California State DE-4 allowance number - married jointly, with dependent kids, two incomes

onemoment — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:27:57 GMT

Please advice for this situation:

1) Married filed jointly tax return.

2) My husband works full time and claimed the number of allowances of 5 ( including me and 3 dependent kids) for the federal and California withholding.

3) Question: I will start a new full-time job soon. For the California DE-4 tax withholding form, number of allowances field, should I enter 0, 1, or 5?

4) Question: For the federal W-4 withholding form, I put zero allowance (with multiple jobs = Yes). Should I put 3 dependent kids? or zero?

thanks for your help

Re: California State DE-4 allowance number - married jointly, with dependent kids, two incomes

Anonymous_ — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:34:06 GMT

For CA, see https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/pdf_pub_ctr/de4.pdf

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California State DE-4 allowance number - married jointly, with dependent kids, two incomes

Re: California State DE-4 allowance number - married jointly, with dependent kids, two incomes