If we check the box Married, but withhold at higher Single rate on both of our W4s do we still need to claim 0 on our W4s AND have my employer take out more $ each paycheck? Or does that box take care of it all?
Background: Married for 5 years. The first 2 years I did not change our W4s and we got a refund check of $3500 each year. Then I changed our W4s and claimed 1 on each of them. At the end of the year we owed over $1000.
Last year, I changed our W4s to claim 0 on each. By the middle of the year, I knew I would be behind so I had them take $30 out of my check each week and we got a refund of $500.
At the beginning of this year, I messed up again and claimed 1 on each of our W4s.
Now, I do know that I need to change our W4s to claim 0 on both. But do we also need to check the "Married, but withhold at higher Single rate" box? (In other words, do I do both?) And will I still need them to take more out each week on top of that? Or does the box take care of it?
Thx
2007-03-05
07:13:38
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