My husband works full time and has an annuity income. I work part time and have an annuity income. We have two teenagers and investment income. How do we fill out our W-4’s to have the most amount of tax taken out? We always seem to have to pay the IRS at tax time.
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Have all W-4 and W-4P forms set to SINGLE as the filing status and leave the rest of the form blank.
If that is not enough simply figure out how much more is needed and divide that by the number of payments you get on one of those things then add that amount to line 4C of one of those W-4 forms.
Hello DDABM!
You will fill out your W-4 by taking care to fill out the following:
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So would I fill out all W-4’s the same way? I feel like we tried that last year and my husbands job had NO tax taken out.
Each W-2 should indicate the correct filing status, in your case MFJ, then to ensure the maximum with holding use zero for Step 3 under dependents. If you feel like you didn't have enough with held last year, make sure no one is checking the box in Step 2 (c), checking that box will result in less with holding.
Hi DDABM,
Thank you for asking. Yes, you may fill out all W-4's the same way with reduced the number of dependents you claim and/ or add an extra amount on W-4 line 4(c) to increase your withholding amount. If you think those withholding amount is still lower than expected, you may make estimated tax payment directly to IRS at https://www.irs.gov/payments
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes
Have all W-4 and W-4P forms set to SINGLE as the filing status and leave the rest of the form blank.
If that is not enough simply figure out how much more is needed and divide that by the number of payments you get on one of those things then add that amount to line 4C of one of those W-4 forms.
Even if you file jointly you can choose the SINGLE option on the NEW W-4 form ... that is allowed and legal. On the old W-4 form there was actually an option called "Married but withhold at the higher single rate" which was removed in the newly designed form.
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