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Do both spouses need to fill out the two earners worksheet on W4, if filing married jointly?

 
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Kat
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Level 15

Do both spouses need to fill out the two earners worksheet on W4, if filing married jointly?

A W-4 is completed by an employee to submit to their employer.  If both individuals in a married couple are employed, you'll each need to submit a W-4 to your employer.  The worksheet is completed from the standpoint of each individual.  

Only the cut-away portion of the W-4 form is submitted to the employer.  The worksheets are for your purposes only.  The results of the two-earner worksheet for both you and your spouse should be identical, so should not need to be completed twice.

*** I am NOT a tax expert. I am a seasoned TurboTax user, and volunteer to provide assistance to TT users. Nothing I post is to be considered TAX ADVICE; I bear no legal liability for responses.***

Do both spouses need to fill out the two earners worksheet on W4, if filing married jointly?

So is the spouse with the higher paying job, the one that would have that amount from the 2 earners worksheet deducted from the paycheck?
Kat
Level 15
Level 15

Do both spouses need to fill out the two earners worksheet on W4, if filing married jointly?

@hayley.alaniz That would be the safest route, if you want to be certain that you are having enough withheld.
*** I am NOT a tax expert. I am a seasoned TurboTax user, and volunteer to provide assistance to TT users. Nothing I post is to be considered TAX ADVICE; I bear no legal liability for responses.***
Macjo
New Member

Do both spouses need to fill out the two earners worksheet on W4, if filing married jointly?

so, if line 1 is less than line 2, resulting in the need for additional withholding, do both spouses need to have the additional withholding, or just one?

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