When you start a new job, your employer will ask you to complete a W-4 form. The IRS W-4 helps determine the correct amount of income tax your employer will withhold from your wages. But how does it ...

A step-by-step guide to help you fill out a W-4 Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez You're about to begin that much-needed new job and your employer hands you an IRS Form W-4 to fill out and submit to ...

The idea of cranking out yet another form after filing your income tax return sounds as soul-crushing as, oh, maybe clearing out all those boxes filled with who knows what from the basement. Take time ...

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Around this time of year, taxpayers start giving their form W-4 a second look. The form W-4 is the form that you complete and give to your employer - not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - so that ...

If you grumbled about the size of your tax refund or even writing a huge check for your federal income taxes in April, don't expect things to change without tinkering with a W-4. And if you think the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Kappel is the Founder of Patriot Software, LLC. Do you enjoy working with withholding allowances to figure out an employee’s ...

The tax form gets its first update in more than three decades. It's officially the new year, which means, among other things, it will be time to file your taxes in no time. (MORE: IRS struggling with ...

In 2019, following the passage of the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97, the IRS rolled out major changes to Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate. And while the updated Form ...

A step-by-step guide to help you fill out a W-4 Nora Carol Photography / Getty Images IRS Form W-4 dictates how much money is withheld from your gross pay for taxes. Step 1 requires you to input ...