Understand the W-4 form, its purpose, and how to complete it accurately to ensure correct federal income tax withholding from your paycheck.

With new tax rates and new withholding tables in play for 2018, taxpayers may need to take a second look at form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate (downloads as a pdf). Form W-4 is ...

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 ...

I remember when I got my first job and was handed a W-4. I’m sure plenty of people just entering the workforce, and even quite a few experienced workers, have the same thoughts as they fill out a W-4 ...

Kelly Phillips Erb is a Forbes senior writer who covers tax. This article is more than 7 years old. The hallmark of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was supposed to be its simplicity. By ...