• Form W-4 (Rev. December 2020)

  • Employee’s Withholding Certificate

  • Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service

    Complete Form W-4 so that your employer can withhold the correct federal income tax from your pay. Give Form W-4 to your employer. Your withholding is subject to review by the IRS.

  • Step 1:

  • Does your name match the name on your social security card? If not, to ensure you get credit for your earnings, contact SSA at 800-772-1213 or go to www.ssa.gov.

  • Personal

  • (c)

  • Complete Steps 2–4 ONLY if they apply to you; otherwise, skip to Step 5. See page 2 for more information on each step, who can claim exemption from withholding, when to use the estimator at www.irs.gov/W4App, and privacy.

  • Step 2: Multiple Jobs or Spouse Works

  • TIP: To be accurate, submit a 2021 Form W-4 for all other jobs. If you (or your spouse) have self-employment income, including as an independent contractor, use the estimator.

    Complete Steps 3–4(b) on Form W-4 for only ONE of these jobs. Leave those steps blank for the other jobs. (Your withholding will be most accurate if you complete Steps 3–4(b) on the Form W-4 for the highest paying job

  • Step 3:

    Claim Dependents

  • If your total income will be $200,000 or less ($400,000 or less if married filing jointly):

  • Step 4

    (optional):

  • If you want tax withheld for other income you expect this year that won’t have withholding, enter the amount of other income here. This may include interest, dividends, and retirement income .

  • Adjustments

  • (b) Deductions. If you expect to claim deductions other than the standard deduction

    and want to reduce your withholding, use the Deductions Worksheet on page 3 and

  • (c)Extra withholding. Enter any additional tax you want withheld each pay period .

  • Step 5: Sign Here

  • Under penalties of perjury, I declare that this certificate, to the best of my knowledge and belief, is true, correct, and complete.

    Employee’s signature (This form is not valid unless you sign it

  • Date

  • Employers

  • Only

  • First date of employment
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  • For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 3.

  • Step 2(b)—Multiple Jobs Worksheet (Keep for your records)

    If you choose the option in Step 2(b) on Form W-4, complete this worksheet (which calculates the total extra tax for all jobs) on only ONE Form W-4. Withholding will be most accurate if you complete the worksheet and enter the result on the Form W-4 for the highest paying job.

    Note: If more than one job has annual wages of more than $120,000 or there are more than three jobs, see Pub. 505 for additional tables; or, you can use the online withholding estimator at www.irs.gov/W4App.

    1 Two jobs. If you have two jobs or you’re married filing jointly and you and your spouse each have one job, find the amount from the appropriate table on page 4. Using the “Higher Paying Job” row and the “Lower Paying Job” column, find the value at the intersection of the two household salaries and enter that value on line 1. Then, skip to line 3 .

  • Three jobs. If you and/or your spouse have three jobs at the same time, complete lines 2a, 2b, and 2c below. Otherwise, skip to line 3.

    a Find the amount from the appropriate table on page 4 using the annual wages from the highest paying job in the “Higher Paying Job” row and the annual wages for your next highest paying job in the “Lower Paying Job” column. Find the value at the intersection of the two household salaries and enter that value on line 2a .......................

  • b Add the annual wages of the two highest paying jobs from line 2a together and use the total as the wages in the “Higher Paying Job” row and use the annual wages for your third job in the “Lower Paying Job” column to find the amount from the appropriate table on page 4 and enter this amount

  • cAdd the amounts from lines 2a and 2b and enter the result on line 2c ..........

  • Enter the number of pay periods per year for the highest paying job. For example, if that job pays weekly, enter 52; if it pays every other week, enter 26; if it pays monthly, enter 12, etc.

  • Divide the annual amount on line 1 or line 2c by the number of pay periods on line 3. Enter this amount here and in Step 4(c) of Form W-4 for the highest paying job (along with any other additional amount you want withheld) .........................

  • Step 4(b)—Deductions Worksheet (Keep for your records)

  • Enter an estimate of your 2021 itemized deductions (from Schedule A (Form 1040 may include qualifying home mortgage interest, charitable contributions, state and local taxes (up to $10,000), and medical expenses in excess of 7.5% of your income ............

  • Enter:

    • $25,100 if you’re married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er)

    • $18,800 if you’re head of household

    • $12,550 if you’re single or married filing separately

  • If line 1 is greater than line 2, subtract line 2 from line 1 and enter the result here. If line 2 is greater than line 1, enter "-0-".

  • Enter an estimate of your student loan interest, deductible IRA contributions, and certain other adjustments (from Part II of Schedule 1 (Form 1040)

    See Pub. 505 for more information 

  • Add lines 3 and 4. Enter the result here and in Step 4(b) of Form W-4 ...........

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