to me lol 

I can not find any help with a W-4S form for withholding from sick pay 2018. How can I find out how much I should be withholding from my monthly benefit?


@Tasha11284 wrote:

@DoninGA  ok, so I take that $595 and divide it by how many payments I'm expected to get? I'm sorry if these are dumb questions lol but looking at the worksheet it doesn't compute to me lol 


Correct.  Divide $595 by the number of payments you expect to receive.  That would be amount to enter in the box of the Form W-4S labeled - 

I request federal income tax withholding from my sick pay payments. I want the following amount to be withheld from each payment.

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