CA State Income Tax

[Vivi7]

I'm married, no children, and no deductions/tax credits. We make more than 100k combined and every year we file our taxes, we take the standard deduction, and we owe money to the state of California. How can I determine how much our employers should deduct from our pay checks for CA state income tax? I find this difficult to navigate when the ftb.ca.gov website only shows last years tax calculator and the forms give amounts for tax calculations up to 100k. 

[DavidT0202]

Hi @Vivi7 

I understand it is frustrating that there is not a calculator for 2022 yet on the website for California.   If your income is the same from year to year, you can always make Estimated payment vouchers for CA in TurboTax.  

These can be used to see if your withholding are up to par throughout the year and then you can either 1.  Adjust the withholdings with either or both employers or 2.  Make an estimated tax payment so the burden is lighter at tax time. 

Please let me know if you have further questions by replying below. 

Thank you for choosing TurboTax!

[pmurphy3]

The easiest way to do it is to take the amount owed to the State of California, divide by the number of pay periods in the year and then file a new DE-4.   Put the amount of additional withholding on Line 2:

https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/pdf_pub_ctr/de4.pdf