On the old W4, I would put 10 allowances to reduce the amount of taxes taken from my check. It was a good number and still kept my liability at the end of the year under $1000. I want to do the same on this new W4 but I'm having a helluva time figuring it out. How do I do this on this new one?

BUMP because I don't know what the hell I'm doing either.

Pretty sure I filed M 1 last year but I don't know what the equivalent is for this year's form.

Is Married 0 still available? I always do that.

you can jack up your dependents to make your withholding essentially zero and specify the exact amount you want in the "additional withholding" box

monarch said:

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Is Married 0 still available? I always do that.

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I filled out the personal info, clicked the "Married filing jointly" box, signed and dated and turned it in.

Whatever happens, happens.

Looking at it now and this bites!

Hopefully, you type in your data, and it will do the math for you. Based on what it is asking for, it looks like this will do a much better job of estimating what is needed if you know the ballpark figures for "other adjustments".

Before, I knew how many dependents I had to add, but had to watch a few paychecks to adjust.

Both my Jan paychecks had last year's dependents # on it, and the taxes withheld was the same as previous checks.

I am going to reevaluate once the first paycheck comes in Feb. It looks like they are withholding the same until you change it.

just put single 0

foleyt said:

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you can jack up your dependents to make your withholding essentially zero and specify the exact amount you want in the "additional withholding" box

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It sounds like the OP basically wants no taxes withheld from his check and I guess pay them all when he files his tax return. Why anyone would want to do that, no idea.

TVM