Download this Microsoft Excel sheet to calculate your income tax withholding.
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(For use with both 2020 and earlier Forms W-4) | |||||||
Pay frequency: | Weekly | RESULT | ||||||
Employee's taxable wage or salary amount this paycheck: | Amount of Federal income tax to withhold from this paycheck: | $0 | ||||||
Which version of Form W-4 did the employee use? | 2020 or later | Withhold no federal income tax if on the Form W-4 the employee claimed to be exempt from withholding. |
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Please enter the W-4 information in the fields below. | ||||||||
Information from the employee's most recent Form W-4 if used 2020 or later version |
Information from the employee's most recent Form W-4 if used a 2019 or earlier version |
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Step 1. | c. Filing status: | Single | 3 | Filing status: | Single | |||
Step 2. | Did the employee check the box in (c)? | No | 5 | Number of withholding allowances: | ||||
Step 3. | Total amount on line 3 | 6 | Additional amount to withhold: | |||||
Step 4. | Other adjustments | |||||||
a. Other income amount: | ||||||||
This Assistant implements the 2020 IRS Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods. Enter the three items requested in the upper left corner, then fill in the relevant information from the employee's Form W-4. The amount of Federal income tax to withhold from this paycheck is provided in the upper right corner. You may save a separate copy of this calculator for each employee (to avoid having to re-enter the W-4 information each pay period). | ||||||||
b. Deductions amount: | ||||||||
c. Extra withholding amount: | ||||||||
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