Need help adjusting w4 on company intranet

[Grizzlynappy]

Hi,

I need to adjust my W4 so I get less of a return and more on my checks.  So I did the IRS estimator, it gave me a number to put into step 3 for claim dependents.  Great, easy enough.  But when I go on my companies site to enter that number it only gives me one box to put that number and when I do I get an error that says "Dependent value must be divisible by $500.00".

So my question is, where do I get that number from?

Thanks in advance.

[JohnB5677]

If you're completing a company form as opposed to the W-4 it may be presented in a different way.

• On the W-4 you were instructed to enter a number of dependents (each is worth $500).
• I expect your company's form requests the actual credit reduction in taxable income.
• This would be $500 for each dependent that you included.
  • If you report 1 use $500
  • For 2 use $1,000
  • For 3 $1,500 and so forth.

[Grizzlynappy]

Thanks for the reply 

The number the estimator gave me was $810 and it said “Enter $810 on step 3 for Claim dependents”. 

I've attached a picture of that. 

I also don’t have any dependents so would this be a credit thing? 

[MarilynG1]

If you have no Dependents, leave that line blank.  Otherwise, the calculator is trying to figure your W-4 with a $500 credit for each dependent.

Here's another W-4 Calculator you can try.  Not sure where the IRS Calculator got the $810 amount. 

@Grizzlynappy 

[Grizzlynappy]

Thank you! I did that calculator and the results are pretty standard for what I receive as a refund. 

the slider only gives me the option to take more out of my check for a bigger refund, I’m trying to take less out for a smaller refund but I’m not seeing any information on how to do that.