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Publication 51 2008 Tax Year

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1. Taxpayer Identification Numbers

If you are required to withhold any federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes, you will need an employer identification number (EIN) for yourself. Also, you will need the social security number (SSN) of each employee and the name of each employee as shown on the employee's social security card.

Employer identification number (EIN).   An employer identification number (EIN) is a nine-digit number that the IRS issues. The digits are arranged as follows: 00-0000000. It is used to identify the tax accounts of employers and certain others who have no employees. Use your EIN on all of the items that you send to the IRS and SSA.

  If you do not have an EIN, you may apply for one online. Go to the IRS website at www.irs.gov. Click on the tab for businesses and go to “Employer ID Numbers”. Click on “Apply for an EIN online” and then “apply online now.” You may also apply for an EIN by calling 1-800-829-4933, or you can fax or mail Form SS-4 to the IRS. Do not use a social security number (SSN) in place of an EIN.

  If you do not have an EIN by the time a return is due, write “Applied For” and the date you applied for it in the space shown for the number. If you took over another employer's business, do not use that employer's EIN.

  See Depositing without an EIN in section 7 if you must make a tax deposit and you do not have an EIN.

  You should have only one EIN. If you have more than one, and are not sure which one to use, call the toll-free Business and Specialty Tax Line at 1-800-829-4933 (TTY/TDD users can call 1-800-829-4059). Provide the EINs that you have, the name and address to which each number was assigned, and the address of your principal place of business. The IRS will tell you which EIN to use.

  For more information, see Publication 1635, Understanding Your EIN, or Publication 583, Starting a Business and Keeping Records.

When you receive your EIN.   If you are a new employer that indicated a federal tax obligation when requesting an EIN, you will be pre-enrolled in the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). You will receive information in your Employer Identification Number (EIN) Package about Express Enrollment and an additional mailing containing your EFTPS personal identification number (PIN) and instructions for activating your PIN. Call the toll-free number located in your “How to Activate Your Enrollment” brochure to activate your enrollment and begin making your payroll tax deposits. Be sure to tell your payroll provider about your EFTPS enrollment. Consider using EFTPS to make your other federal tax payments electronically as well. You should activate your EFTPS enrollment now even if you plan to deposit using FTD coupons (Form 8109) because it may take 5 to 6 weeks to receive the coupons and you may be required to make a deposit while waiting for them.

Social security number (SSN).   An employee's social security number (SSN) consists of nine digits arranged as follows: 000-00-0000. You must obtain each employee's name and SSN as shown on the employee's social security card because you must enter them on Form W-2. You may, but are not required to, photocopy the social security card if the employee provides it. If you do not show the employee's correct name and SSN on Form W-2, you may owe a penalty unless you have reasonable cause. See Publication 1586, Reasonable Cause Regulations and Requirements for Missing and Incorrect Name/TINs.

Applying for a social security card.   Any employee without a social security card can get one by completing Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, and submitting the necessary documentation to SSA. You can get Form SS-5 at SSA offices, by calling 1-800-772-1213, or from the SSA website at
www.socialsecurity.gov/online/ss-5.html. The employee must complete and sign Form SS-5; it cannot be filed by the employer. You may be asked to supply a letter to accompany Form SS-5 if the employee has exceeded his or her yearly or lifetime limit for the number of replacement cards allowed.

Applying for a social security number.   If you file Form W-2 on paper and your employee has applied for an SSN but does not have one when you must file Form W-2, enter “Applied For” on the form. If you are filing electronically, enter all zeros (000-00-0000) in the social security number field. When the employee receives the SSN, file Copy A of Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, with the SSA to show the employee's SSN. Furnish Copies B, C, and 2 of Form W-2c to the employee. Up to five Forms W-2c per Form W-3c (up to 50 W-3c reports) may be created and submitted to the SSA over the Internet. For more information, visit Social Security's Employer Reporting Instructions and Information webpage at
www.socialsecurity.gov/employer. Advise your employee to correct the SSN on his or her original Form W-2.

Correctly record the employee's name.   Record the name and number of each employee as they are shown on the employee's social security card. If the employee's name is not correct as shown on the card (for example, because of marriage or divorce), the employee should request a corrected card from the SSA. Continue to report the employee's wages under the old name until he or she shows you an updated social security card with the new name.

  If SSA issues the employee a replacement card after a name change, or a new card with a different social security number after a change in alien work status, file a Form W-2c to correct the name/SSN reported on the most recently filed Form W-2. It is not necessary to correct other years if the previous name and SSN was used for years before the most recent Form W-2.

IRS individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) for aliens.   Do not accept an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) in place of an SSN for either employee identification or for work. An ITIN is issued for use by resident and nonresident aliens who need identification for tax purposes, but who are not eligible for U.S. employment. The ITIN is a nine-digit number formatted like an SSN (for example, NNN-NN-NNNN). However, it begins with the number “9” and has either a “7” or “8” as the fourth digit (for example, 9NN-7N-NNNN or 9NN-8N-NNNN).

An individual with an ITIN who later becomes eligible to work in the United States must obtain an SSN. If the individual is currently eligible to work in the United States, instruct the individual to apply for an SSN and follow the instructions under Applying for a social security number on page 6. Do not use an ITIN in place of an SSN on Form W-2.
Verification of social security numbers.   The SSA offers employers and authorized reporting agents three methods for verifying employee SSNs.
  • Internet. Verify up to 10 names and numbers (per screen) online and receive immediate results, or upload batch files of up to 250,000 names and numbers and usually receive results the next government business day. Visit www.socialsecurity.gov/employer and click on the Verify Social Security Numbers Online link.

  • Telephone. Verify up to five names and numbers by calling 1-800-772-6270 or 1-800-772-1213.

  • Paper. Verify up to 300 names and numbers by submitting a paper request. For information, see Appendix A in the Social Security Number Verification System (SSNVS) Handbook at www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/ssnvs_handbk.htm#appendix.

  Some verification methods require registration. For more information, call 1-800-772-6270.

2. Who Are Employees?

Generally, employees are defined either under common law or under statutes for certain situations.

Employee status under common law.   Generally, a worker who performs services for you is your employee if you have the right to control what will be done and how it will be done. This is so even when you give the employee freedom of action. What matters is that you have the right to control the details of how the services are performed. Get Publication 15-A, Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide, for more information on how to determine whether an individual providing services is an independent contractor or an employee.

You are responsible for withholding and paying employment taxes for your employees. You are also required to file employment tax returns. These requirements do not apply to amounts that you pay to independent contractors. The rules discussed in this publication apply only to workers who are your employees.

In general, you are an employer of farmworkers if your employees:

  • Raise or harvest agricultural or horticultural products on your farm (including the raising and feeding of livestock);

  • Work in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement, or maintenance of your farm and its tools and equipment;

  • Provide services relating to salvaging timber, or clearing land of brush and other debris, left by a hurricane (also known as hurricane labor);

  • Handle, process, or package any agricultural or horticultural commodity if you produced over half of the commodity (for a group of up to 20 unincorporated operators, all of the commodity); or

  • Do work for you related to cotton ginning, turpentine, gum resin products, or the operation and maintenance of irrigation facilities.

For this purpose, the term “farm” includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animal, and truck farms, as well as plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, and orchards.

Farmwork does not include reselling activities that do not involve any substantial activity of raising agricultural or horticultural commodities, such as a retail store or a greenhouse used primarily for display or storage.

The table on page 24, How Do Employment Taxes Apply to Farmwork, distinguishes between farm and nonfarm activities, and also addresses rules that apply in special situations.

Crew Leaders

If you are a crew leader, you are an employer of farmworkers. A crew leader is a person who furnishes and pays (either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of the farm operator) workers to do farmwork for the farm operator. If there is no written agreement between you and the farm operator stating that you are his or her employee and if you pay the workers (either for yourself or for the farm operator), then you are a crew leader. For FUTA tax rules, see section 10.

Husband-Wife Business

If you and your spouse jointly own and operate a farm or nonfarm business and share in the profits and losses, you are partners in a partnership, whether or not you have a formal partnership agreement. See Publication 541, Partnerships, for more details. The partnership is considered the employer of any employees, and is liable for any employment taxes due on wages paid to its employees.

Exception—Qualified joint venture.   If you and your spouse materially participate (see Material participation on page F-2 of the Instructions for Schedule F) as the only members of a jointly owned and operated business, and you file a joint Form 1040, you can make a joint election to be taxed as a qualified joint venture instead of a partnership. Spouses electing qualified joint venture status are treated as sole proprietors for federal tax purposes. Either of the sole proprietor spouses may report and pay the employment taxes due on wages paid to the employees, using the EIN of that spouse's sole proprietorship.

Exception—Community income.   If you and your spouse wholly own an unincorporated business as community property under the community property laws of a state, foreign country, or U.S. possession, you can treat the business either as a sole proprietorship (of the spouse who carried on the business) or a partnership. You may still make an election to be taxed as a qualified joint venture instead of a partnership. See Exception—Qualified joint venture above.

3. Taxable Wages

Cash wages that you pay to employees for farmwork are subject to social security and Medicare taxes. If the wages are subject to social security and Medicare taxes, they are also subject to federal income tax withholding. You may also be liable for FUTA tax, which is not withheld by you or paid by the employee. FUTA tax is discussed in section 10. Cash wages include checks, money orders, etc. Do not count as cash wages the value of food, lodging, and other noncash items.

For more information on what payments are considered taxable wages, see Publication 15 (Circular E).

Commodity wages.   Commodity wages are not cash and are not subject to social security and Medicare taxes or federal income tax withholding. However, noncash payments, including commodity wages, are treated as cash wages (see above) if the substance of the transaction is a cash payment. These noncash payments are subject to social security and Medicare taxes and federal income tax withholding.

Family members.   Generally, the wages that you pay to family members who are your employees are subject to social security and Medicare taxes, federal income tax withholding, and FUTA tax. However, certain exemptions may apply for your child, spouse, or parent. See the table, How Do Employment Taxes Apply to Farmwork, on
page 24.

Household employees.   The wages of an employee who performs household services, such as a maid, babysitter, gardener, or cook, in your home are not subject to social security and Medicare taxes if you pay that employee cash wages of less than $1,700 in 2009.

  Social security and Medicare taxes do not apply to cash wages for housework in your private home if it was done by your spouse or your child under age 21. Nor do the taxes apply to housework done by your parent unless:
  • You have a child living in your home who is under age 18 or has a physical or mental condition that requires care by an adult for at least 4 continuous weeks in a calendar quarter, and

  • You are a widow or widower, or divorced and not remarried, or have a spouse in the home who, because of a physical or mental condition, cannot care for your child for at least 4 continuous weeks in the quarter.

  For more information, see Publication 926, Household Employer's Tax Guide.

Wages for household work may not be a deductible farm expense. See Publication 225, Farmer's Tax Guide.
Share farmers and alien workers.   You do not have to withhold or pay social security and Medicare taxes on amounts paid to share farmers under share-farming arrangements or on wages paid to alien workers admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor (that is, “H-2(A)” visa workers).

4. Social Security and Medicare Taxes

Generally, you must withhold social security and Medicare taxes on all cash wage payments that you make to your employees.

The $150 Test or the $2,500 Test

All cash wages that you pay to an employee during the year for farmwork are subject to social security and Medicare taxes and federal income tax withholding if either of the two tests below is met.

  • You pay cash wages to an employee of $150 or more in a year for farmwork (count all cash wages paid on a time, piecework, or other basis). The $150 test applies separately to each farmworker that you employ. If you employ a family of workers, each member is treated separately. Do not count wages paid by other employers.

  • The total that you pay for farmwork (cash and noncash) to all your employees is $2,500 or more during the year.

Exceptions.   The $150 and $2,500 tests do not apply to wages that you pay to a farmworker who receives less than $150 in annual cash wages and the wages are not subject to social security and Medicare taxes, or federal income tax withholding, even if you pay $2,500 or more in that year to all of your farmworkers if the farmworker:
  • Is employed in agriculture as a hand-harvest laborer,

  • Is paid piece rates in an operation that is usually paid on a piece-rate basis in the region of employment,

  • Commutes daily from his or her permanent home to the farm, and

  • Had been employed in agriculture less than 13 weeks in the preceding calendar year.

  Amounts that you pay to these seasonal farmworkers, however, count toward the $2,500-or-more test to determine whether wages that you pay to other farmworkers are subject to social security and Medicare taxes.

Social Security and Medicare Tax Withholding

For wages paid in 2009 the social security tax rate is 6.2%, for both the employee and employer, on the first $106,800 paid to each employee. You must withhold at this rate from each employee and pay a matching amount.

The Medicare tax rate is 1.45% each for the employer and the employee on all wages. You must withhold at this rate from each employee and pay a matching amount.

Employee share paid by employer.   If you would rather pay a household or agricultural employee's share of the social security and Medicare taxes without withholding them from his or her wages, you may do so. If you do not withhold the taxes, however, you must still pay them. Any employee social security and Medicare taxes that you pay is additional income to the employee. Include it in the employee's Form W-2, box 1, but do not count it as social security and Medicare wages, boxes 3 and 5. Also, do not count the additional income as wages for FUTA tax purposes. Different rules apply to employer payments of social security and Medicare taxes for non-household and non-agricultural employees. See section 7 of
Publication 15-A.

  Social security and Medicare taxes apply to most payments of sick pay, including payments made by third parties such as insurance companies. For details, see
Publication 15-A.

Withholding social security and Medicare taxes on nonresident alien employees.   In general, if you pay wages to nonresident alien employees, you must withhold social security and Medicare taxes as you would for a U.S. citizen or resident alien. However, see Publication 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities, for exceptions to this general rule.

Religious exemption.    An exemption from social security and Medicare taxes is available to members of a recognized religious sect opposed to public insurance. This exemption is available only if both the employee and the employer are members of the sect.

  For more information, see Publication 517, Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers.

5. Federal Income Tax Withholding

Farmers and crew leaders must withhold federal income tax from the wages of farmworkers if the wages are subject to social security and Medicare taxes. The amount to withhold is figured on gross wages before taking out social security and Medicare taxes, union dues, insurance, etc. You may use one of several methods to determine the amount of federal income tax withholding. They are discussed in section 13.

Form W-4.   To know how much federal income tax to withhold from employees' wages, you should have a Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, on file for each employee. Encourage your employees to file an updated Form W-4 for 2009, especially if they owed taxes or received a large refund when filing their 2008 tax return. Advise your employees to visit the IRS website at
www.irs.gov/individuals and select the “IRS Withholding Calculator” link for help in determining how many withholding allowances to claim on their Form W-4. Ask each new employee to give you a signed Form W-4 when starting work. Make the form effective with the first wage payment. If a new employee does not give you a completed Form W-4, withhold tax as if he or she is single, with no withholding allowances.

Forms in Spanish.   You can provide Formulario W-4(SP), Certificado de Exención de la Retención del Empleado, in place of Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, to your Spanish-speaking employees. For more information, see Publication 579(SP), Cómo Preparar la Declaración de Impuesto Federal.

Effective date of Form W-4.   A Form W-4 remains in effect until the employee gives you a new one. When you receive a new Form W-4, do not adjust withholding for pay periods before the effective date of the new form. Do not adjust withholding retroactively. For exceptions, see Exemption from federal income tax withholding, IRS review of Forms W-4, and Invalid Forms W-4 later. If an employee gives you a replacement Form W-4, begin withholding no later than the start of the first payroll period ending on or after the 30th day from the date when you received the replacement Form W-4.

A Form W-4 that makes a change for the next calendar year will not take effect in the current calendar year.
Completing Form W-4.   The amount of federal income tax withholding is based on marital status and withholding allowances. Your employees may not base their withholding amounts on a fixed dollar amount or percentage. However, the employee may specify a dollar amount to be withheld in addition to the amount of withholding based on filing status and withholding allowances claimed on Form W-4.

  Employees may claim fewer withholding allowances than they are entitled to claim. They may do this to ensure that they have enough withholding or to offset other sources of taxable income that are not subject to withholding.

  Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax, contains detailed instructions for completing Form W-4. Along with Form W-4, you may wish to order
Publication 505 and Publication 919, How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding, for your employees.

   Do not accept any withholding or estimated tax payments from your employees in addition to withholding based on their Form W-4. If an employee wants additional withholding, he or she should submit a new Form W-4 and, if necessary, pay estimated tax by filing Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals.

Exemption from federal income tax withholding.   Generally, an employee may claim exemption from federal income tax withholding because he or she had no federal income tax liability last year and expects none this year. See the Form W-4 instructions for more information. However, the wages are still subject to social security and Medicare taxes.

  A Form W-4 claiming exemption from withholding is valid for only one calendar year. To continue to be exempt from withholding in the next year, an employee must give you a new Form W-4 by February 15 of that year. If the employee does not give you a new Form W-4, withhold tax as if the employee is single with zero withholding allowances or withhold based on the last valid Form W-4 you have for the employee.

Procedure for withholding income taxes on the wages of nonresident alien employees.   In general, you must withhold federal income taxes on the wages of nonresident alien employees. However, see Publication 515 for exceptions to this general rule.

  Under this procedure, you add an amount, as set forth in the chart below, to the nonresident alien employee's wages solely for purposes of calculating the federal income tax withholding for each payroll period. You determine the amount to be withheld by applying the federal income tax withholding tables to the amount of wages paid plus the additional chart amount.

Nonresident alien students from India and business apprentices from India are not subject to this procedure.   The amount to be added to the nonresident alien employee's wages to calculate federal income tax withholding is set forth in the following chart:

Amount to Add to Nonresident Alien Employee's Wages for Calculating Income Tax Withholding Only

Payroll Period Add Additional  
Weekly $51.00  
Biweekly 102.00  
Semimonthly 110.00  
Monthly 221.00  
Quarterly 663.00  
Semiannually 1,325.00  
Annually 2,650.00  
Daily or Miscellaneous
(each day of the payroll period)
10.20  

  The amounts added under this chart for purposes of this procedure are added to wages solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of federal income tax withholding on the wages of the nonresident alien employee. These chart amounts should not be included in any box on the employee's Form W-2 and do not increase the federal income tax liability of the employee. Also, these chart amounts do not increase the social security, Medicare, or FUTA tax liability of the employer or the employee.

  This procedure only applies to nonresident alien employees who have wages subject to federal income tax withholding.

Example.

An employer using the percentage method of withholding pays wages of $500 for a biweekly payroll period to a married nonresident alien employee. The nonresident alien has properly completed Form W-4, entering marital status as single with one withholding allowance and indicating status as a nonresident alien on line 6 of
Form W-4 (see below). The employer determines the wages to be used in the withholding tables by adding to the $500 amount of wages paid the amount of $102 from the chart above ($602 total). The employer then applies the applicable table (Table 2(a), the table for biweekly payroll period, single persons) by subtracting the applicable percentage method amount for one withholding allowance for a biweekly payroll period from $602 and making the calculations under the table.

The $102 added to wages for purposes of calculating income tax withholding is not reported on Form W-2, and does not affect the social security tax, Medicare tax, or FUTA tax liability of the employer or the employee.

Supplemental wage payment.   This procedure for determining the amount of federal income tax withholding does not apply to a supplemental wage payment (see Supplemental wages on page 12) if the 35% mandatory flat rate withholding applies or if the 25% flat rate withholding is being used to calculate income tax withholding on the supplemental wage payment.

Nonresident alien employee's Form W-4.   When completing Forms W-4, nonresident aliens are required to:
  • Not claim exemption from income tax withholding;

  • Request withholding as if they are single, regardless of their actual marital status;

  • Claim only one allowance (if the nonresident alien is a resident of Canada, Mexico, or Korea, he or she may claim more than one allowance); and

  • Write “Nonresident Alien” or “NRA” above the dotted line on line 6 of Form W-4.

  If you maintain an electronic Form W-4 system, you should provide a field for nonresident alien employees to enter nonresident alien status in lieu of writing “Nonresident Alien” or “NRA” above the dotted line on line 6.

Nonresident alien employees are no longer required to request additional withholding in the box for line 6 on Form W-4. However, a nonresident alien employee may request additional withholding at his or her option.
Form 8233.   If a nonresident alien employee claims a tax treaty exemption from withholding, the employee must submit Form 8233, Exemption from Withholding on Compensation for Independent (and Certain Dependent) Personal Services of a Nonresident Alien Individual, with respect to the income exempt under the treaty, instead of Form W-4. See Publication 515 for details.

IRS review of requested Forms W-4.   In the past, you had to routinely send the IRS any Form W-4 claiming complete exemption from withholding if $200 or more in weekly wages was expected or claiming more than 10 allowances. Employers no longer have to submit these Forms W-4 to the IRS. However, Forms W-4 are still subject to review. When we refer to Form W-4, the same rules apply to Formulario W-4(SP), its Spanish translation.

  You may receive a notice from the IRS requiring you to submit copies of Forms W-4. Send the requested copy or copies of Form W-4 to the IRS at the address provided and in the manner directed by the notice. You may also be directed to make available for inspection by an IRS employee certain Forms W-4. The notice you receive from the IRS may relate to one or more of your named employees. IRS may also require you to submit copies of Form W-4 to the IRS as directed by a revenue procedure or notice published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.

  After submitting a copy of the requested Form W-4 to the IRS, continue to withhold federal income tax based on that Form W-4 if it is valid (see Invalid Forms W-4 later). However, the IRS may later notify you in writing that the employee is not entitled to claim a complete exemption from withholding or more than the maximum number of withholding allowances specified by the IRS in the written notice. The notice will also specify the applicable marital status for purposes of calculating the required amount of withholding. You are to withhold federal income tax based on the effective date shown on the notice using the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status specified in the notice (commonly referred to as a “lock-in letter”).

Initial lock-in letter.   The IRS uses information reported on Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, to identify employees with withholding compliance problems. In some cases, where a serious under-withholding problem is found to exist for a particular employee, the IRS may issue a lock-in letter to the employer specifying the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status permitted for a specific employee. If the employee is employed by you as of the date of the notice, you must furnish the notice to the employee within 10 business days of receipt. You may follow any reasonable business practice to furnish the copy of the notice to the employee.

Implementation of lock-in letter.   When you receive the notice specifying the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status permitted, you may not withhold immediately on the basis of the notice. You must begin withholding tax on the basis of the notice for any wages paid after the date specified in the notice. The delay between your receipt of the notice and the date to begin the withholding on the basis of the notice permits the employee to contact the IRS.

Seasonal employees and employees not currently performing services.   If you receive a notice for an employee who is not currently performing services for you, you are still required to furnish the notice to the employee and withhold based on the notice if:
  • You are paying wages for the employee's prior services and the wages are subject to income tax withholding on or after the date specified in the notice.

  • You reasonably expect the employee to resume services within 12 months of the date of the notice.

  • The employee is on a bona fide leave of absence that does not exceed 12 months or the employee has a right to reemployment after the leave of absence.

Termination and re-hire of employees.   If you are required to furnish and withhold based on the notice and the employment relationship is terminated after the date of the notice, you must continue to withhold based on the notice if you continue to pay any wages subject to income tax withholding. You must also withhold based on the notice or modification notice (see Modification notice next) if the employee resumes the employment relationship with you within 12 months after the termination of the employment relationship.

Modification notice.   After issuing the notice specifying the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status permitted, the IRS may issue a subsequent notice (modification notice) that modifies the original notice. The modification notice may change the marital status and/or the number of withholding allowances permitted. You must withhold federal income tax based on effective date specified in the modification notice.

Employee provides you a new Form W-4 after IRS notice.   After the IRS issues a notice or modification notice, if the employee provides you with a new Form W-4 claiming complete exemption from withholding or claims a marital status, a number of withholding allowances, and any additional withholding that results in less withholding than would result under the IRS notice or modification notice, you must disregard the new Form W-4. You are required to withhold on the basis of the notice or modification notice unless the IRS subsequently notifies you to withhold based on the new Form W-4. If the employee wants to put a new Form W-4 into effect that results in less withholding than required, the employee must contact the IRS.

  If, after you receive an IRS notice or modification notice, your employee provides you with a new Form W-4 that does not claim exemption from federal income tax withholding and claims a marital status, a number of withholding allowances, and any additional withholding that results in more withholding than would result under the notice or modification notice, you must withhold tax on the basis of that new Form W-4. Otherwise, disregard any subsequent Forms W-4 provided by the employee and withhold based on the IRS notice or modification notice.

Substitute Forms W-4.   You are encouraged to have your employees use the official version of Form W-4 to claim withholding allowances or exemption from withholding. Call the IRS at 1-800-829-3676 or visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov to obtain copies of Form W-4.

  You may use a substitute version of Form W-4 to meet your business needs. However, your substitute Form W-4 must contain language that is identical to the official Form W-4 and your form must meet all current IRS rules for substitute forms. At the time that you provide your substitute form to the employee, you must provide him or her with all tables, instructions, and worksheets from the current Form W-4.

  You are prohibited from accepting a substitute Form W-4 developed by an employee, and the employee submitting such form will be treated as failing to furnish a Form W-4. However, continue to use any valid Forms W-4 developed by your employees that you accepted before October 11, 2007.

Invalid Forms W-4.   Any unauthorized change or addition to Form W-4 makes it invalid. This includes taking out any language by which the employee certifies that the form is correct. A Form W-4 is also invalid if, by the date an employee gives it to you, he or she indicates in any way that it is false. An employee who submits a false Form W-4 may be subject to a $500 penalty. You may treat a Form W-4 as invalid if the employee wrote “exempt” on line 7 and also entered a number on line 5 or an amount on line 6.

  When you get an invalid Form W-4, do not use it to figure federal income tax withholding. Tell the employee that it is invalid and ask for another one. If the employee does not give you a valid one, withhold taxes as if the employee was single and claiming no withholding allowances. However, if you have an earlier Form W-4 for this worker that is valid, withhold as you did before.

  For additional information about these rules, see Treasury Decision 9337, 2007-35 I.R.B. 455, available at
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb07-35.pdf.

Amounts exempt from levy on wages, salary, and other income.   If you receive a Notice of Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income (Forms 668-W(c), 668-W(c)(DO), or 668-W(ICS)), you must withhold amounts as described in the instructions for these forms. Publication 1494 (2009), Table for Figuring Amount Exempt From Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income—Forms 668-W(c), 668-W(c)(DO), and 668-W(ICS), shows the exempt amount. If a levy issued in a prior year is still in effect and the taxpayer submits a new Statement of Exemptions and Filing Status, use the current year Publication 1494 to compute the exempt amount.

How To Figure Federal Income Tax Withholding

There are several ways to figure federal income tax withholding.

  • Wage bracket tables. See page 22 for directions on how to use the tables.

  • Percentage method. See page 22 for directions on how to use the percentage method.

  • Alternative formula tables for percentage method withholding. See Publication 15-A.

  • Wage bracket percentage method withholding tables. See Publication 15-A.

  • Other alternative methods. See Publication 15-A.

Employers with automated payroll systems will find the two alternative formula tables and the two alternative wage bracket percentage method tables in Publication 15-A useful.

If an employee wants additional federal tax withheld, have the employee show the extra amount on Form W-4.

Supplemental wages.   Supplemental wages are compensation paid to an employee in addition to the employee's regular wages. They include, but are not limited to, bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, accumulated sick leave, severance pay, awards, prizes, back pay and retroactive pay increases for current employees, and payments for nondeductible moving expenses. Other payments subject to the supplemental wage rules include taxable fringe benefits and expense allowances paid under a nonaccountable plan.

  If you pay supplemental wages with regular wages but do not specify the amount of each, withhold federal income tax as if the total was a single payment for a regular payroll period.

  If you pay supplemental wages separately (or combine them in a single payment and specify the amount of each), the federal income tax withholding method depends partly on whether you withhold federal income tax from your employee's regular wages.
  1. If you withheld federal income tax from an employee's regular wages in the current or immediately preceding calendar year, you can use one of the following methods for the supplemental wages.

    1. Withhold a flat 25% (no other percentage allowed).

    2. Add the supplemental wages to the concurrently paid regular wages, or, if there are no concurrently paid wages, to the most recent payment of regular wages this year. Then figure the federal income tax withholding as if the total was a single payment. Subtract the tax already withheld from the regular wages. Withhold the remaining tax from the supplemental wages. If there are no concurrently paid regular wages but there were other payments of supplemental wages (after the last payment of regular wages but before the current payment of supplemental wages), aggregate all the payments, calculate the tax on the total, subtract the tax already withheld from the regular wages and the previous supplemental wages, and withhold the remaining tax.

  2. If you did not withhold federal income tax from the employee's regular wages in the current or immediately preceding calendar year, use method 1-b above. This would occur, for example, when the value of the employee's withholding allowances claimed on Form W-4 is more than the wages.

Separate rules apply to any supplemental wages exceeding $1,000,000 that you pay to an individual during the year. See section 7 in
Publication 15 (Circular E) for details.   Regardless of the method that you use to withhold federal income tax on supplemental wages, they are generally subject to social security, Medicare, and FUTA taxes.

6. Advance Earned Income Credit (EIC) Payment

An employee who expects to be eligible for the earned income credit (EIC) and who expects to have a qualifying child is entitled to receive EIC payments with his or her pay during the year. To get these payments, the employee must give you a properly completed Form W-5 (or Formulario W-5(SP), its Spanish translation), Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Certificate, using either the paper form or the approved electronic format. You are required to make advance EIC payments to employees who give you a properly completed Form W-5; except that you are not required to make these payments to farmworkers paid on a daily basis.

Certain employees who do not have a qualifying child may be able to claim the EIC on their tax return. However, they cannot get advance EIC payments.

For 2009, the advance payment can be as much as $1,826. The tables that begin on page 47 reflect that limit.

Form W-5.   Form W-5 explains the eligibility requirements for receiving advance EIC payments. On Form W-5, an employee states that he or she expects to be eligible to claim the EIC and shows whether he or she has another Form W-5 in effect with any other current employer.

  You must include advance EIC payments with the wages that you pay to eligible employees who give you a signed and completed Form W-5. Form W-5 is effective for the first payroll period ending (or the first wage payment made without regard to a payroll period) on or after the date the employee gives you the form. It remains in effect until the end of the year or until the employee revokes it or gives you a new one. Employees must give you a new Form W-5 each year.

  An employee may have only one Form W-5 in effect with a current employer at one time. If an employee is married and his or her spouse also works, each spouse should file a separate Form W-5.

  For more information, see Form W-5 or Publication 15 (Circular E).

How to figure the advance EIC payment.   Figure the amount of advance EIC to include in the employee's pay by using either the wage bracket or percentage method tables that begin on page 47. There are separate tables for employees whose spouses have a Form W-5 in effect.

During 2009, if you pay an employee total wages of at least $40,295 ($43,415 if married filing jointly) you must stop making advance EIC payments to that employee for the rest of the year.
Paying the advance EIC to employees.   Advance EIC payments are not subject to withholding of income, social security, or Medicare taxes. An advance EIC payment does not change the amount of income, social security, or Medicare taxes that you withhold from the employee's wages. You add the advance EIC payment to the employee's net pay for the pay period. At the end of the year, you show the total advance EIC payments in box 9 on Form W-2. Do not include this amount as wages in box 1.

Employer's returns.   Show the total payments that you made to employees on the advance EIC line (line 10) of your Form 943. Subtract this amount from your total taxes on line 9. See the Instructions for Form 943. Reduce the amounts reported on line 15 of Form 943 or on
Form 943-A, Agricultural Employer's Record of Federal Tax Liability, by any advance EIC paid to your employees.

  Generally, you will make the advance EIC payment from withheld federal income tax and employee and employer social security and Medicare taxes. Advance EIC payments are treated as deposits of these taxes on the day that you pay wages (including the advance EIC payment) to your employees. The payments are treated as deposits of these taxes in the following order: first to the amount of federal income tax withholding, then to withheld employee social security and Medicare taxes, and last, to the employer's share of social security and Medicare taxes. For more information, see Publication 15 (Circular E).

Required Notice to Employees

You must notify employees who have no federal income tax withheld that they may be able to claim a tax refund because of the EIC. Although you do not have to notify employees who claim exemption from withholding on Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, about the EIC, you are encouraged to notify any employees whose wages for 2008 were less than $38,646 ($41,646 if married filing jointly) that they may be eligible to claim the credit for 2008. This is because eligible employees may get a refund of the amount of EIC that is more than the tax that they owe.

You will meet the notification requirement if you issue to the employee Form W-2 with the EIC notice on the back of Copy B, or a substitute Form W-2 with the same statement. You may also meet the requirement by providing Notice 797, Possible Federal Tax Refund Due to the Earned Income Credit (EIC), or your own statement that contains the same wording.

If a substitute Form W-2 is given to the employee on time but does not have the required statement, you must notify the employee within 1 week of the date that the substitute Form W-2 is given. If Form W-2 is required but is not given on time, you must give the employee Notice 797 or your written statement by the date that Form W-2 is required to be given. If Form W-2 is not required, you must notify the employee by February 7, 2009.

7. Depositing Taxes

Generally, you must deposit both the employer and employee shares of social security and Medicare taxes and federal income tax withheld (minus any advance earned income credit payments). You must deposit by using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) or by mailing or delivering a check, money order, or cash with Form 8109, Federal Tax Deposit Coupon, to an authorized financial institution that is an authorized depositary for federal taxes. However, some employers must only deposit using EFTPS. See How To Deposit on page 16.

Payment with return.   You may make payments with Forms 943 or 945 instead of depositing if one of the following applies.
  • You report less than a $2,500 tax liability for the year (line 11 of Form 943 or line 4 of Form 945) and you pay in full with a return that is filed on time. However, if you are unsure that you will report less than $2,500, deposit under the rules explained in this section so that you will not be subject to failure-to-deposit penalties.

  • You are a monthly schedule depositor and make a payment in accordance with the Accuracy of Deposits Rule discussed later. This payment may be $2,500 or more.

Only monthly schedule depositors, defined later, are allowed to make an Accuracy of Deposits Rule payment with the return. Semiweekly schedule depositors must timely deposit the amount. See Accuracy of Deposits Rule and How To Deposit later in this section.

When To Deposit

If you employ both farm and nonfarm workers, do not combine the taxes reportable on Forms 941 or 944 with Form 943 to decide whether to make a deposit. See Employers of Both Farm and Nonfarm Workers on page 18.

The rules for determining when to deposit Form 943 taxes are discussed below. (Separate rules apply to federal unemployment (FUTA) tax. See section 10.) Under these rules, you are classified as either a monthly schedule depositor or a semiweekly schedule depositor.

The terms “monthly schedule depositor” and “semiweekly schedule depositor” do not refer to how often your business pays its employees or how often you are required to make deposits. The terms identify which set of rules you must follow when you incur a tax liability.

The deposit schedule that you must use for a calendar year is determined from the total taxes (not reduced by any advance EIC payments) reported on your Form 943 (line 9) for the lookback period, discussed next.

  • If you reported $50,000 or less of Form 943 taxes for the lookback period, you are a monthly schedule depositor.

  • If you reported more than $50,000 of Form 943 taxes for the lookback period, you are a semiweekly schedule depositor.

Lookback period.   The lookback period is the second calendar year preceding the current calendar year. For example, the lookback period for 2009 is 2007.

Example of deposit schedule based on lookback period.

Rose Co. reported taxes on Form 943 as follows.

2007 — $48,000

2008 — $60,000

Rose Co. is a monthly schedule depositor for 2009 because its taxes for the lookback period ($48,000 for calendar year 2007) were not more than $50,000. However, for 2010, Rose Co. is a semiweekly schedule depositor because the total taxes for its lookback period ($60,000 for calendar year 2008) exceeded $50,000.

Adjustments to lookback period taxes.   To determine your taxes for the lookback period, use only the tax that you reported on the original return (Form 943, line 9). Do not include adjustments shown on Form 943-X.

Example of adjustments.

An employer originally reported total tax of $45,000 for the lookback period in 2007. The employer discovered during March 2009 that the tax during the lookback period was understated by $10,000 and corrected this error by filing Form 943-X. The total tax reported in the lookback period is still $45,000. The $10,000 adjustment is also not treated as part of the 2009 taxes.

Deposit period.   The term “deposit period” refers to the period during which tax liabilities are accumulated for each required deposit due date. For monthly schedule depositors, the deposit period is a calendar month. The deposit periods for semiweekly schedule depositors are Wednesday through Friday and Saturday through Tuesday.

Monthly Deposit Schedule

If the total tax reported on line 9 of Form 943 for the lookback period is $50,000 or less, you are a monthly schedule depositor for the current year. You must deposit Form 943 taxes on payments made during a calendar month by the 15th day of the following month.

Monthly schedule example.   Red Co. is a seasonal employer and a monthly schedule depositor. It pays wages each Friday. It paid wages during August 2009, but did not pay any wages during September. Red Co. must deposit the combined tax liabilities for the August paydays by September 15. Red Co. does not have a deposit requirement for September (that is, due by October 15) because no wages were paid in September; therefore, it did not have a tax liability for September.

New employers.   For agricultural employers, your tax liability for any year in the lookback period before the date you started or acquired your business is considered to be zero. Therefore, you are a monthly schedule depositor for the first and second calendar years of your agricultural business (but see the $100,000 Next-Day Deposit Rule on page 15).

Semiweekly Deposit Schedule

You are a semiweekly schedule depositor for a calendar year if the total taxes on line 9 of Form 943 during your lookback period were more than $50,000. Under the semiweekly deposit schedule, deposit Form 943 taxes for payments made on Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday by the following Wednesday. Deposit amounts accumulated for payments made on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday by the following Friday.

Semiweekly depositors are not required to deposit twice a week if their payments were in same semiweekly period unless the $100,000 Next Day Deposit Rule (discussed later) applies. For example, if you made a payment on both Wednesday and Friday and incurred taxes of $10,000 for each pay date, deposit the $20,000 by the following Wednesday. If you made no additional payments on Saturday through Tuesday, no deposit is due on Friday.

Semiweekly schedule depositors must complete Form 943-A and submit it with Form 943.

Semiweekly Deposit Schedule

IF the payday falls on a... THEN deposit taxes by
the following...
Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday Wednesday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday Friday

Semiweekly schedule example.   Green, Inc., a semiweekly schedule depositor, pays wages on the last day of each month. Green, Inc., will deposit only once a month, but the deposit will be made under the semiweekly deposit schedule as follows. Green, Inc.'s tax liability for the
May 30, 2009 (Saturday), wage payment must be deposited by June 5, 2009 (Friday).

Semiweekly deposit period spanning two quarters.   If you have more than one pay date during a semiweekly period and the pay dates fall in different calendar quarters, you will need to make separate deposits for the separate liabilities. For example, if you have a pay date on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 (third quarter), and another pay date on Friday, October 2, 2009 (fourth quarter), two separate deposits will be required even though the pay dates fall within the same semiweekly period. Both deposits will be due Wednesday, October 7, 2009 (three banking days from the end of the semiweekly deposit period).

Deposits on Banking Days Only

If a deposit is required to be made on a day that is not a banking day, the deposit is considered on time if it is made by the next banking day. In addition to federal and state bank holidays, Saturdays and Sundays are treated as nonbanking days. For example, if a deposit is required to be made on Friday, but Friday is not a banking day, the deposit is considered timely if it is made by the following Monday (if Monday is a banking day).

Semiweekly schedule depositors   will always have 3 banking days to make a deposit. That is, if any of the 3 weekdays after the end of a semiweekly period is a banking holiday, you will have 1 additional banking day to deposit. For example, if a semiweekly schedule depositor accumulated taxes on Friday and the following Monday is not a banking day, the deposit normally due on Wednesday may be made on Thursday (allowing 3 banking days to make the deposit).

$100,000 Next-Day Deposit Rule

If you accumulate $100,000 or more of Form 943 taxes (that is, taxes reported on line 11) on any day during a deposit period, you must deposit the tax by the close of the next banking day, whether you are a monthly or a semiweekly schedule depositor.

For purposes of the $100,000 rule, do not continue accumulating a tax liability after the end of a deposit period. For example, if a semiweekly schedule depositor has accumulated a liability of $95,000 on a Tuesday (of a Saturday-through-Tuesday deposit period) and accumulated a $10,000 liability on Wednesday, the $100,000 next-day deposit rule does not apply because the $10,000 is accumulated in the next deposit period. Thus, $95,000 must be deposited on Friday and $10,000 must be deposited on the following Wednesday.

In addition, once you accumulate at least $100,000 in a deposit period, stop accumulating at the end of that day and begin to accumulate anew on the next day. For example, Fir Co. is a semiweekly schedule depositor. On Monday, Fir Co. accumulates taxes of $110,000 and must deposit this amount on Tuesday, the next banking day. On Tuesday, Fir Co. accumulates additional taxes of $30,000. Because the $30,000 is not added to the previous $110,000 and is less than $100,000, Fir Co. does not have to deposit the $30,000 until Friday (following the semiweekly deposit schedule).

If you are a monthly schedule depositor and you accumulate a $100,000 tax liability on any day, you become a semiweekly schedule depositor on the next day and remain so for the remainder of the calendar year and for the following calendar year.
Example of the $100,000 next-day deposit rule.   Elm, Inc., started business on April 3, 2009. Because Elm, Inc., is a new employer, the taxes for its lookback period are considered to be zero; therefore, Elm, Inc., is a monthly schedule depositor. On April 10, Elm, Inc., paid wages for the first time and accumulated taxes of $50,000. On
April 17 (Friday), Elm, Inc., paid wages and accumulated taxes of $60,000, for a total of $110,000. Because Elm, Inc., accumulated $110,000 on April 17, it must deposit $110,000 by April 20 (Monday), the next banking day.

Accuracy of Deposits Rule

You are required to deposit 100% of your tax liability on or before the deposit due date. However, penalties will not be applied for depositing less than 100% if both of the following conditions are met.

  1. Any deposit shortfall does not exceed the greater of $100 or 2% of the amount of taxes otherwise required to be deposited.

  2. The deposit shortfall is paid or deposited by the shortfall makeup date as described below.

Makeup Date for Deposit Shortfall:   
  • Monthly Schedule Depositor—Deposit the shortfall or pay it with your return by the due date of your Form 943. You may pay the shortfall with your Form 943 even if the amount is $2,500 or more.

  • Semiweekly Schedule Depositor—Deposit by the earlier of (a) the first Wednesday or Friday (whichever comes first) that falls on or after the 15th of the month following the month in which the shortfall occurred, or (b) the due date for Form 943. For example, if a semiweekly schedule depositor has a deposit shortfall during February 2009, the shortfall makeup date is March 18, 2009 (Wednesday).

How To Deposit

The two methods of depositing employment taxes are discussed below. See Payment with return on page 13 for exceptions explaining when taxes may be paid with the tax return instead of being deposited.

Electronic deposit requirement (EFTPS).   You must make electronic deposits of all depository taxes (such as employment tax, excise tax, and corporate income tax) using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) in 2009 if:
  • Your total deposits of such taxes in 2007 were more than $200,000, or

  • You were required to use EFTPS in 2008.

  If you are required to use EFTPS and use Form 8109 instead, you may be subject to a 10% failure-to-deposit penalty. EFTPS is a free service provided by the Department of Treasury. If you are not required to use EFTPS, you may participate voluntarily. To get more information or to enroll in EFTPS, call 1-800-555-4477 (Business) or 1-800-316-6541 (Individual). You can also visit the EFTPS website at www.eftps.gov.

New employers that have a federal tax obligation will be pre-enrolled in EFTPS. Call the toll-free number located in your Employer Identification Number (EIN) Package to activate your enrollment and begin making your tax deposit payments. See When you receive your EIN on page 5 for more information.

Depositing on time.   For deposits made by EFTPS to be on time, you must initiate the transaction at least one business day before the date that the deposit is due.

Deposit record.   For your records, an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Trace Number will be provided with each successful payment. The number can be used as a receipt or to trace the payment.

Making deposits with FTD coupons.   If you are not making deposits by EFTPS, use Form 8109 to make the deposits at an authorized financial institution.

  For new employers, if you would like to receive a Federal Tax Deposit (FTD) coupon booklet, call 1-800-829-4933. Allow 5 to 6 weeks for delivery. Consider activating your enrollment in EFTPS now so that you can make timely deposits of payroll taxes while waiting for requested FTD coupons.

  The IRS will keep track of the number of FTD coupons that you use and will automatically send you additional coupons when you need them. If you do not receive your resupply of FTD coupons, call 1-800-829-4933. You can have the FTD coupon books sent to a branch office, tax preparer, or service bureau that is making your deposits by showing that address on Form 8109-C, FTD Address Change, which is in the FTD coupon book. (Filing Form 8109-C will not change your address of record; it will change only the address where the FTD coupons are mailed.) The FTD coupons will be preprinted with your name, address, and EIN. They have entry spaces for indicating the type of tax and the tax period for which the deposit is made.

  It is very important to clearly mark the correct type of tax and tax period on each FTD coupon. This information is used by the IRS to credit your account.

  If you have branch offices depositing taxes, give them FTD coupons and complete instructions so that they can deposit the taxes when due.

  Please use only your FTD coupons. If you use anyone else's FTD coupon, you may be subject to a failure-to-deposit penalty. This is because your account will be underpaid by the amount of the deposit credited to the other person's account. See Deposit Penalties later for penalty amounts.

How to deposit with an FTD coupon.   Mail or deliver each FTD coupon and a single payment covering the taxes to be deposited to an authorized depositary. An authorized depositary is a financial institution (for example, a commercial bank) that is authorized to accept federal tax deposits. Follow the instructions in the FTD coupon book. Make your check or money order payable to the depositary. To help ensure proper crediting of your account, include your EIN, the type of tax (for example, Form 943), and the tax period to which the payment applies on your check or money order.

  Authorized depositaries must accept cash, a postal money order drawn to the order of the depositary, or a check or draft drawn on and to the order of the depositary. You may deposit taxes with a check drawn on another financial institution only if the depositary is willing to accept that form of payment. Be sure that the financial institution where you make deposits is an authorized depositary. Deposits made at an unauthorized institution may be subject to the failure-to-deposit penalty.

  If you prefer, you may mail your coupon and payment to:

Financial Agent
Federal Tax Deposit Processing
P.O. Box 970030
St. Louis, MO 63197.

Make your check or money order payable to “Financial Agent.

Depositing on time.   The IRS determines if deposits are on time by the date that they are received by an authorized depositary. To be considered timely, the funds must be available to the depositary on the deposit due date before the institution's daily cutoff deadline. Contact your local depositary for information concerning check clearance and cutoff schedules. However, a deposit received by the authorized depositary after the due date will be considered timely if the taxpayer establishes that it was mailed in the United States in a properly addressed, postage prepaid envelope at least 2 days before the due date.

If you are required to deposit any taxes more than once a month, any deposit of $20,000 or more must be received by the authorized depositary by its due date to be timely. See section 7502(e)(3) for more information.
Depositing without an EIN.   If you have applied for an EIN but have not received it and you must make a deposit, make the deposit with the IRS. Do not make the deposit at an authorized depositary. Make your check or money order payable to the “United States Treasury” and show on it your name (as shown on Form SS-4), address, kind of tax, period covered, and date you applied for an EIN. Send your deposit with an explanation to your local IRS office or the office where you file Form 943 or Form 945. The addresses are provided in the separate instructions for Forms 943 and 945 and are also available on the IRS website at www.irs.gov. Do not use Form 8109-B, Federal Tax Deposit Coupon, in this situation.

Depositing without Form 8109.   If you do not have a preprinted Form 8109, you may use Form 8109-B to make deposits. Form 8109-B is an over-the-counter FTD coupon that is not preprinted with your identifying information. You may get this form by calling 1-800-829-4933. Be sure to have your EIN ready when you call. You will not be able to obtain Form 8109-B by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM.

  Use Form 8109-B to make deposits only if:
  • You are a new employer and you have been assigned an EIN, but you have not received your initial supply of Forms 8109; or

  • You have not received your resupply of preprinted Forms 8109.

Deposit record.   For your records, a stub is provided with each FTD coupon in the coupon book. The FTD coupon itself will not be returned. It is used to credit your account. Your cancelled check, bank receipt, or money order receipt is your deposit record.

Deposit Penalties

Penalties may apply if you do not make required deposits on time, if you make deposits for less than the required amount, or if you do not use EFTPS when required. The penalties do not apply if any failure to make a proper and timely deposit was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. IRS may also waive deposit penalties if you inadvertently fail to deposit in the first quarter that a deposit is due, or the first quarter during which your frequency of deposits changed, if you timely filed your employment tax return.

For amounts not properly deposited or not deposited on time, the penalty rates are shown next.

Penalty Charged for...
2% Deposits made 1 to 5 days late.
5% Deposits made 6 to 15 days late.
10% Deposits made 16 or more days late. Also applies to amounts paid within 10 days of the date of the first notice the IRS sent asking for the tax due.
10% Deposits made at an unauthorized financial institution, paid directly to the IRS, or paid with your tax return. But see Depositing without an EIN earlier and Payment with return on page 13 for exceptions.
10% Amounts subject to electronic deposit requirements but not deposited using EFTPS.
15% Amounts still unpaid more than 10 days after the date of the first notice that the IRS sent asking for the tax due or the day on which you received notice and demand for immediate payment, whichever is earlier.

Late deposit penalty amounts are determined using calendar days, starting from the due date of the liability.

Order in which deposits are applied.   Deposits generally are applied to the most recent tax liability within the year. If you receive a failure-to-deposit penalty notice, you may designate how your deposits are to be applied in order to minimize the amount of the penalty, if you do so within 90 days of the date of the notice. Follow the instructions on the penalty notice that you received. For examples on how the IRS will apply deposits and more information on designating deposits, see Revenue Procedure (Rev. Proc.) 2001-58. You can find Rev. Proc. 2001-58 on page 579 of Internal Revenue Bulletin 2001-50 at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb01-50.pdf.

Example.

Cedar, Inc., is required to make a deposit of $1,000 on June 15 and $1,500 on July 15. It does not make the deposit on June 15. On July 15, Cedar, Inc., deposits $2,000. Under the deposits rule, which applies deposits to the most recent tax liability, $1,500 of the deposit is applied to the July 15 deposit and the remaining $500 is applied to the June deposit. Accordingly, $500 of the June 15 liability remains undeposited. The penalty on this underdeposit will apply as explained above.

Trust fund recovery penalty.   If federal income, social security, and Medicare taxes that must be withheld are not withheld or are not deposited or paid to the United States Treasury, the trust fund recovery penalty may apply. The penalty is the full amount of the unpaid trust fund tax. This penalty may apply to you if these unpaid taxes cannot be immediately collected from the employer or business.

  The trust fund recovery penalty may be imposed on all persons who are determined by the IRS to be responsible for collecting, accounting for, and paying over these taxes, and who acted willfully in not doing so.

  A responsible person can be an officer or employee of a corporation, a partner or employee of a partnership, an accountant, a volunteer director/trustee, or an employee of a sole proprietorship. A responsible person also may include one who signs checks for the business or otherwise has authority to cause the spending of business funds.

   Willfully means voluntarily, consciously, and intentionally. A responsible person acts willfully if the person knows that the required actions are not taking place.

Averaged” failure-to-deposit penalty.   IRS may assess an “averaged” failure-to-deposit penalty of 2% to 10% if you are a monthly schedule depositor and did not properly complete line 15 of Form 943 when your tax liability (line 11) shown on Form 943 was $2,500 or more. IRS may also assess this penalty of 2% to 10% if you are a semiweekly schedule depositor and your tax liability (line 11) shown on Form 943 was $2,500 or more and you did any of the following.
  • Completed line 15 of Form 943 instead of
    Form 943-A.

  • Failed to attach a properly completed Form 943-A.

  • Completed Form 943-A incorrectly, for example, by entering tax deposits instead of tax liabilities in the numbered spaces.

  IRS figures the penalty by allocating your total tax liability on line 11 of Form 943 equally throughout the tax period. Your deposits and payments may not be counted as timely because IRS does not know the actual dates of your tax liabilities.

  You can avoid the penalty by reviewing your return before filing it. Follow these steps before filing your
Form 943.
  • If you are a monthly schedule depositor, report your tax liabilities (not your deposits) in the monthly entry spaces on line 15.

  • If you are a semiweekly schedule depositor, report your tax liabilities (not your deposits) on Form 943-A in the lines that represent the dates you paid your employees.

  • Verify that your total liability shown on line 15 of Form 943 or on line M of Form 943-A equals your tax liability shown on line 11 of Form 943.

  • Do not show negative amounts on line 15 or
    Form 943-A. If a prior period adjustment results in a decrease in your tax liability, reduce your liability for the day you discovered the error by the tax decrease resulting from the error, but not below zero. Apply any remaining decrease to subsequent liabilities.

  • For prior period errors discovered after December 31, 2008, do not adjust your tax liabilities reported on line 15 or on Form 943-A.

Employers of Both Farm and Nonfarm Workers

If you employ both farm and nonfarm workers, you must treat employment taxes for the farmworkers (Form 943 taxes) separately from employment taxes for the nonfarm workers (Form 941 and 944 taxes). Form 943 taxes and Form 941/944 taxes are not combined for purposes of applying any of the deposit schedule rules.

If a deposit is due, deposit the Form 941/944 taxes and the Form 943 taxes with separate FTD coupons, or by making separate EFTPS deposits. For example, if you are a monthly schedule depositor for both Forms 941/944 and 943 taxes and your tax liability at the end of June is $1,500 reportable on Form 941/944 and $1,200 reportable on Form 943, deposit both amounts by July 15. Use one FTD coupon to deposit the $1,500 of Form 941/944 taxes and another FTD coupon to deposit the $1,200 of Form 943 taxes.

8. Form 943

You must file Form 943 for each calendar year beginning with the first year that you pay $2,500 or more for farmwork or you employ a farmworker who meets the $150 test explained in section 4. Do not report these wages on
Form 941 or Form 944.

After you file your first return, each year the IRS will send you a Form 943 preaddressed with your name, address, and EIN. If you do not receive the preaddressed form, request a blank form from the IRS. If you use a blank form, show your name and EIN exactly as they appeared on previous returns.

Household employees.   If you file Form 943 and pay wages to household workers who work on your for-profit farm, you may include the wages and taxes of these workers on Form 943. If you choose not to report these wages and taxes on Form 943, or if your household worker does not work on your for-profit farm, report the wages of these workers separately on Schedule H (Form 1040), Household Employment Taxes. You must have an EIN to file Schedule H (Form 1040). See section 1 for details. If you report the wages on Form 943, include the taxes when you figure deposit requirements or make deposits. If you include household employee wages and taxes on Schedule H (Form 1040), do not include the household employee taxes when you figure deposit requirements or make Form 943 deposits. See Publication 926, Household Employer's Tax Guide, for more information about household workers.

Penalties.   For each month or part of a month that a return is not filed when required (disregarding any extensions of the filing deadline), there is a failure-to-file penalty of 5% of the unpaid tax due with that return. The maximum penalty is 25% of the tax due. Also, for each month or part of a month that the tax is paid late (disregarding any extensions of the payment deadline), there is a failure-to-pay penalty of 0.5% per month of the amount of tax. For individual filers only, the failure-to-pay penalty is reduced from 0.5% per month to 0.25% per month if an installment agreement is in effect. You must have filed your return on or before the due date of the return to qualify for the reduced penalty. The maximum amount of the failure-to-pay penalty is also 25% of the tax due. If both penalties apply in any month, the failure-to-file penalty is reduced by the amount of the failure-to-pay penalty. The penalties will not be charged if you have reasonable cause for failing to file or pay. If you receive a penalty notice, you can provide an explanation of why you believe reasonable cause exists.

   Note. In addition to any penalties, interest accrues from the due date of the tax on any unpaid balance.

  If federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes that must be withheld are not withheld or are not paid, you may be personally liable for the trust fund recovery penalty. See Trust fund recovery penalty in section 7.

  Use of a reporting agent or other third-party payroll service provider does not relieve an employer of the responsibility to ensure that tax returns are filed and all taxes are paid or deposited correctly and on time.

9. Reporting Adjustments on Form 943

There are two types of adjustments: current year adjustments and prior year adjustments to correct errors. See the Instructions for Form 943 for more information on how to report these adjustments.

Current Year Adjustments

In certain cases, amounts reported as social security and Medicare taxes on lines 3 and 5 of Form 943 must be adjusted to arrive at your correct tax liability. The most common situation involves differences in cents totals due to rounding. Other situations when current year adjustments may be necessary include third-party sick pay, group-term life insurance for former employees, and the uncollected employee share of social security and Medicare taxes on tips. See Publication 15 (Circular E) for more information on these adjustments.

If you withhold an incorrect amount of federal income tax from an employee, you may adjust the amount withheld in later pay periods during the same year to compensate for the error.

Prior Year Adjustments (Errors Discovered Before January 1, 2009)

Generally, you can correct social security and Medicare errors on prior year Forms 943 by making an adjustment on your Form 943 for the year during which the error was discovered. The adjustment increases or decreases your tax liability for the year in which it is reported (the year the error was discovered) and is interest free. The net adjustments reported on Form 943 may include any number of corrections for one or more previous years, including both overpayments and underpayments.

You are required to provide background information and certifications supporting prior year adjustments. File with Form 943 a Form 941c, Supporting Statement To Correct Information, or attach a statement that shows the following:

  • What the error was,

  • The year in which each error was made and the amount of each error,

  • The date on which you found each error,

  • That you repaid the employee tax or received from each affected employee written consent to this refund or credit if the entry corrects an overcollection, and

  • If the entry corrects social security and Medicare taxes overcollected in an earlier year, that you received from the employee a written statement that he or she will not claim a refund or credit for the amount.

Do not file Form 941c separately.   The IRS will not be able to process your adjustments on Form 943 without this supporting information. See the Instructions for Form 941c for more information.

Federal income tax withholding adjustments.   You cannot adjust the amount reported as federal income tax withheld for a prior year return, even if you withheld the wrong amount. However, you may adjust prior year federal income tax withholding to correct an administrative error. An administrative error occurs if the amount you entered on Form 943 is not the amount that you actually withheld. Examples include mathematical or transposition errors. In these cases, you should adjust the return to show the amount actually withheld.

  The administrative error adjustment corrects only the amount reported on Form 943 to agree with the actual amount withheld from wages in that year.

  You may also need to correct Forms W-2 for the prior year (if they do not show the actual withholding) by filing Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, and Form W-3c, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements. Forms W-2c may be created and submitted to SSA over the Internet. For more information, visit Social Security's Employer Reporting Instructions and Information webpage at www.socialsecurity.gov/employer.

Social security and Medicare tax adjustments.   Correct prior year social security and Medicare tax errors by making an adjustment on line 8 of Form 943 for the year during which the error was discovered.

  If you withheld no tax or less than the correct amount, you may correct the mistake by withholding the tax from a later payment to the same employee.

  If you withheld employee tax when no tax is due or if you withheld more than the correct amount, you must repay the employee.

Filing a claim for overreported prior year liabilities.   If you discover an error on a prior year return resulting in a tax overpayment, you may file Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement, for a refund. This form also can be used to request an abatement of an overassessment of employment taxes, interest, and/or penalties. You must file Form 941c, or an equivalent statement, with
Form 843. See the separate Instructions for Form 843.

For purposes of filing Form 843, a Form 943 filed on time is considered to be filed on April 15 of the year after the end of the tax year. Generally, a claim may be filed within 3 years after that date.
Collecting underwithheld taxes from employees.   If you withheld no federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes or less than the correct amount from an employee's wages, you can make it up from future pay to that employee. But you are the one who owes the underpayment. Reimbursement is a matter for settlement between you and the employee. Underwithheld federal income tax must be recovered from the employee on or before the last day of the calendar year.

Refunding amounts incorrectly withheld from employees.   If you withheld more than the correct amount of federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes from wages paid, give the employee any excess. The excess federal income tax withholding must be reimbursed to the employee before the end of the calendar year. Keep in your records the employee's written receipt showing the date and amount of the repayment. If you do not have a receipt, you must report and pay each excess amount when you file Form 943 for the year in which you withheld too much tax.

Filing corrections to Forms W-2 and W-3.   When adjustments are made to correct social security and Medicare taxes because of a change in the wage totals reported for a previous year, you also may need to file Forms W-2c and Form W-3c. Forms W-2c may be created and submitted to SSA over the Internet. For more information, visit Social Security's Employer Reporting Instructions and Information webpage at www.socialsecurity.gov/employer.

Prior Year Adjustments (Errors Discovered After December 31, 2008)

  Under the new procedure for making adjustments, if you discover an error on a previously filed Form 943 after December 31, 2008, make the correction using Form 943-X. (Do not use Form 941c.) File a separate Form 943-X for each prior year you are correcting. File Form 943-X separately. Do not attach Form 943-X to your current period Form 943.

  When you discover that you underreported tax on a previously filed return, you must file Form 943-X and pay any amount due no later than the due date of the return for the period during which you discovered the error to qualify for interest-free treatment of the correction. For example, you discover on June 15, 2009 that you underreported $10,000 of social security and Medicare wages on your 2008 Form 943. You owe $1,530 on the 2008 Form 943. To qualify for an interest-free adjustment, you must file Form 943-X and pay the $1,530 by January 31, 2009.

  Do not use Form 843, Claim for Refund or Request for Abatement, to request a refund or abatement of overreported social security or Medicare taxes. Instead, request your refund or abatement of taxes on Form 943-X. However, use Form 843 when requesting a refund or abatement of assessed interest or penalties.

  For additional information about the new procedure for adjusting employment taxes, get the Instructions for Form 943-X. See Quick and Easy Access to IRS Tax Help and Tax Products on page 57. See also Treasury Decision 9405, 2008-32 I.R.B. 293, available at
http://www.irs.gov/irb/2008-32_IRB/ar13.html

   Note. Continue to make current period adjustments for fractions of cents, sick pay, tips, and group-term life insurance on your Form 943. Also, continue to use the information in Collecting underwithheld taxes from employees, Refunding amounts incorrectly withheld from employees, and Filing corrections to Forms W-2 and W-3 above.

10. Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax

The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), with state unemployment systems, provides for payments of unemployment compensation to workers who have lost their jobs. Most employers pay both a federal and a state unemployment tax. A list of state unemployment agencies, including web addresses and phone numbers, is available in the Instructions for Form 940. Only the employer pays FUTA tax; it is not withheld from the employees' wages. For more information, see the Instructions for Form 940.

For 2009, you must file Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, if you:

  • Paid cash wages of $20,000 or more to farmworkers in any calendar quarter in 2008 or 2009, or

  • Employed 10 or more farmworkers during at least some part of a day (whether or not at the same time) during any 20 or more different weeks in 2008 or 20 or more different weeks in 2009.

To determine whether you meet either test above, you must count wages paid to aliens admitted on a temporary basis to the United States to perform farmwork, also known as “H-2(A)” visa workers. However, wages paid to “H-2(A)” visa workers are not subject to the FUTA tax.

Generally, farmworkers supplied by a crew leader are considered employees of the farm operator for purposes of the FUTA tax unless (a) the crew leader is registered under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, or (b) substantially all of the workers supplied by the crew leader operate or maintain tractors, harvesting or crop-dusting machines, or other machines provided by the crew leader. Therefore, if (a) or (b) applies, the farmworkers are generally employees of the crew leader.

You must deposit FUTA tax with an authorized financial institution. (If you are subject to the electronic deposit requirements, you must use EFTPS. See section 7.) The deposit rules for FUTA tax are different from those for income, social security, and Medicare taxes. See Deposit rules for FUTA tax later.

FUTA tax rate.   For 2008 and 2009, the FUTA tax rate is 6.2% on the first $7,000 of cash wages you pay to each employee. You may receive a credit of up to 5.4% of FUTA wages for the state unemployment tax that you pay. If your state tax rate (experience rate) is less than 5.4%, you are still allowed the full 5.4% credit. Therefore, your net FUTA tax rate may be as low as 0.8% (.008). FUTA tax applies, however, even if you are exempt from state unemployment tax or your employees are ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits. Form 940 takes state credits into account.

Successor employer.   If you have acquired a business from someone else, you may be able to claim a special credit as a successor employer. See the Instructions for Form 940.

Deposit rules for FUTA tax.   Generally, deposit FUTA tax quarterly. To figure your FUTA tax, multiply .008 times the amount of wages paid to each employee during the quarter. When an employee's wages reach $7,000, do not figure any additional FUTA tax for that employee. If the FUTA tax for the quarter (plus any undeposited FUTA tax from prior quarters) is more than $500, deposit the FUTA tax with an authorized financial institution, or by using EFTPS as explained in section 7, by the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. If the amount is $500 or less, you do not have to deposit it, but you must add it to the amount of tax for the next quarter to determine whether a deposit is required for that quarter. To help ensure proper crediting to your account, write your EIN, “Form 940,” and the tax period the deposit applies to on your check or money order.

  If your liability for the fourth quarter (plus any undeposited amount from any earlier quarter) is over $500, deposit the entire amount by the due date of Form 940 (January 31). If it is $500 or less you can make a deposit, pay the tax with a major credit card, or pay the tax with a check or money order with your Form 940 by January 31.

Filing Form 940.   By January 31, file Form 940. If you make deposits on time in full payment of the tax due for the year, you have 10 additional days to file.

  Once you have filed a Form 940, you will receive a preaddressed form near the end of each calendar year. If you do not receive a form, request one by calling 1-800-829-4933 in time to receive it and file when due. Alternatively, you may download a copy of Form 940 and Instructions for Form 940 from the IRS website at
www.irs.gov.

11. Records You Should Keep

Every employer subject to employment taxes must keep all related records available for inspection for at least 4 years after the due date for the return period to which the records relate, or the date the taxes are paid, whichever is later. You may keep the records in whatever form you choose.

Keep a record of the following information.

  • Your EIN.

  • Names, addresses, social security numbers, and occupations of employees.

  • Dates of employees' employment.

  • Amounts and dates of all cash wages, annuity, and pension payments.

  • Fair market value and dates of all noncash payments.

  • Periods for which employees were paid while absent due to sickness or injury, and the amount and weekly rate of payments you or third-party payers made to them.

  • Dates and amounts of tax deposits that you made and acknowledgment numbers for deposits made by EFTPS.

  • Fringe benefits provided, including substantiation.

Keep copies of the following documents.

  • Forms W-4 (Formulario W-4(SP)), W-4P, and W-4S.

  • Forms W-5 (Formulario W-5(SP)).

  • Forms W-2, including employee copies of any
    Forms W-2 that were returned to you as undeliverable.

  • Returns that you filed.

If a crew leader furnished you with farmworkers, you must keep a record of the name, permanent mailing address, and EIN of the crew leader. If the crew leader has no permanent mailing address, record his or her present address.

12. Reconciling Wage Reporting Forms

When there are discrepancies between amounts reported on Form 943 filed with the IRS and Forms W-2 and W-3 filed with the SSA, the IRS must contact you to resolve the discrepancies.

To help reduce discrepancies:

  1. Report bonuses as wages and as social security and Medicare wages on Forms W-2 and 943;

  2. Report social security and Medicare wages and taxes separately on Forms W-2, W-3, and 943;

  3. Report social security taxes on Form W-2 in the box for social security tax withheld (box 4), not as social security wages;

  4. Report Medicare taxes on Form W-2 in the box for Medicare tax withheld (box 6), not as Medicare wages;

  5. Make sure that social security wages for each employee do not exceed the annual social security wage base; and

  6. Do not report noncash wages that are not subject to social security or Medicare taxes as social security or Medicare wages.

To reduce the discrepancies between amounts reported on Forms W-2, W-3, and 943:

  1. Be sure that the amounts on Form W-3 are the total amounts from Forms W-2, excluding any amounts from Forms W-2 that were marked void, and

  2. Reconcile Form W-3 with your Form 943 by comparing amounts reported for the following items.

  • Federal income tax withholding, social security wages, and Medicare wages.

  • Social security and Medicare taxes. The amounts shown on Form 943, including current year adjustments, should be approximately twice the amounts shown on Form W-3.

  • Advance earned income credit (EIC).

Amounts reported on Forms W-2, W-3, and 943 may not match for valid reasons. If they do not match, you should determine that the reasons are valid. Keep your reconciliation so that you will have a record of why amounts did not match in case there are inquiries from the IRS or the SSA.

13. Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods

There are several methods to figure federal income tax withholding for employees. The most common are the wage bracket method and the percentage method.

Wage Bracket Method

Under the wage bracket method, find the proper table (on pages 27 through 46) for your payroll period and the employee's marital status as shown on his or her Form W-4. Then, based on the number of withholding allowances claimed on the Form W-4 and the amount of wages, find the amount of federal income tax to withhold. If your employee is claiming more than 10 withholding allowances, see below.

If you cannot use the wage bracket tables because wages exceed the amount shown in the last bracket of the table, use the percentage method of withholding described later. Be sure to reduce wages by the amount of total withholding allowances (shown in the table below) before using the percentage method tables on pages 25 and 26.

Adjusting wage bracket withholding for employees claiming over 10 withholding allowances.   To adapt the wage bracket tables for employees who are claiming over 10 allowances, follow these steps.
  1. Multiply the number of withholding allowances that is over 10 by the allowance value for the payroll period. (The allowance values are in the Percentage Method—2009 Amount for One Withholding Allowance table below.)

  2. Subtract the result from the employee's wages.

  3. On this amount, find and withhold the tax in the column for 10 allowances.

  This is a voluntary method. If you use the wage bracket tables, you may continue to withhold the amount in the “10” column when your employee has more than 10 allowances, using the method above. You can also use the other methods described below.

Percentage Method

If you do not want to use the wage bracket tables on pages 27 through 46 to figure how much federal income tax to withhold, you can use the percentage method based on the table on this page and the appropriate rate table. This method works for any number of withholding allowances the employee claims and any amount of wages.

Use these steps to figure the federal income tax to withhold under the percentage method.

  1. Multiply one withholding allowance (see table below) by the number of allowances the employee claims.

  2. Subtract that amount from the employee's wages.

  3. Determine the amount to withhold from the appropriate table on page 25 or 26.

Percentage Method—2009 Amount for One Withholding Allowance

Payroll Period One Withholding Allowance
Weekly $70.19
Biweekly 140.38
Semimonthly 152.08
Monthly 304.17
Quarterly 912.50
Semiannually 1,825.00
Annually 3,650.00
Daily or Miscellaneous (each day of the payroll period) 14.04

Example.

An unmarried employee is paid $600 weekly. This employee has a Form W-4 in effect claiming two withholding allowances. Using the percentage method, figure the federal income tax withholding as follows:

1. Total wage payment   $600.00
2. One allowance $70.19  
3. Allowances claimed on Form W-4 2  
4. Multiply line 2 by line 3   $140.38
5 Amount subject to withholding (subtract line 4 from line 1)   $459.62
6. Tax to be withheld on $459.62 from Table 1—single person, page 25   $53.84

To figure the federal income tax to withhold, you may reduce the last digit of the wages to zero, or figure the wages to the nearest dollar.

Annual income tax withholding.   Figure the federal income tax to withhold on annual wages under the Percentage Method for an annual payroll period. Then prorate the tax back to the payroll period.

Example.

A married person claims four withholding allowances. She is paid $1,000 a week. Multiply the weekly wages by 52 weeks to figure the annual wage of $52,000. Subtract $14,600 (the value of four withholding allowances annually) for a balance of $37,400. Using column (b) of
Table 7—Annual Payroll Period on page 26, the annual federal income tax withholding is $3,612.50 Divide the annual amount by 52. The weekly federal income tax to withhold is $69.47

Alternative Methods of Federal Income Tax Withholding

Rather than the Percentage Method or Wage Bracket Method described earlier, you can use an alternative method to withhold federal income tax. Section 9 of
Publication 15-A, Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide, describes these alternative methods.

Rounding.   If you use the percentage method or alternative methods for federal income tax withholding, you may round the tax for the pay period to the nearest dollar. The wage bracket tables are already rounded for you.

  If rounding is used, it must be used consistently. Round withheld federal tax amounts to the nearest whole dollar by (a) dropping amounts under 50 cents, and (b) increasing amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the next higher dollar. For example, $2.30 becomes $2, and $2.80 becomes $3.

14. Advance Earned Income Credit (EIC) Payment Methods

To figure the advance EIC payment, you may use either the Wage Bracket Method or the Percentage Method as explained later. With either method, the number of withholding allowances that an employee claims on Form W-4 is not used in figuring the advance EIC payment. Nor does it matter that the employee has claimed exemption from income tax withholding on Form W-4. See section 6 for an explanation of the advance EIC.

Wage Bracket Method

If you use the wage bracket tables on pages 49 through 55, figure the advance EIC payment as follows.

Find the employee's gross wages before any deductions using the appropriate table. There are different tables for (a) single or head of household, (b) married without spouse filing certificate, and (c) married with both spouses filing certificates. Find the amount of the advance EIC payment shown in the appropriate table for the amount of wages paid.

Percentage Method

If you do not want to use the wage bracket tables to figure how much to include in an employee's wages for the advance EIC payment, you can use the percentage computation based on the appropriate rate table.

Find the employee's gross wages before any deductions in the appropriate table on page 47 or 48. There are different tables for (a) single or head of household, (b) married without spouse filing certificate, and (c) married with both spouses filing certificates. Find the amount of the advance EIC payment shown in the appropriate table for the amount of wages paid.

Rounding.   The wage bracket tables for advance EIC payments have been rounded to whole dollar amounts.

  If you use the percentage method for advance EIC payments, the payments may be rounded to the nearest dollar. The rules for rounding discussed in section 13 also apply to advance EIC payments.

  

15. How Do Employment Taxes Apply to Farmwork?

Type of employment Income Tax Withholding, Social Security, and Medicare Federal Unemployment Tax
Farm Employment Includes:    
1. Cultivating soil; raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity; the care of livestock, poultry, bees, fur-bearing animals, or wildlife. Taxable if $150 test or $2,500 test is met. See section 4. Taxable if either test in section 10 is met.
2. Work on a farm if major farm duties are in management or maintenance, etc., of farm tools or equipment or salvaging timber, or clearing brush or other debris, left by hurricane.
3. Work in connection with the production and harvesting of turpentine and other oleoresinous products.
4. Cotton ginning.
5. Operating or maintenance of ditches, reservoirs, canals, or waterways used only for supplying or storing water for farming purposes and not owned or operated for profit.
6. Processing, packaging, etc., any commodity in its unmanufactured state if employed by farm operator who produced over half of commodity processed or by group of up to 20 unincorporated farm operators if they produced all the commodity.
7. Hatching poultry on a farm.*
8. Production or harvesting of maple syrup.
Farm Employment Does Not Include:    
1. Handling or processing commodities after delivery to terminal market for commercial canning or freezing. Taxable under general employment rules. Farm rules do not apply. Taxable under general FUTA rules. Farm rules do not apply.
2. Operating or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs or waterways not meeting tests in (5) above.
3. Processing, packaging, delivering, etc., any commodity in its unmanufactured state if group of farm operators do not meet the tests in (6) above.
4. Household employment.    
Special Employment Situations:    
1. Services not in the course of employer's trade or business on farm operated for profit (cash payments only). Taxable if $150 test or $2,500 test is met (see section 4), unless performed by parent employed by child. Taxable only if $50 or more is paid in a quarter and employee works on 24 or more different days in current or prior quarter.
2. Workers admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor (“H-2(A)” workers). Exempt. Exempt.
3. Family employment. Exempt for employer's child under age 18, but counted for $150 test or $2,500 test. Taxable for spouse of employer. Exempt if services performed by employer's parent or spouse or by employer's child under age 21.
*Hatching poultry off the farm is not considered farmwork for income tax withholding, social security, and Medicare. It is considered farmwork for federal unemployment tax.

Tables for Percentage Method of Withholding

(For Wages Paid in 2009)

TABLE 1—WEEKLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is: The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:   The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $51 $0   Not over $154 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$51 —$200   10% —$51 $154 —$461   10% —$154
$200 —$681   $14.90 plus 15% —$200 $461 —$1,455   $30.70 plus 15% —$461
$681 —$1,621   $87.05 plus 25% —$681 $1,455 —$2,785   $179.80 plus 25% —$1,455
$1,621 —$3,338   $322.05 plus 28% —$1,621 $2,785 —$4,165   $512.30 plus 28% —$2,785
$3,338 —$7,212   $802.81 plus 33% —$3,338 $4,165 —$7,321   $898.70 plus 33% —$4,165
$7,212 $2,081.23 plus 35% —$7,212 $7,321 $1,940.18 plus 35% —$7,321
TABLE 2—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period
     
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—   (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
 
Not over $102 $0   Not over $308 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$102 —$400   10% —$102 $308 —$921   10% —$308
$400 —$1,362   $29.80 plus 15% —$400 $921 —$2,910   $61.30 plus 15% —$921
$1,362 —$3,242   $174.10 plus 25% —$1,362 $2,910 —$5,569   $359.65 plus 25% —$2,910
$3,242 —$6,677   $644.10 plus 28% —$3,242 $5,569 —$8,331   $1,024.40 plus 28% —$5,569
$6,677 —$14,423   $1,605.90 plus 33% —$6,677 $8,331 —$14,642   $1,797.76 plus 33% —$8,331
$14,423 $4,162.08 plus 35% —$14,423 $14,642 $3,880.39 plus 35% —$14,642
TABLE 3—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period
     
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is: The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:   The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $110 $0   Not over $333 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$110 —$433   10% —$110 $333 —$998   10% —$333
$433 —$1,475   $32.30 plus 15% —$433 $998 —$3,152   $66.50 plus 15% —$998
$1,475 —$3,513   $188.60 plus 25% —$1,475 $3,152 —$6,033   $389.60 plus 25% —$3,152
$3,513 —$7,233   $698.10 plus 28% —$3,513 $6,033 —$9,025   $1,109.85 plus 28% —$6,033
$7,233 —$15,625   $1,739.70 plus 33% —$7,233 $9,025 —$15,863   $1,947.61 plus 33% —$9,025
$15,625   $4,509.06 plus 35% —$15,625 $15,863   $4,204.15 plus 35% —$15,863
TABLE 4—MONTHLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is: The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $221 $0   Not over $667 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$221 —$867   10% —$221 $667 —$1,996   10% —$667
$867 —$2,950   $64.60 plus 15% —$867 $1,996 —$6,304   $132.90 plus 15% —$1,996
$2,950 —$7,025   $377.05 plus 25% —$2,950 $6,304 —$12,067   $779.10 plus 25% —$6,304
$7,025 —$14,467   $1,395.80 plus 28% —$7,025 $12,067 —$18,050   $2,219.85 plus 28% —$12,067
$14,467 —$31,250   $3,479.56 plus 33% —$14,467 $18,050 —$31,725   $3,895.09 plus 33% —$18,050
$31,250 $9,017.95 plus 35% —$31,250 $31,725 $8,407.84 plus 35% —$31,725

Tables for Percentage Method of Withholding (continued)

(For Wages Paid in 2009)

TABLE 5—QUARTERLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is: The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:   The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $663 $0   Not over $2,000 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$663 —$2,600   10% —$663 $2,000 —$5,988   10% —$2,000
$2,600 —$8,850   $193.70 plus 15% —$2,600 $5,988 —$18,913   $398.80 plus 15% —$5,988
$8,850 —$21,075   $1,131.20 plus 25% —$8,850 $18,913 —$36,200   $2,337.55 plus 25% —$18,913
$21,075 —$43,400   $4,187.45 plus 28% —$21,075 $36,200 —$54,150   $6,659.30 plus 28% —$36,200
$43,400 —$93,750   $10,438.45 plus 33% —$43,400 $54,150 —$95,175   $11,685.30 plus 33% —$54,150
$93,750 $27,053.95 plus 35% —$93,750 $95,175 $25,223.55 plus 35% —$95,175
TABLE 6—SEMIANNUAL Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is: The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $1,325 $0   Not over $4,000 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$1,325 —$5,200   10% —$1,325 $4,000 —$11,975   10% —$4,000
$5,200 —$17,700   $387.50 plus 15% —$5,200 $11,975 —$37,825   $797.50 plus 15% —$11,975
$17,700 —$42,150   $2,262.50 plus 25% —$17,700 $37,825 —$72,400   $4,675.00 plus 25% —$37,825
$42,150 —$86,800   $8,375.00 plus 28% —$42,150 $72,400 —$108,300   $13,318.75 plus 28% —$72,400
$86,800 —$187,500   $20,877.00 plus 33% —$86,800 $108,300 —$190,350   $23,370.75 plus 33% —$108,300
$187,500 $54,108.00 plus 35% —$187,500 $190,350 $50,447.25 plus 35% —$190,350
TABLE 7—ANNUAL Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is: The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $2,650 $0   Not over $8,000 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$2,650 —$10,400   10% —$2,650 $8,000 —$23,950   10% —$8,000
$10,400 —$35,400   $775.00 plus 15% —$10,400 $23,950 —$75,650   $1,595.00 plus 15% —$23,950
$35,400 —$84,300   $4,525.00 plus 25% —$35,400 $75,650 —$144,800   $9,350.00 plus 25% —$75,650
$84,300 —$173,600   $16,750.00 plus 28% —$84,300 $144,800 —$216,600   $26,637.50 plus 28% —$144,800
$173,600 —$375,000   $41,754.00 plus 33% —$173,600 $216,600 —$380,700   $46,741.50 plus 33% —$216,600
$375,000 $108,216.00 plus 35% —$375,000 $380,700 $100,894.50 plus 35% —$380,700
TABLE 8—DAILY or MISCELLANEOUS Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) divided by the number of days in the payroll period is: The amount of income tax
to withhold per day is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) divided by the number of days in the payroll period is: The amount of income
tax to withhold per day is:
Not over $10.20 $0   Not over $30.80 $0  
Over— But not over— of excess over— Over— But not over— of excess over—
$10.20 —$40.00   10% —$10.20 $30.80 —$92.10   10% —$30.80
$40.00 —$136.20   $2.98 plus 15% —$40.00 $92.10 —$291.00   $6.13 plus 15% —$92.10
$136.20 —$324.20   $17.41 plus 25% —$136.20 $291.00 —$556.90   $35.97 plus 25% —$291.00
$324.20 —$667.70   $64.41 plus 28% —$324.20 $556.90 —$833.10   $102.45 plus 28% —$556.90
$667.70 —$1,442.30   $160.59 plus 33% —$667.70 $833.10 —$1,464.20   $179.79 plus 33% —$833.10
$1,442.30 $416.21 plus 35% —$1,442.30 $1,464.20 $388.05 plus 35% —$1,464.20

SINGLE Persons—WEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $55 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
55 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 70 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 75 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 80 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 85 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
85 90 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 95 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95 100 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
100 105 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
105 110 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
110 115 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
115 120 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
120 125 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
125 130 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
130 135 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
135 140 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
140 145 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
145 150 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
150 155 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
155 160 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
160 165 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
165 170 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
170 175 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
175 180 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
180 185 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
185 190 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
190 195 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
195 200 15 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
200 210 16 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
210 220 17 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
220 230 19 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
230 240 20 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
240 250 22 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
250 260 23 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
260 270 25 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 280 26 16 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
280 290 28 17 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
290 300 29 19 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
300 310 31 20 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
310 320 32 22 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
320 330 34 23 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
330 340 35 25 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
340 350 37 26 16 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
350 360 38 28 17 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 370 40 29 19 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
370 380 41 31 20 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
380 390 43 32 22 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
390 400 44 34 23 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
400 410 46 35 25 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
410 420 47 37 26 16 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
420 430 49 38 28 17 9 2 0 0 0 0 0
430 440 50 40 29 19 10 3 0 0 0 0 0
440 450 52 41 31 20 11 4 0 0 0 0 0
450 460 53 43 32 22 12 5 0 0 0 0 0
460 470 55 44 34 23 13 6 0 0 0 0 0
470 480 56 46 35 25 14 7 0 0 0 0 0
480 490 58 47 37 26 16 8 1 0 0 0 0
490 500 59 49 38 28 17 9 2 0 0 0 0
500 510 61 50 40 29 19 10 3 0 0 0 0
510 520 62 52 41 31 20 11 4 0 0 0 0
520 530 64 53 43 32 22 12 5 0 0 0 0
530 540 65 55 44 34 23 13 6 0 0 0 0
540 550 67 56 46 35 25 14 7 0 0 0 0
550 560 68 58 47 37 26 16 8 1 0 0 0
560 570 70 59 49 38 28 17 9 2 0 0 0
570 580 71 61 50 40 29 19 10 3 0 0 0
580 590 73 62 52 41 31 20 11 4 0 0 0
590 600 74 64 53 43 32 22 12 5 0 0 0
$600 $610 $76 $65 $55 $44 $34 $23 $13 $6 $0 $0 $0
610 620 77 67 56 46 35 25 14 7 0 0 0
620 630 79 68 58 47 37 26 15 8 1 0 0
630 640 80 70 59 49 38 28 17 9 2 0 0
640 650 82 71 61 50 40 29 18 10 3 0 0
650 660 83 73 62 52 41 31 20 11 4 0 0
660 670 85 74 64 53 43 32 21 12 5 0 0
670 680 86 76 65 55 44 34 23 13 6 0 0
680 690 88 77 67 56 46 35 24 14 7 0 0
690 700 91 79 68 58 47 37 26 15 8 1 0
700 710 93 80 70 59 49 38 27 17 9 2 0
710 720 96 82 71 61 50 40 29 18 10 3 0
720 730 98 83 73 62 52 41 30 20 11 4 0
730 740 101 85 74 64 53 43 32 21 12 5 0
740 750 103 86 76 65 55 44 33 23 13 6 0
750 760 106 88 77 67 56 46 35 24 14 7 0
760 770 108 91 79 68 58 47 36 26 15 8 1
770 780 111 93 80 70 59 49 38 27 17 9 2
780 790 113 96 82 71 61 50 39 29 18 10 3
790 800 116 98 83 73 62 52 41 30 20 11 4
800 810 118 101 85 74 64 53 42 32 21 12 5
810 820 121 103 86 76 65 55 44 33 23 13 6
820 830 123 106 88 77 67 56 45 35 24 14 7
830 840 126 108 90 79 68 58 47 36 26 15 8
840 850 128 111 93 80 70 59 48 38 27 17 9
850 860 131 113 95 82 71 61 50 39 29 18 10
860 870 133 116 98 83 73 62 51 41 30 20 11
870 880 136 118 100 85 74 64 53 42 32 21 12
880 890 138 121 103 86 76 65 54 44 33 23 13
890 900 141 123 105 88 77 67 56 45 35 24 14
900 910 143 126 108 90 79 68 57 47 36 26 15
910 920 146 128 110 93 80 70 59 48 38 27 17
920 930 148 131 113 95 82 71 60 50 39 29 18
930 940 151 133 115 98 83 73 62 51 41 30 20
940 950 153 136 118 100 85 74 63 53 42 32 21
950 960 156 138 120 103 86 76 65 54 44 33 23
960 970 158 141 123 105 88 77 66 56 45 35 24
970 980 161 143 125 108 90 79 68 57 47 36 26
980 990 163 146 128 110 93 80 69 59 48 38 27
990 1,000 166 148 130 113 95 82 71 60 50 39 29
1,000 1,010 168 151 133 115 98 83 72 62 51 41 30
1,010 1,020 171 153 135 118 100 85 74 63 53 42 32
1,020 1,030 173 156 138 120 103 86 75 65 54 44 33
1,030 1,040 176 158 140 123 105 88 77 66 56 45 35
1,040 1,050 178 161 143 125 108 90 78 68 57 47 36
1,050 1,060 181 163 145 128 110 93 80 69 59 48 38
1,060 1,070 183 166 148 130 113 95 81 71 60 50 39
1,070 1,080 186 168 150 133 115 98 83 72 62 51 41
1,080 1,090 188 171 153 135 118 100 84 74 63 53 42
1,090 1,100 191 173 155 138 120 103 86 75 65 54 44
1,100 1,110 193 176 158 140 123 105 88 77 66 56 45
1,110 1,120 196 178 160 143 125 108 90 78 68 57 47
1,120 1,130 198 181 163 145 128 110 93 80 69 59 48
1,130 1,140 201 183 165 148 130 113 95 81 71 60 50
1,140 1,150 203 186 168 150 133 115 98 83 72 62 51
1,150 1,160 206 188 170 153 135 118 100 84 74 63 53
1,160 1,170 208 191 173 155 138 120 103 86 75 65 54
1,170 1,180 211 193 175 158 140 123 105 88 77 66 56
1,180 1,190 213 196 178 160 143 125 108 90 78 68 57
1,190 1,200 216 198 180 163 145 128 110 93 80 69 59
1,200 1,210 218 201 183 165 148 130 113 95 81 71 60
1,210 1,220 221 203 185 168 150 133 115 98 83 72 62
1,220 1,230 223 206 188 170 153 135 118 100 84 74 63
1,230 1,240 226 208 190 173 155 138 120 103 86 75 65
1,240 1,250 228 211 193 175 158 140 123 105 88 77 66
                         
$1,250 and over Use Table 1(a) for a SINGLE person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

MARRIED Persons—WEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $160 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
160 165 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
165 170 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
170 175 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
175 180 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
180 185 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
185 190 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
190 195 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
195 200 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
200 210 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
210 220 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
220 230 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
230 240 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
240 250 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
250 260 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
260 270 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 280 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
280 290 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
290 300 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
300 310 15 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
310 320 16 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
320 330 17 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
330 340 18 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
340 350 19 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
350 360 20 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 370 21 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
370 380 22 15 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
380 390 23 16 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
390 400 24 17 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
400 410 25 18 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
410 420 26 19 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
420 430 27 20 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
430 440 28 21 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
440 450 29 22 15 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
450 460 30 23 16 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
460 470 31 24 17 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
470 480 33 25 18 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
480 490 34 26 19 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
490 500 36 27 20 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
500 510 37 28 21 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
510 520 39 29 22 15 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
520 530 40 30 23 16 9 2 0 0 0 0 0
530 540 42 31 24 17 10 3 0 0 0 0 0
540 550 43 33 25 18 11 4 0 0 0 0 0
550 560 45 34 26 19 12 5 0 0 0 0 0
560 570 46 36 27 20 13 6 0 0 0 0 0
570 580 48 37 28 21 14 7 0 0 0 0 0
580 590 49 39 29 22 15 8 1 0 0 0 0
590 600 51 40 30 23 16 9 2 0 0 0 0
600 610 52 42 31 24 17 10 3 0 0 0 0
610 620 54 43 33 25 18 11 4 0 0 0 0
620 630 55 45 34 26 19 12 5 0 0 0 0
630 640 57 46 36 27 20 13 6 0 0 0 0
640 650 58 48 37 28 21 14 7 0 0 0 0
650 660 60 49 39 29 22 15 8 1 0 0 0
660 670 61 51 40 30 23 16 9 2 0 0 0
670 680 63 52 42 31 24 17 10 3 0 0 0
680 690 64 54 43 33 25 18 11 4 0 0 0
690 700 66 55 45 34 26 19 12 5 0 0 0
700 710 67 57 46 36 27 20 13 6 0 0 0
710 720 69 58 48 37 28 21 14 7 0 0 0
720 730 70 60 49 39 29 22 15 8 1 0 0
730 740 72 61 51 40 30 23 16 9 2 0 0
740 750 73 63 52 42 31 24 17 10 3 0 0
750 760 75 64 54 43 33 25 18 11 4 0 0
760 770 76 66 55 45 34 26 19 12 5 0 0
770 780 78 67 57 46 36 27 20 13 6 0 0
780 790 79 69 58 48 37 28 21 14 7 0 0
790 800 81 70 60 49 39 29 22 15 8 1 0
800 810 82 72 61 51 40 30 23 16 9 2 0
$810 $820 $84 $73 $63 $52 $42 $31 $24 $17 $10 $3 $0
820 830 85 75 64 54 43 33 25 18 11 4 0
830 840 87 76 66 55 45 34 26 19 12 5 0
840 850 88 78 67 57 46 36 27 20 13 6 0
850 860 90 79 69 58 48 37 28 21 14 7 0
860 870 91 81 70 60 49 39 29 22 15 8 1
870 880 93 82 72 61 51 40 30 23 16 9 2
880 890 94 84 73 63 52 42 31 24 17 10 3
890 900 96 85 75 64 54 43 33 25 18 11 4
900 910 97 87 76 66 55 45 34 26 19 12 5
910 920 99 88 78 67 57 46 36 27 20 13 6
920 930 100 90 79 69 58 48 37 28 21 14 7
930 940 102 91 81 70 60 49 39 29 22 15 8
940 950 103 93 82 72 61 51 40 30 23 16 9
950 960 105 94 84 73 63 52 42 31 24 17 10
960 970 106 96 85 75 64 54 43 33 25 18 11
970 980 108 97 87 76 66 55 45 34 26 19 12
980 990 109 99 88 78 67 57 46 36 27 20 13
990 1,000 111 100 90 79 69 58 48 37 28 21 14
1,000 1,010 112 102 91 81 70 60 49 39 29 22 15
1,010 1,020 114 103 93 82 72 61 51 40 30 23 16
1,020 1,030 115 105 94 84 73 63 52 42 31 24 17
1,030 1,040 117 106 96 85 75 64 54 43 33 25 18
1,040 1,050 118 108 97 87 76 66 55 45 34 26 19
1,050 1,060 120 109 99 88 78 67 57 46 36 27 20
1,060 1,070 121 111 100 90 79 69 58 48 37 28 21
1,070 1,080 123 112 102 91 81 70 60 49 39 29 22
1,080 1,090 124 114 103 93 82 72 61 51 40 30 23
1,090 1,100 126 115 105 94 84 73 63 52 42 31 24
1,100 1,110 127 117 106 96 85 75 64 54 43 33 25
1,110 1,120 129 118 108 97 87 76 66 55 45 34 26
1,120 1,130 130 120 109 99 88 78 67 57 46 36 27
1,130 1,140 132 121 111 100 90 79 69 58 48 37 28
1,140 1,150 133 123 112 102 91 81 70 60 49 39 29
1,150 1,160 135 124 114 103 93 82 72 61 51 40 30
1,160 1,170 136 126 115 105 94 84 73 63 52 42 31
1,170 1,180 138 127 117 106 96 85 75 64 54 43 33
1,180 1,190 139 129 118 108 97 87 76 66 55 45 34
1,190 1,200 141 130 120 109 99 88 78 67 57 46 36
1,200 1,210 142 132 121 111 100 90 79 69 58 48 37
1,210 1,220 144 133 123 112 102 91 81 70 60 49 39
1,220 1,230 145 135 124 114 103 93 82 72 61 51 40
1,230 1,240 147 136 126 115 105 94 84 73 63 52 42
1,240 1,250 148 138 127 117 106 96 85 75 64 54 43
1,250 1,260 150 139 129 118 108 97 87 76 66 55 45
1,260 1,270 151 141 130 120 109 99 88 78 67 57 46
1,270 1,280 153 142 132 121 111 100 90 79 69 58 48
1,280 1,290 154 144 133 123 112 102 91 81 70 60 49
1,290 1,300 156 145 135 124 114 103 93 82 72 61 51
1,300 1,310 157 147 136 126 115 105 94 84 73 63 52
1,310 1,320 159 148 138 127 117 106 96 85 75 64 54
1,320 1,330 160 150 139 129 118 108 97 87 76 66 55
1,330 1,340 162 151 141 130 120 109 99 88 78 67 57
1,340 1,350 163 153 142 132 121 111 100 90 79 69 58
1,350 1,360 165 154 144 133 123 112 102 91 81 70 60
1,360 1,370 166 156 145 135 124 114 103 93 82 72 61
1,370 1,380 168 157 147 136 126 115 105 94 84 73 63
1,380 1,390 169 159 148 138 127 117 106 96 85 75 64
1,390 1,400 171 160 150 139 129 118 108 97 87 76 66
                         
$1,400 and over Use Table 1(b) for a MARRIED person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

SINGLE Persons—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $105 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
105 110 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
110 115 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
115 120 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
120 125 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
125 130 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
130 135 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
135 140 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
140 145 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
145 150 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
150 155 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
155 160 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
160 165 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
165 170 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
170 175 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
175 180 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
180 185 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
185 190 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
190 195 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
195 200 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
200 205 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
205 210 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
210 215 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
215 220 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
220 225 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
225 230 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
230 235 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
235 240 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
240 245 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
245 250 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
250 260 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
260 270 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 280 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
280 290 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
290 300 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
300 310 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
310 320 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
320 330 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
330 340 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
340 350 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
350 360 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 370 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
370 380 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
380 390 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
390 400 29 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
400 410 31 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
410 420 32 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
420 430 34 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
430 440 35 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
440 450 37 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
450 460 38 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
460 470 40 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
470 480 41 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
480 490 43 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
490 500 44 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
500 520 46 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
520 540 49 29 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
540 560 52 31 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560 580 55 34 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
580 600 58 37 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
600 620 61 40 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
620 640 64 43 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
640 660 67 46 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
660 680 70 49 29 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
680 700 73 52 31 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
700 720 76 55 34 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
720 740 79 58 37 21 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
740 760 82 61 40 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
760 780 85 64 43 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
780 800 88 67 46 27 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
$800 $820 $91 $70 $49 $29 $15 $1 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
820 840 94 73 52 31 17 3 0 0 0 0 0
840 860 97 76 55 34 19 5 0 0 0 0 0
860 880 100 79 58 37 21 7 0 0 0 0 0
880 900 103 82 61 40 23 9 0 0 0 0 0
900 920 106 85 64 43 25 11 0 0 0 0 0
920 940 109 88 67 46 27 13 0 0 0 0 0
940 960 112 91 70 49 29 15 1 0 0 0 0
960 980 115 94 73 52 31 17 3 0 0 0 0
980 1,000 118 97 76 55 34 19 5 0 0 0 0
1,000 1,020 121 100 79 58 37 21 7 0 0 0 0
1,020 1,040 124 103 82 61 40 23 9 0 0 0 0
1,040 1,060 127 106 85 64 43 25 11 0 0 0 0
1,060 1,080 130 109 88 67 46 27 13 0 0 0 0
1,080 1,100 133 112 91 70 49 29 15 1 0 0 0
1,100 1,120 136 115 94 73 52 31 17 3 0 0 0
1,120 1,140 139 118 97 76 55 34 19 5 0 0 0
1,140 1,160 142 121 100 79 58 37 21 7 0 0 0
1,160 1,180 145 124 103 82 61 40 23 9 0 0 0
1,180 1,200 148 127 106 85 64 43 25 11 0 0 0
1,200 1,220 151 130 109 88 67 46 27 13 0 0 0
1,220 1,240 154 133 112 91 70 49 29 15 1 0 0
1,240 1,260 157 136 115 94 73 52 31 17 3 0 0
1,260 1,280 160 139 118 97 76 55 34 19 5 0 0
1,280 1,300 163 142 121 100 79 58 37 21 7 0 0
1,300 1,320 166 145 124 103 82 61 40 23 9 0 0
1,320 1,340 169 148 127 106 85 64 43 25 11 0 0
1,340 1,360 172 151 130 109 88 67 46 27 13 0 0
1,360 1,380 176 154 133 112 91 70 49 29 15 0 0
1,380 1,400 181 157 136 115 94 73 52 31 17 2 0
1,400 1,420 186 160 139 118 97 76 55 34 19 4 0
1,420 1,440 191 163 142 121 100 79 58 37 21 6 0
1,440 1,460 196 166 145 124 103 82 61 40 23 8 0
1,460 1,480 201 169 148 127 106 85 64 43 25 10 0
1,480 1,500 206 172 151 130 109 88 67 46 27 12 0
1,500 1,520 211 176 154 133 112 91 70 49 29 14 0
1,520 1,540 216 181 157 136 115 94 73 52 31 16 2
1,540 1,560 221 186 160 139 118 97 76 55 34 18 4
1,560 1,580 226 191 163 142 121 100 79 58 37 20 6
1,580 1,600 231 196 166 145 124 103 82 61 40 22 8
1,600 1,620 236 201 169 148 127 106 85 64 43 24 10
1,620 1,640 241 206 172 151 130 109 88 67 46 26 12
1,640 1,660 246 211 176 154 133 112 91 70 49 28 14
1,660 1,680 251 216 181 157 136 115 94 73 52 31 16
1,680 1,700 256 221 186 160 139 118 97 76 55 34 18
1,700 1,720 261 226 191 163 142 121 100 79 58 37 20
1,720 1,740 266 231 196 166 145 124 103 82 61 40 22
1,740 1,760 271 236 201 169 148 127 106 85 64 43 24
1,760 1,780 276 241 206 172 151 130 109 88 67 46 26
1,780 1,800 281 246 211 176 154 133 112 91 70 49 28
1,800 1,820 286 251 216 181 157 136 115 94 73 52 31
1,820 1,840 291 256 221 186 160 139 118 97 76 55 34
1,840 1,860 296 261 226 191 163 142 121 100 79 58 37
1,860 1,880 301 266 231 196 166 145 124 103 82 61 40
1,880 1,900 306 271 236 201 169 148 127 106 85 64 43
1,900 1,920 311 276 241 206 172 151 130 109 88 67 46
1,920 1,940 316 281 246 211 176 154 133 112 91 70 49
1,940 1,960 321 286 251 216 181 157 136 115 94 73 52
1,960 1,980 326 291 256 221 186 160 139 118 97 76 55
1,980 2,000 331 296 261 226 191 163 142 121 100 79 58
2,000 2,020 336 301 266 231 196 166 145 124 103 82 61
2,020 2,040 341 306 271 236 201 169 148 127 106 85 64
2,040 2,060 346 311 276 241 206 172 151 130 109 88 67
2,060 2,080 351 316 281 246 211 176 154 133 112 91 70
2,080 2,100 356 321 286 251 216 181 157 136 115 94 73
                         
$2,100 and over Use Table 2(a) for a SINGLE person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

MARRIED Persons—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $310 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
310 320 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
320 330 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
330 340 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
340 350 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
350 360 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 370 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
370 380 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
380 390 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
390 400 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
400 410 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
410 420 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
420 430 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
430 440 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
440 450 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
450 460 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
460 470 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
470 480 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
480 490 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
490 500 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
500 520 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
520 540 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
540 560 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560 580 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
580 600 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
600 620 30 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
620 640 32 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
640 660 34 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
660 680 36 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
680 700 38 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
700 720 40 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
720 740 42 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
740 760 44 30 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
760 780 46 32 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
780 800 48 34 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
800 820 50 36 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
820 840 52 38 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
840 860 54 40 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
860 880 56 42 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
880 900 58 44 30 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
900 920 60 46 32 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
920 940 63 48 34 20 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
940 960 66 50 36 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
960 980 69 52 38 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
980 1,000 72 54 40 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,000 1,020 75 56 42 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,020 1,040 78 58 44 30 16 2 0 0 0 0 0
1,040 1,060 81 60 46 32 18 4 0 0 0 0 0
1,060 1,080 84 63 48 34 20 6 0 0 0 0 0
1,080 1,100 87 66 50 36 22 8 0 0 0 0 0
1,100 1,120 90 69 52 38 24 10 0 0 0 0 0
1,120 1,140 93 72 54 40 26 12 0 0 0 0 0
1,140 1,160 96 75 56 42 28 14 0 0 0 0 0
1,160 1,180 99 78 58 44 30 16 2 0 0 0 0
1,180 1,200 102 81 60 46 32 18 4 0 0 0 0
1,200 1,220 105 84 63 48 34 20 6 0 0 0 0
1,220 1,240 108 87 66 50 36 22 8 0 0 0 0
1,240 1,260 111 90 69 52 38 24 10 0 0 0 0
1,260 1,280 114 93 72 54 40 26 12 0 0 0 0
1,280 1,300 117 96 75 56 42 28 14 0 0 0 0
1,300 1,320 120 99 78 58 44 30 16 2 0 0 0
1,320 1,340 123 102 81 60 46 32 18 4 0 0 0
1,340 1,360 126 105 84 63 48 34 20 6 0 0 0
1,360 1,380 129 108 87 66 50 36 22 8 0 0 0
1,380 1,400 132 111 90 69 52 38 24 10 0 0 0
1,400 1,420 135 114 93 72 54 40 26 12 0 0 0
1,420 1,440 138 117 96 75 56 42 28 14 0 0 0
1,440 1,460 141 120 99 78 58 44 30 16 2 0 0
1,460 1,480 144 123 102 81 60 46 32 18 4 0 0
1,480 1,500 147 126 105 84 62 48 34 20 6 0 0
$1,500 $1,520 $150 $129 $108 $87 $65 $50 $36 $22 $8 $0 $0
1,520 1,540 153 132 111 90 68 52 38 24 10 0 0
1,540 1,560 156 135 114 93 71 54 40 26 12 0 0
1,560 1,580 159 138 117 96 74 56 42 28 14 0 0
1,580 1,600 162 141 120 99 77 58 44 30 16 2 0
1,600 1,620 165 144 123 102 80 60 46 32 18 4 0
1,620 1,640 168 147 126 105 83 62 48 34 20 6 0
1,640 1,660 171 150 129 108 86 65 50 36 22 8 0
1,660 1,680 174 153 132 111 89 68 52 38 24 10 0
1,680 1,700 177 156 135 114 92 71 54 40 26 12 0
1,700 1,720 180 159 138 117 95 74 56 42 28 14 0
1,720 1,740 183 162 141 120 98 77 58 44 30 16 2
1,740 1,760 186 165 144 123 101 80 60 46 32 18 4
1,760 1,780 189 168 147 126 104 83 62 48 34 20 6
1,780 1,800 192 171 150 129 107 86 65 50 36 22 8
1,800 1,820 195 174 153 132 110 89 68 52 38 24 10
1,820 1,840 198 177 156 135 113 92 71 54 40 26 12
1,840 1,860 201 180 159 138 116 95 74 56 42 28 14
1,860 1,880 204 183 162 141 119 98 77 58 44 30 16
1,880 1,900 207 186 165 144 122 101 80 60 46 32 18
1,900 1,920 210 189 168 147 125 104 83 62 48 34 20
1,920 1,940 213 192 171 150 128 107 86 65 50 36 22
1,940 1,960 216 195 174 153 131 110 89 68 52 38 24
1,960 1,980 219 198 177 156 134 113 92 71 54 40 26
1,980 2,000 222 201 180 159 137 116 95 74 56 42 28
2,000 2,020 225 204 183 162 140 119 98 77 58 44 30
2,020 2,040 228 207 186 165 143 122 101 80 60 46 32
2,040 2,060 231 210 189 168 146 125 104 83 62 48 34
2,060 2,080 234 213 192 171 149 128 107 86 65 50 36
2,080 2,100 237 216 195 174 152 131 110 89 68 52 38
2,100 2,120 240 219 198 177 155 134 113 92 71 54 40
2,120 2,140 243 222 201 180 158 137 116 95 74 56 42
2,140 2,160 246 225 204 183 161 140 119 98 77 58 44
2,160 2,180 249 228 207 186 164 143 122 101 80 60 46
2,180 2,200 252 231 210 189 167 146 125 104 83 62 48
2,200 2,220 255 234 213 192 170 149 128 107 86 65 50
2,220 2,240 258 237 216 195 173 152 131 110 89 68 52
2,240 2,260 261 240 219 198 176 155 134 113 92 71 54
2,260 2,280 264 243 222 201 179 158 137 116 95 74 56
2,280 2,300 267 246 225 204 182 161 140 119 98 77 58
2,300 2,320 270 249 228 207 185 164 143 122 101 80 60
2,320 2,340 273 252 231 210 188 167 146 125 104 83 62
2,340 2,360 276 255 234 213 191 170 149 128 107 86 65
2,360 2,380 279 258 237 216 194 173 152 131 110 89 68
2,380 2,400 282 261 240 219 197 176 155 134 113 92 71
2,400 2,420 285 264 243 222 200 179 158 137 116 95 74
2,420 2,440 288 267 246 225 203 182 161 140 119 98 77
2,440 2,460 291 270 249 228 206 185 164 143 122 101 80
2,460 2,480 294 273 252 231 209 188 167 146 125 104 83
2,480 2,500 297 276 255 234 212 191 170 149 128 107 86
2,500 2,520 300 279 258 237 215 194 173 152 131 110 89
2,520 2,540 303 282 261 240 218 197 176 155 134 113 92
2,540 2,560 306 285 264 243 221 200 179 158 137 116 95
2,560 2,580 309 288 267 246 224 203 182 161 140 119 98
2,580 2,600 312 291 270 249 227 206 185 164 143 122 101
2,600 2,620 315 294 273 252 230 209 188 167 146 125 104
2,620 2,640 318 297 276 255 233 212 191 170 149 128 107
2,640 2,660 321 300 279 258 236 215 194 173 152 131 110
2,660 2,680 324 303 282 261 239 218 197 176 155 134 113
2,680 2,700 327 306 285 264 242 221 200 179 158 137 116
                         
$2,700 and over Use Table 2(b) for a MARRIED person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

SINGLE Persons—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $115 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
115 120 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
120 125 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
125 130 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
130 135 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
135 140 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
140 145 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
145 150 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
150 155 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
155 160 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
160 165 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
165 170 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
170 175 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
175 180 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
180 185 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
185 190 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
190 195 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
195 200 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
200 205 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
205 210 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
210 215 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
215 220 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
220 225 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
225 230 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
230 235 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
235 240 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
240 245 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
245 250 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
250 260 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
260 270 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 280 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
280 290 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
290 300 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
300 310 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
310 320 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
320 330 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
330 340 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
340 350 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
350 360 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 370 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
370 380 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
380 390 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
390 400 28 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
400 410 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
410 420 30 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
420 430 31 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
430 440 33 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
440 450 34 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
450 460 36 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
460 470 37 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
470 480 39 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
480 490 40 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
490 500 42 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
500 520 44 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
520 540 47 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
540 560 50 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560 580 53 31 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
580 600 56 33 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
600 620 59 36 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
620 640 62 39 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
640 660 65 42 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
660 680 68 45 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
680 700 71 48 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
700 720 74 51 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
720 740 77 54 32 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
740 760 80 57 34 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
760 780 83 60 37 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
780 800 86 63 40 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
800 820 89 66 43 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
820 840 92 69 46 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
$840 $860 $95 $72 $49 $28 $13 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
860 880 98 75 52 30 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
880 900 101 78 55 32 17 2 0 0 0 0 0
900 920 104 81 58 35 19 4 0 0 0 0 0
920 940 107 84 61 38 21 6 0 0 0 0 0
940 960 110 87 64 41 23 8 0 0 0 0 0
960 980 113 90 67 44 25 10 0 0 0 0 0
980 1,000 116 93 70 47 27 12 0 0 0 0 0
1,000 1,020 119 96 73 50 29 14 0 0 0 0 0
1,020 1,040 122 99 76 53 31 16 1 0 0 0 0
1,040 1,060 125 102 79 56 34 18 3 0 0 0 0
1,060 1,080 128 105 82 59 37 20 5 0 0 0 0
1,080 1,100 131 108 85 62 40 22 7 0 0 0 0
1,100 1,120 134 111 88 65 43 24 9 0 0 0 0
1,120 1,140 137 114 91 68 46 26 11 0 0 0 0
1,140 1,160 140 117 94 71 49 28 13 0 0 0 0
1,160 1,180 143 120 97 74 52 30 15 0 0 0 0
1,180 1,200 146 123 100 77 55 32 17 2 0 0 0
1,200 1,220 149 126 103 80 58 35 19 4 0 0 0
1,220 1,240 152 129 106 83 61 38 21 6 0 0 0
1,240 1,260 155 132 109 86 64 41 23 8 0 0 0
1,260 1,280 158 135 112 89 67 44 25 10 0 0 0
1,280 1,300 161 138 115 92 70 47 27 12 0 0 0
1,300 1,320 164 141 118 95 73 50 29 14 0 0 0
1,320 1,340 167 144 121 98 76 53 31 16 0 0 0
1,340 1,360 170 147 124 101 79 56 33 18 2 0 0
1,360 1,380 173 150 127 104 82 59 36 20 4 0 0
1,380 1,400 176 153 130 107 85 62 39 22 6 0 0
1,400 1,420 179 156 133 110 88 65 42 24 8 0 0
1,420 1,440 182 159 136 113 91 68 45 26 10 0 0
1,440 1,460 185 162 139 116 94 71 48 28 12 0 0
1,460 1,480 188 165 142 119 97 74 51 30 14 0 0
1,480 1,500 192 168 145 122 100 77 54 32 16 1 0
1,500 1,520 197 171 148 125 103 80 57 34 18 3 0
1,520 1,540 202 174 151 128 106 83 60 37 20 5 0
1,540 1,560 207 177 154 131 109 86 63 40 22 7 0
1,560 1,580 212 180 157 134 112 89 66 43 24 9 0
1,580 1,600 217 183 160 137 115 92 69 46 26 11 0
1,600 1,620 222 186 163 140 118 95 72 49 28 13 0
1,620 1,640 227 189 166 143 121 98 75 52 30 15 0
1,640 1,660 232 194 169 146 124 101 78 55 32 17 2
1,660 1,680 237 199 172 149 127 104 81 58 35 19 4
1,680 1,700 242 204 175 152 130 107 84 61 38 21 6
1,700 1,720 247 209 178 155 133 110 87 64 41 23 8
1,720 1,740 252 214 181 158 136 113 90 67 44 25 10
1,740 1,760 257 219 184 161 139 116 93 70 47 27 12
1,760 1,780 262 224 187 164 142 119 96 73 50 29 14
1,780 1,800 267 229 191 167 145 122 99 76 53 31 16
1,800 1,820 272 234 196 170 148 125 102 79 56 33 18
1,820 1,840 277 239 201 173 151 128 105 82 59 36 20
1,840 1,860 282 244 206 176 154 131 108 85 62 39 22
1,860 1,880 287 249 211 179 157 134 111 88 65 42 24
1,880 1,900 292 254 216 182 160 137 114 91 68 45 26
1,900 1,920 297 259 221 185 163 140 117 94 71 48 28
1,920 1,940 302 264 226 188 166 143 120 97 74 51 30
1,940 1,960 307 269 231 193 169 146 123 100 77 54 32
1,960 1,980 312 274 236 198 172 149 126 103 80 57 35
1,980 2,000 317 279 241 203 175 152 129 106 83 60 38
2,000 2,020 322 284 246 208 178 155 132 109 86 63 41
2,020 2,040 327 289 251 213 181 158 135 112 89 66 44
2,040 2,060 332 294 256 218 184 161 138 115 92 69 47
2,060 2,080 337 299 261 223 187 164 141 118 95 72 50
2,080 2,100 342 304 266 228 190 167 144 121 98 75 53
2,100 2,120 347 309 271 233 195 170 147 124 101 78 56
2,120 2,140 352 314 276 238 200 173 150 127 104 81 59
                         
$2,140 and over Use Table 3(a) for a SINGLE person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

MARRIED Persons—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $340 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
340 350 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
350 360 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 370 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
370 380 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
380 390 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
390 400 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
400 410 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
410 420 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
420 430 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
430 440 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
440 450 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
450 460 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
460 470 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
470 480 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
480 490 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
490 500 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
500 520 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
520 540 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
540 560 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560 580 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
580 600 26 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
600 620 28 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
620 640 30 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
640 660 32 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
660 680 34 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
680 700 36 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
700 720 38 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
720 740 40 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
740 760 42 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
760 780 44 28 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
780 800 46 30 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
800 820 48 32 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
820 840 50 34 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
840 860 52 36 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
860 880 54 38 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
880 900 56 40 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
900 920 58 42 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
920 940 60 44 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
940 960 62 46 31 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
960 980 64 48 33 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
980 1,000 66 50 35 20 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,000 1,020 68 52 37 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,020 1,040 71 54 39 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,040 1,060 74 56 41 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,060 1,080 77 58 43 28 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,080 1,100 80 60 45 30 15 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,100 1,120 83 62 47 32 17 2 0 0 0 0 0
1,120 1,140 86 64 49 34 19 4 0 0 0 0 0
1,140 1,160 89 66 51 36 21 6 0 0 0 0 0
1,160 1,180 92 69 53 38 23 8 0 0 0 0 0
1,180 1,200 95 72 55 40 25 10 0 0 0 0 0
1,200 1,220 98 75 57 42 27 12 0 0 0 0 0
1,220 1,240 101 78 59 44 29 14 0 0 0 0 0
1,240 1,260 104 81 61 46 31 16 0 0 0 0 0
1,260 1,280 107 84 63 48 33 18 2 0 0 0 0
1,280 1,300 110 87 65 50 35 20 4 0 0 0 0
1,300 1,320 113 90 68 52 37 22 6 0 0 0 0
1,320 1,340 116 93 71 54 39 24 8 0 0 0 0
1,340 1,360 119 96 74 56 41 26 10 0 0 0 0
1,360 1,380 122 99 77 58 43 28 12 0 0 0 0
1,380 1,400 125 102 80 60 45 30 14 0 0 0 0
1,400 1,420 128 105 83 62 47 32 16 1 0 0 0
1,420 1,440 131 108 86 64 49 34 18 3 0 0 0
1,440 1,460 134 111 89 66 51 36 20 5 0 0 0
1,460 1,480 137 114 92 69 53 38 22 7 0 0 0
1,480 1,500 140 117 95 72 55 40 24 9 0 0 0
1,500 1,520 143 120 98 75 57 42 26 11 0 0 0
1,520 1,540 146 123 101 78 59 44 28 13 0 0 0
1,540 1,560 149 126 104 81 61 46 30 15 0 0 0
$1,560 $1,580 $152 $129 $107 $84 $63 $48 $32 $17 $2 $0 $0
1,580 1,600 155 132 110 87 65 50 34 19 4 0 0
1,600 1,620 158 135 113 90 67 52 36 21 6 0 0
1,620 1,640 161 138 116 93 70 54 38 23 8 0 0
1,640 1,660 164 141 119 96 73 56 40 25 10 0 0
1,660 1,680 167 144 122 99 76 58 42 27 12 0 0
1,680 1,700 170 147 125 102 79 60 44 29 14 0 0
1,700 1,720 173 150 128 105 82 62 46 31 16 1 0
1,720 1,740 176 153 131 108 85 64 48 33 18 3 0
1,740 1,760 179 156 134 111 88 66 50 35 20 5 0
1,760 1,780 182 159 137 114 91 68 52 37 22 7 0
1,780 1,800 185 162 140 117 94 71 54 39 24 9 0
1,800 1,820 188 165 143 120 97 74 56 41 26 11 0
1,820 1,840 191 168 146 123 100 77 58 43 28 13 0
1,840 1,860 194 171 149 126 103 80 60 45 30 15 0
1,860 1,880 197 174 152 129 106 83 62 47 32 17 2
1,880 1,900 200 177 155 132 109 86 64 49 34 19 4
1,900 1,920 203 180 158 135 112 89 66 51 36 21 6
1,920 1,940 206 183 161 138 115 92 69 53 38 23 8
1,940 1,960 209 186 164 141 118 95 72 55 40 25 10
1,960 1,980 212 189 167 144 121 98 75 57 42 27 12
1,980 2,000 215 192 170 147 124 101 78 59 44 29 14
2,000 2,020 218 195 173 150 127 104 81 61 46 31 16
2,020 2,040 221 198 176 153 130 107 84 63 48 33 18
2,040 2,060 224 201 179 156 133 110 87 65 50 35 20
2,060 2,080 227 204 182 159 136 113 90 68 52 37 22
2,080 2,100 230 207 185 162 139 116 93 71 54 39 24
2,100 2,120 233 210 188 165 142 119 96 74 56 41 26
2,120 2,140 236 213 191 168 145 122 99 77 58 43 28
2,140 2,160 239 216 194 171 148 125 102 80 60 45 30
2,160 2,180 242 219 197 174 151 128 105 83 62 47 32
2,180 2,200 245 222 200 177 154 131 108 86 64 49 34
2,200 2,220 248 225 203 180 157 134 111 89 66 51 36
2,220 2,240 251 228 206 183 160 137 114 92 69 53 38
2,240 2,260 254 231 209 186 163 140 117 95 72 55 40
2,260 2,280 257 234 212 189 166 143 120 98 75 57 42
2,280 2,300 260 237 215 192 169 146 123 101 78 59 44
2,300 2,320 263 240 218 195 172 149 126 104 81 61 46
2,320 2,340 266 243 221 198 175 152 129 107 84 63 48
2,340 2,360 269 246 224 201 178 155 132 110 87 65 50
2,360 2,380 272 249 227 204 181 158 135 113 90 67 52
2,380 2,400 275 252 230 207 184 161 138 116 93 70 54
2,400 2,420 278 255 233 210 187 164 141 119 96 73 56
2,420 2,440 281 258 236 213 190 167 144 122 99 76 58
2,440 2,460 284 261 239 216 193 170 147 125 102 79 60
2,460 2,480 287 264 242 219 196 173 150 128 105 82 62
2,480 2,500 290 267 245 222 199 176 153 131 108 85 64
2,500 2,520 293 270 248 225 202 179 156 134 111 88 66
2,520 2,540 296 273 251 228 205 182 159 137 114 91 68
2,540 2,560 299 276 254 231 208 185 162 140 117 94 71
2,560 2,580 302 279 257 234 211 188 165 143 120 97 74
2,580 2,600 305 282 260 237 214 191 168 146 123 100 77
2,600 2,620 308 285 263 240 217 194 171 149 126 103 80
2,620 2,640 311 288 266 243 220 197 174 152 129 106 83
2,640 2,660 314 291 269 246 223 200 177 155 132 109 86
2,660 2,680 317 294 272 249 226 203 180 158 135 112 89
2,680 2,700 320 297 275 252 229 206 183 161 138 115 92
2,700 2,720 323 300 278 255 232 209 186 164 141 118 95
2,720 2,740 326 303 281 258 235 212 189 167 144 121 98
                         
$2,740 and over Use Table 3(b) for a MARRIED person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

SINGLE Persons—MONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $230 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
230 240 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
240 250 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
250 260 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
260 270 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
270 280 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
280 290 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
290 300 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
300 320 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
320 340 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
340 360 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 380 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
380 400 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
400 420 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
420 440 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
440 460 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
460 480 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
480 500 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
500 520 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
520 540 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
540 560 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560 580 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
580 600 37 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
600 640 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
640 680 44 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
680 720 48 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
720 760 52 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
760 800 56 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
800 840 60 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
840 880 64 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
880 920 70 38 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
920 960 76 42 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
960 1,000 82 46 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,000 1,040 88 50 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,040 1,080 94 54 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,080 1,120 100 58 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,120 1,160 106 62 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,160 1,200 112 66 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,200 1,240 118 72 39 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,240 1,280 124 78 43 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,280 1,320 130 84 47 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,320 1,360 136 90 51 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,360 1,400 142 96 55 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,400 1,440 148 102 59 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,440 1,480 154 108 63 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,480 1,520 160 114 68 37 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,520 1,560 166 120 74 41 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,560 1,600 172 126 80 45 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,600 1,640 178 132 86 49 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,640 1,680 184 138 92 53 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,680 1,720 190 144 98 57 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,720 1,760 196 150 104 61 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,760 1,800 202 156 110 65 34 4 0 0 0 0 0
1,800 1,840 208 162 116 71 38 8 0 0 0 0 0
1,840 1,880 214 168 122 77 42 12 0 0 0 0 0
1,880 1,920 220 174 128 83 46 16 0 0 0 0 0
1,920 1,960 226 180 134 89 50 20 0 0 0 0 0
1,960 2,000 232 186 140 95 54 24 0 0 0 0 0
2,000 2,040 238 192 146 101 58 28 0 0 0 0 0
2,040 2,080 244 198 152 107 62 32 1 0 0 0 0
2,080 2,120 250 204 158 113 67 36 5 0 0 0 0
2,120 2,160 256 210 164 119 73 40 9 0 0 0 0
2,160 2,200 262 216 170 125 79 44 13 0 0 0 0
2,200 2,240 268 222 176 131 85 48 17 0 0 0 0
2,240 2,280 274 228 182 137 91 52 21 0 0 0 0
2,280 2,320 280 234 188 143 97 56 25 0 0 0 0
2,320 2,360 286 240 194 149 103 60 29 0 0 0 0
2,360 2,400 292 246 200 155 109 64 33 3 0 0 0
2,400 2,440 298 252 206 161 115 69 37 7 0 0 0
2,440 2,480 304 258 212 167 121 75 41 11 0 0 0
$2,480 $2,520 $310 $264 $218 $173 $127 $81 $45 $15 $0 $0 $0
2,520 2,560 316 270 224 179 133 87 49 19 0 0 0
2,560 2,600 322 276 230 185 139 93 53 23 0 0 0
2,600 2,640 328 282 236 191 145 99 57 27 0 0 0
2,640 2,680 334 288 242 197 151 105 61 31 1 0 0
2,680 2,720 340 294 248 203 157 111 66 35 5 0 0
2,720 2,760 346 300 254 209 163 117 72 39 9 0 0
2,760 2,800 352 306 260 215 169 123 78 43 13 0 0
2,800 2,840 358 312 266 221 175 129 84 47 17 0 0
2,840 2,880 364 318 272 227 181 135 90 51 21 0 0
2,880 2,920 370 324 278 233 187 141 96 55 25 0 0
2,920 2,960 376 330 284 239 193 147 102 59 29 0 0
2,960 3,000 385 336 290 245 199 153 108 63 33 2 0
3,000 3,040 395 342 296 251 205 159 114 68 37 6 0
3,040 3,080 405 348 302 257 211 165 120 74 41 10 0
3,080 3,120 415 354 308 263 217 171 126 80 45 14 0
3,120 3,160 425 360 314 269 223 177 132 86 49 18 0
3,160 3,200 435 366 320 275 229 183 138 92 53 22 0
3,200 3,240 445 372 326 281 235 189 144 98 57 26 0
3,240 3,280 455 379 332 287 241 195 150 104 61 30 0
3,280 3,320 465 389 338 293 247 201 156 110 65 34 4
3,320 3,360 475 399 344 299 253 207 162 116 71 38 8
3,360 3,400 485 409 350 305 259 213 168 122 77 42 12
3,400 3,440 495 419 356 311 265 219 174 128 83 46 16
3,440 3,480 505 429 362 317 271 225 180 134 89 50 20
3,480 3,520 515 439 368 323 277 231 186 140 95 54 24
3,520 3,560 525 449 374 329 283 237 192 146 101 58 28
3,560 3,600 535 459 383 335 289 243 198 152 107 62 32
3,600 3,640 545 469 393 341 295 249 204 158 113 67 36
3,640 3,680 555 479 403 347 301 255 210 164 119 73 40
3,680 3,720 565 489 413 353 307 261 216 170 125 79 44
3,720 3,760 575 499 423 359 313 267 222 176 131 85 48
3,760 3,800 585 509 433 365 319 273 228 182 137 91 52
3,800 3,840 595 519 443 371 325 279 234 188 143 97 56
3,840 3,880 605 529 453 377 331 285 240 194 149 103 60
3,880 3,920 615 539 463 386 337 291 246 200 155 109 64
3,920 3,960 625 549 473 396 343 297 252 206 161 115 69
3,960 4,000 635 559 483 406 349 303 258 212 167 121 75
4,000 4,040 645 569 493 416 355 309 264 218 173 127 81
4,040 4,080 655 579 503 426 361 315 270 224 179 133 87
4,080 4,120 665 589 513 436 367 321 276 230 185 139 93
4,120 4,160 675 599 523 446 373 327 282 236 191 145 99
4,160 4,200 685 609 533 456 380 333 288 242 197 151 105
4,200 4,240 695 619 543 466 390 339 294 248 203 157 111
4,240 4,280 705 629 553 476 400 345 300 254 209 163 117
4,280 4,320 715 639 563 486 410 351 306 260 215 169 123
4,320 4,360 725 649 573 496 420 357 312 266 221 175 129
4,360 4,400 735 659 583 506 430 363 318 272 227 181 135
4,400 4,440 745 669 593 516 440 369 324 278 233 187 141
4,440 4,480 755 679 603 526 450 375 330 284 239 193 147
4,480 4,520 765 689 613 536 460 384 336 290 245 199 153
4,520 4,560 775 699 623 546 470 394 342 296 251 205 159
4,560 4,600 785 709 633 556 480 404 348 302 257 211 165
4,600 4,640 795 719 643 566 490 414 354 308 263 217 171
4,640 4,680 805 729 653 576 500 424 360 314 269 223 177
4,680 4,720 815 739 663 586 510 434 366 320 275 229 183
4,720 4,760 825 749 673 596 520 444 372 326 281 235 189
4,760 4,800 835 759 683 606 530 454 378 332 287 241 195
4,800 4,840 845 769 693 616 540 464 388 338 293 247 201
4,840 4,880 855 779 703 626 550 474 398 344 299 253 207
4,880 4,920 865 789 713 636 560 484 408 350 305 259 213
4,920 4,960 875 799 723 646 570 494 418 356 311 265 219
4,960 5,000 885 809 733 656 580 504 428 362 317 271 225
5,000 5,040 895 819 743 666 590 514 438 368 323 277 231
5,040 5,080 905 829 753 676 600 524 448 374 329 283 237
                         
$5,080 and over Use Table 4(a) for a SINGLE person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

MARRIED Persons—MONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $680 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
680 720 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
720 760 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
760 800 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
800 840 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
840 880 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
880 920 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
920 960 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
960 1,000 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,000 1,040 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,040 1,080 39 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,080 1,120 43 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,120 1,160 47 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,160 1,200 51 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,200 1,240 55 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,240 1,280 59 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,280 1,320 63 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,320 1,360 67 37 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,360 1,400 71 41 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,400 1,440 75 45 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,440 1,480 79 49 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,480 1,520 83 53 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,520 1,560 87 57 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,560 1,600 91 61 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,600 1,640 95 65 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,640 1,680 99 69 39 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,680 1,720 103 73 43 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,720 1,760 107 77 47 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,760 1,800 111 81 51 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,800 1,840 115 85 55 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,840 1,880 119 89 59 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,880 1,920 123 93 63 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,920 1,960 127 97 67 36 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
1,960 2,000 131 101 71 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
2,000 2,040 137 105 75 44 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
2,040 2,080 143 109 79 48 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
2,080 2,120 149 113 83 52 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
2,120 2,160 155 117 87 56 26 0 0 0 0 0 0
2,160 2,200 161 121 91 60 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
2,200 2,240 167 125 95 64 34 3 0 0 0 0 0
2,240 2,280 173 129 99 68 38 7 0 0 0 0 0
2,280 2,320 179 133 103 72 42 11 0 0 0 0 0
2,320 2,360 185 139 107 76 46 15 0 0 0 0 0
2,360 2,400 191 145 111 80 50 19 0 0 0 0 0
2,400 2,440 197 151 115 84 54 23 0 0 0 0 0
2,440 2,480 203 157 119 88 58 27 0 0 0 0 0
2,480 2,520 209 163 123 92 62 31 1 0 0 0 0
2,520 2,560 215 169 127 96 66 35 5 0 0 0 0
2,560 2,600 221 175 131 100 70 39 9 0 0 0 0
2,600 2,640 227 181 135 104 74 43 13 0 0 0 0
2,640 2,680 233 187 141 108 78 47 17 0 0 0 0
2,680 2,720 239 193 147 112 82 51 21 0 0 0 0
2,720 2,760 245 199 153 116 86 55 25 0 0 0 0
2,760 2,800 251 205 159 120 90 59 29 0 0 0 0
2,800 2,840 257 211 165 124 94 63 33 2 0 0 0
2,840 2,880 263 217 171 128 98 67 37 6 0 0 0
2,880 2,920 269 223 177 132 102 71 41 10 0 0 0
2,920 2,960 275 229 183 138 106 75 45 14 0 0 0
2,960 3,000 281 235 189 144 110 79 49 18 0 0 0
3,000 3,040 287 241 195 150 114 83 53 22 0 0 0
3,040 3,080 293 247 201 156 118 87 57 26 0 0 0
3,080 3,120 299 253 207 162 122 91 61 30 0 0 0
3,120 3,160 305 259 213 168 126 95 65 34 4 0 0
3,160 3,200 311 265 219 174 130 99 69 38 8 0 0
3,200 3,240 317 271 225 180 134 103 73 42 12 0 0
3,240 3,280 323 277 231 186 140 107 77 46 16 0 0
3,280 3,320 329 283 237 192 146 111 81 50 20 0 0
3,320 3,360 335 289 243 198 152 115 85 54 24 0 0
3,360 3,400 341 295 249 204 158 119 89 58 28 0 0
3,400 3,440 347 301 255 210 164 123 93 62 32 2 0
$3,440 $3,480 $353 $307 $261 $216 $170 $127 $97 $66 $36 $6 $0
3,480 3,520 359 313 267 222 176 131 101 70 40 10 0
3,520 3,560 365 319 273 228 182 136 105 74 44 14 0
3,560 3,600 371 325 279 234 188 142 109 78 48 18 0
3,600 3,640 377 331 285 240 194 148 113 82 52 22 0
3,640 3,680 383 337 291 246 200 154 117 86 56 26 0
3,680 3,720 389 343 297 252 206 160 121 90 60 30 0
3,720 3,760 395 349 303 258 212 166 125 94 64 34 3
3,760 3,800 401 355 309 264 218 172 129 98 68 38 7
3,800 3,840 407 361 315 270 224 178 133 102 72 42 11
3,840 3,880 413 367 321 276 230 184 139 106 76 46 15
3,880 3,920 419 373 327 282 236 190 145 110 80 50 19
3,920 3,960 425 379 333 288 242 196 151 114 84 54 23
3,960 4,000 431 385 339 294 248 202 157 118 88 58 27
4,000 4,040 437 391 345 300 254 208 163 122 92 62 31
4,040 4,080 443 397 351 306 260 214 169 126 96 66 35
4,080 4,120 449 403 357 312 266 220 175 130 100 70 39
4,120 4,160 455 409 363 318 272 226 181 135 104 74 43
4,160 4,200 461 415 369 324 278 232 187 141 108 78 47
4,200 4,240 467 421 375 330 284 238 193 147 112 82 51
4,240 4,280 473 427 381 336 290 244 199 153 116 86 55
4,280 4,320 479 433 387 342 296 250 205 159 120 90 59
4,320 4,360 485 439 393 348 302 256 211 165 124 94 63
4,360 4,400 491 445 399 354 308 262 217 171 128 98 67
4,400 4,440 497 451 405 360 314 268 223 177 132 102 71
4,440 4,480 503 457 411 366 320 274 229 183 138 106 75
4,480 4,520 509 463 417 372 326 280 235 189 144 110 79
4,520 4,560 515 469 423 378 332 286 241 195 150 114 83
4,560 4,600 521 475 429 384 338 292 247 201 156 118 87
4,600 4,640 527 481 435 390 344 298 253 207 162 122 91
4,640 4,680 533 487 441 396 350 304 259 213 168 126 95
4,680 4,720 539 493 447 402 356 310 265 219 174 130 99
4,720 4,760 545 499 453 408 362 316 271 225 180 134 103
4,760 4,800 551 505 459 414 368 322 277 231 186 140 107
4,800 4,840 557 511 465 420 374 328 283 237 192 146 111
4,840 4,880 563 517 471 426 380 334 289 243 198 152 115
4,880 4,920 569 523 477 432 386 340 295 249 204 158 119
4,920 4,960 575 529 483 438 392 346 301 255 210 164 123
4,960 5,000 581 535 489 444 398 352 307 261 216 170 127
5,000 5,040 587 541 495 450 404 358 313 267 222 176 131
5,040 5,080 593 547 501 456 410 364 319 273 228 182 136
5,080 5,120 599 553 507 462 416 370 325 279 234 188 142
5,120 5,160 605 559 513 468 422 376 331 285 240 194 148
5,160 5,200 611 565 519 474 428 382 337 291 246 200 154
5,200 5,240 617 571 525 480 434 388 343 297 252 206 160
5,240 5,280 623 577 531 486 440 394 349 303 258 212 166
5,280 5,320 629 583 537 492 446 400 355 309 264 218 172
5,320 5,360 635 589 543 498 452 406 361 315 270 224 178
5,360 5,400 641 595 549 504 458 412 367 321 276 230 184
5,400 5,440 647 601 555 510 464 418 373 327 282 236 190
5,440 5,480 653 607 561 516 470 424 379 333 288 242 196
5,480 5,520 659 613 567 522 476 430 385 339 294 248 202
5,520 5,560 665 619 573 528 482 436 391 345 300 254 208
5,560 5,600 671 625 579 534 488 442 397 351 306 260 214
5,600 5,640 677 631 585 540 494 448 403 357 312 266 220
5,640 5,680 683 637 591 546 500 454 409 363 318 272 226
5,680 5,720 689 643 597 552 506 460 415 369 324 278 232
5,720 5,760 695 649 603 558 512 466 421 375 330 284 238
5,760 5,800 701 655 609 564 518 472 427 381 336 290 244
5,800 5,840 707 661 615 570 524 478 433 387 342 296 250
5,840 5,880 713 667 621 576 530 484 439 393 348 302 256
                         
$5,880 and over Use Table 4(b) for a MARRIED person on page 25. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

SINGLE Persons—DAILY OR MISCELLANEOUS Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $15 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
15 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 36 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 39 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 42 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 45 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 48 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 51 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 54 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 57 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 60 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 63 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 66 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 69 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
69 72 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 75 8 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 78 8 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
78 81 9 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 84 9 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
84 87 10 8 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
87 90 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
90 93 11 9 6 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
93 96 11 9 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
96 99 12 10 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
99 102 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
102 105 13 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
105 108 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 0 0 0 0
108 111 13 11 9 7 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
111 114 14 12 10 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
114 117 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
117 120 15 13 11 8 6 4 2 1 0 0 0
120 123 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 0 0 0
123 126 16 14 11 9 7 5 3 2 0 0 0
126 129 16 14 12 10 8 6 3 2 1 0 0
129 132 17 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0 0
132 135 17 15 13 11 9 6 4 3 1 0 0
135 138 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 0 0
138 141 18 16 14 12 9 7 5 3 2 0 0
141 144 19 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0
144 147 20 17 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0
147 150 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 0
150 153 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 0
153 156 22 18 16 14 12 10 8 5 3 2 0
156 159 23 19 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
159 162 23 20 17 15 13 11 8 6 4 2 1
162 165 24 21 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1
165 168 25 21 18 16 14 11 9 7 5 3 2
168 171 26 22 19 16 14 12 10 8 6 3 2
171 174 26 23 19 17 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
174 177 27 24 20 17 15 13 11 9 6 4 2
177 180 28 24 21 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3
180 183 29 25 22 18 16 14 12 9 7 5 3
183 186 29 26 22 19 16 14 12 10 8 6 4
186 189 30 27 23 20 17 15 12 10 8 6 4
189 192 31 27 24 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 4
192 195 32 28 25 21 18 15 13 11 9 7 5
195 198 32 29 25 22 18 16 14 12 10 8 5
198 201 33 30 26 23 19 16 14 12 10 8 6
201 204 34 30 27 23 20 17 15 13 11 8 6
204 207 35 31 28 24 21 17 15 13 11 9 7
207 210 35 32 28 25 21 18 16 14 11 9 7
210 213 36 33 29 26 22 19 16 14 12 10 8
213 216 37 33 30 26 23 19 17 14 12 10 8
216 219 38 34 31 27 24 20 17 15 13 11 9
219 222 38 35 31 28 24 21 17 15 13 11 9
$222 $225 $39 $36 $32 $29 $25 $22 $18 $16 $14 $12 $9
225 228 40 36 33 29 26 22 19 16 14 12 10
228 231 41 37 34 30 27 23 20 17 15 12 10
231 234 41 38 34 31 27 24 20 17 15 13 11
234 237 42 39 35 32 28 25 21 18 15 13 11
237 240 43 39 36 32 29 25 22 18 16 14 12
240 243 44 40 37 33 30 26 23 19 16 14 12
243 246 44 41 37 34 30 27 23 20 17 15 13
246 249 45 42 38 35 31 28 24 21 17 15 13
249 252 46 42 39 35 32 28 25 21 18 16 13
252 255 47 43 40 36 33 29 26 22 19 16 14
255 258 47 44 40 37 33 30 26 23 19 17 14
258 261 48 45 41 38 34 31 27 24 20 17 15
261 264 49 45 42 38 35 31 28 24 21 17 15
264 267 50 46 43 39 36 32 29 25 22 18 16
267 270 50 47 43 40 36 33 29 26 22 19 16
270 273 51 48 44 41 37 34 30 27 23 20 17
273 276 52 48 45 41 38 34 31 27 24 20 17
276 279 53 49 46 42 39 35 32 28 25 21 18
279 282 53 50 46 43 39 36 32 29 25 22 18
282 285 54 51 47 44 40 37 33 30 26 23 19
285 288 55 51 48 44 41 37 34 30 27 23 20
288 291 56 52 49 45 42 38 35 31 28 24 21
291 294 56 53 49 46 42 39 35 32 28 25 21
294 297 57 54 50 47 43 40 36 33 29 26 22
297 300 58 54 51 47 44 40 37 33 30 26 23
300 303 59 55 52 48 45 41 38 34 31 27 24
303 306 59 56 52 49 45 42 38 35 31 28 24
306 309 60 57 53 50 46 43 39 36 32 29 25
309 312 61 57 54 50 47 43 40 36 33 29 26
312 315 62 58 55 51 48 44 41 37 34 30 27
315 318 62 59 55 52 48 45 41 38 34 31 27
318 321 63 60 56 53 49 46 42 39 35 32 28
321 324 64 60 57 53 50 46 43 39 36 32 29
324 327 65 61 58 54 51 47 44 40 37 33 30
327 330 66 62 58 55 51 48 44 41 37 34 30
330 333 66 63 59 56 52 49 45 42 38 35 31
333 336 67 63 60 56 53 49 46 42 39 35 32
336 339 68 64 61 57 54 50 47 43 40 36 33
339 341 69 65 61 58 54 51 47 44 40 37 33
341 343 69 65 62 58 55 51 48 44 41 37 34
343 345 70 66 62 59 55 52 48 45 41 38 34
345 347 71 67 63 59 56 52 49 45 42 38 35
347 349 71 67 63 60 56 53 49 46 42 39 35
349 351 72 68 64 60 57 53 50 46 43 39 36
351 353 72 68 64 61 57 54 50 47 43 40 36
353 355 73 69 65 61 58 54 51 47 44 40 37
355 357 73 69 65 62 58 55 51 48 44 41 37
357 359 74 70 66 62 59 55 52 48 45 41 38
359 361 74 71 67 63 59 56 52 49 45 42 38
361 363 75 71 67 63 60 56 53 49 46 42 39
363 365 76 72 68 64 60 57 53 50 46 43 39
365 367 76 72 68 64 61 57 54 50 47 43 40
367 369 77 73 69 65 61 58 54 51 47 44 40
369 371 77 73 69 65 62 58 55 51 48 44 41
371 373 78 74 70 66 62 59 55 52 48 45 41
373 375 78 74 70 67 63 59 56 52 49 45 42
375 377 79 75 71 67 63 60 56 53 49 46 42
377 379 79 76 72 68 64 60 57 53 50 46 43
379 381 80 76 72 68 64 61 57 54 50 47 43
381 383 81 77 73 69 65 61 58 54 51 47 44
383 385 81 77 73 69 65 62 58 55 51 48 44
385 387 82 78 74 70 66 62 59 55 52 48 45
387 389 82 78 74 70 67 63 59 56 52 49 45
389 391 83 79 75 71 67 63 60 56 53 49 46
                         
$391 and over Use Table 8(a) for a SINGLE person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

MARRIED Persons—DAILY OR MISCELLANEOUS Payroll Period (For Wages Paid in 2009)

If the wages are– And the number of withholding allowances claimed is—
At least But less than 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The amount of income tax to be withheld is—
$0 $36 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
36 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 42 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 48 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 54 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 57 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57 60 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 63 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 66 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 69 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
69 72 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 75 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
75 78 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
78 81 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81 84 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
84 87 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
87 90 6 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 93 6 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 96 6 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 99 7 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 102 7 6 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
102 105 8 6 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
105 108 8 6 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
108 111 9 7 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
111 114 9 7 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
114 117 10 8 6 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
117 120 10 8 6 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
120 123 11 8 6 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
123 126 11 9 7 5 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
126 129 11 9 7 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0
129 132 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 0 0 0 0
132 135 12 10 8 6 5 3 2 0 0 0 0
135 138 13 11 9 6 5 4 2 1 0 0 0
138 141 13 11 9 7 5 4 2 1 0 0 0
141 144 14 12 9 7 6 4 3 1 0 0 0
144 147 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 0 0 0
147 150 15 12 10 8 6 5 3 2 1 0 0
150 153 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 2 1 0 0
153 156 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 1 0 0
156 159 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 1 0 0
159 162 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 3 2 0 0
162 165 17 15 13 11 8 6 5 3 2 1 0
165 168 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 2 1 0
168 171 18 16 14 11 9 7 5 4 3 1 0
171 174 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 0
174 177 19 17 14 12 10 8 6 5 3 2 0
177 180 19 17 15 13 11 9 6 5 4 2 1
180 183 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 2 1
183 186 20 18 16 14 12 9 7 6 4 3 1
186 189 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2
189 192 21 19 17 15 12 10 8 6 5 3 2
192 195 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 2
195 198 22 20 18 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3
198 201 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3
201 204 23 21 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 5 3
204 207 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 8 6 5 3
207 210 24 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4
210 213 24 22 20 18 16 14 11 9 7 5 4
213 216 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4
216 219 25 23 21 19 17 14 12 10 8 6 5
219 222 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 6 5
222 225 26 24 22 20 17 15 13 11 9 7 5
225 228 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 9 7 6
228 231 27 25 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6
231 234 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 12 10 8 6
234 237 28 26 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7
237 240 28 26 24 22 20 18 15 13 11 9 7
240 243 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 7
$243 $246 $29 $27 $25 $23 $21 $18 $16 $14 $12 $10 $8
246 249 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 10 8
249 252 30 28 26 24 21 19 17 15 13 11 9
252 255 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 13 11 9
255 258 31 29 27 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10
258 261 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 14 12 10
261 264 32 30 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11
264 267 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 17 15 13 11
267 270 33 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12
270 273 33 31 29 27 25 23 20 18 16 14 12
273 276 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15 12
276 279 34 32 30 28 26 23 21 19 17 15 13
279 282 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 15 13
282 285 35 33 31 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 14
285 288 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 18 16 14
288 291 36 34 32 29 27 25 23 21 19 17 15
291 294 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 21 19 17 15
294 297 37 35 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16
297 300 38 35 33 31 29 27 24 22 20 18 16
300 303 39 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19 16
303 306 39 36 34 32 30 27 25 23 21 19 17
306 309 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 19 17
309 312 41 37 35 33 30 28 26 24 22 20 18
312 315 42 38 35 33 31 29 27 25 22 20 18
315 318 42 39 36 33 31 29 27 25 23 21 19
318 321 43 40 36 34 32 30 28 26 23 21 19
321 324 44 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20
324 327 45 41 38 35 33 31 29 26 24 22 20
327 330 45 42 38 35 33 31 29 27 25 23 21
330 333 46 43 39 36 34 32 29 27 25 23 21
333 336 47 43 40 36 34 32 30 28 26 24 21
336 339 48 44 41 37 35 32 30 28 26 24 22
339 341 48 45 41 38 35 33 31 29 26 24 22
341 343 49 45 42 38 35 33 31 29 27 25 23
343 345 49 46 42 39 35 33 31 29 27 25 23
345 347 50 46 43 39 36 34 32 29 27 25 23
347 349 50 47 43 40 36 34 32 30 28 26 23
349 351 51 47 44 40 37 34 32 30 28 26 24
351 353 51 48 44 41 37 35 32 30 28 26 24
353 355 52 48 45 41 38 35 33 31 29 26 24
355 357 52 49 45 42 38 35 33 31 29 27 25
357 359 53 49 46 42 39 35 33 31 29 27 25
359 361 53 50 46 43 39 36 34 32 29 27 25
361 363 54 50 47 43 40 36 34 32 30 28 26
363 365 54 51 47 44 40 37 34 32 30 28 26
365 367 55 51 48 44 41 37 35 32 30 28 26
367 369 55 52 48 45 41 38 35 33 31 29 26
369 371 56 52 49 45 42 38 35 33 31 29 27
371 373 56 53 49 46 42 39 35 33 31 29 27
373 375 57 53 50 46 43 39 36 34 32 29 27
375 377 57 54 50 47 43 40 36 34 32 30 28
377 379 58 54 51 47 44 40 37 34 32 30 28
379 381 58 55 51 48 44 41 37 35 32 30 28
381 383 59 55 52 48 45 41 38 35 33 31 29
383 385 59 56 52 49 45 42 38 35 33 31 29
385 387 60 56 53 49 46 42 39 35 33 31 29
387 389 60 57 53 50 46 43 39 36 34 32 29
389 391 61 57 54 50 47 43 40 36 34 32 30
391 393 61 58 54 51 47 44 40 37 34 32 30
393 395 62 58 55 51 48 44 41 37 35 32 30
395 397 62 59 55 52 48 45 41 38 35 33 31
397 399 63 59 56 52 49 45 42 38 35 33 31
399 401 63 60 56 53 49 46 42 39 35 33 31
                         
$401 and over Use Table 8(b) for a MARRIED person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 22.
                         

Tables for Percentage Method of Advance EIC Payments

(For Wages Paid in 2009)

TABLE 1—WEEKLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $172 20.40% of wages $0 $172 20.40% of wages $0 $86 20.40% of wages
$172 $315 $35 $172 $375 $35 $86 $187 $18
$315   $35 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $315 $375   $35 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $375 $187   $18 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $187
TABLE 2—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $344 20.40% of wages $0 $344 20.40% of wages $0 $172 20.40% of wages
$344 $631 $70 $344 $751 $70 $172 $375 $35
$631   $70 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $631 $751   $70 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $751 $375   $35 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $375
TABLE 3—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $372 20.40% of wages $0 $372 20.40% of wages $0 $186 20.40% of wages
$372 $684 $76 $372 $814 $76 $186 $407 $38
$684   $76 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $684 $814   $76 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $814 $407   $38 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $407
TABLE 4—MONTHLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $745 20.40% of wages $0 $745 20.40% of wages $0 $372 20.40% of wages
$745 $1,368 $152 $745 $1,628 $152 $372 $814 $76
$1,368   $152 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $1,368 $1,628   $152 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $1,628 $814   $76 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $814
                 

Tables for Percentage Method of Advance EIC Payments (continued)

(For Wages Paid in 2009)

TABLE 5—QUARTERLY Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $2,237 20.40% of wages $0 $2,237 20.40% of wages $0 $1,118 20.40% of wages
$2,237 $4,105 $456 $2,237 $4,885 $456 $1,118 $2,442 $228
$4,105   $456 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $4,105 $4,885   $456 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $4,885 $2,442   $228 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $2,442
TABLE 6—SEMIANNUAL Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $4,475 20.40% of wages $0 $4,475 20.40% of wages $0 $2,237 20.40% of wages
$4,475 $8,210 $913 $4,475 $9,770 $913 $2,237 $4,885 $456
$8,210   $913 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $8,210 $9,770   $913 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $9,770 $4,885   $456 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $4,885
TABLE 7—ANNUAL Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is: If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $8,950 20.40% of wages $0 $8,950 20.40% of wages $0 $4,475 20.40% of wages
$8,950 $16,420 $1,826 $8,950 $19,540 $1,826 $4,475 $9,770 $913
$16,420   $1,826 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $16,420 $19,540   $1,826 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $19,540 $9,770   $913 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $9,770
TABLE 8—DAILY or MISCELLANEOUS Payroll Period
 
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the wages divided by
the number of days in
such period (before
deducting withholding allowances) are:
The amount of payment to be made is the following amount multiplied by the number of days in such period: If the wages divided by
the number of days in
such period (before
deducting withholding allowances) are:
The amount of payment to be made is the following amount multiplied by the number of days in such period: If the wages divided by
the number of days in
such period (before
deducting withholding allowances) are:
The amount of payment to be made is the following amount multiplied by the number of days in such period:
Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—   Over— But not over—  
$0 $34 20.40% of wages $0 $34 20.40% of wages $0 $17 20.40% of wages
$34 $63 $7 $34 $75 $7 $17 $37 $3
$63   $7 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $63 $75   $7 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $75 $37   $3 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $37
                 

Tables for Wage Bracket Method of Advance EIC Payments (For Wages Paid in 2009)

WEEKLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
$75 $80 $15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
$150 $155 31
155 160 32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 315 35
315 325 34
325 335 33
335 345 32
345 355 31
355 365 30
365 375 29
375 385 28
385 395 28
395 405 27
405 415 26
$415 $425 $25
425 435 24
435 445 23
445 455 22
455 465 21
465 475 20
475 485 19
485 495 18
495 505 17
505 515 16
515 525 15
525 535 14
535 545 13
545 555 12
555 565 11
$565 $575 $10
575 585 9
585 595 8
595 605 7
605 615 6
615 625 5
625 635 5
635 645 4
645 655 3
655 665 2
665 675 1
675 - - - 0

MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
$75 $80 $15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
$150 $155 $31
155 160 32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 375 35
375 385 34
385 395 33
395 405 32
405 415 31
415 425 30
425 435 29
435 445 28
445 455 28
455 465 27
465 475 26
$475 $485 $25
485 495 24
495 505 23
505 515 22
515 525 21
525 535 20
535 545 19
545 555 18
555 565 17
565 575 16
575 585 15
585 595 14
595 605 13
605 615 12
615 625 11
$625 $635 $10
635 645 9
645 655 8
655 665 7
665 675 6
675 685 5
685 695 5
695 705 4
705 715 3
715 725 2
725 735 1
735 - - - 0

MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
$40 $45 $8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
$80 $85 $16
85 185 17
185 195 17
195 205 16
205 215 15
215 225 14
225 235 13
235 245 12
$245 $255 $11
255 265 10
265 275 9
275 285 8
285 295 7
295 305 6
305 315 5
315 325 4
$325 $335 $3
335 345 2
345 355 2
355 365 1
365 - - - 0

BIWEEKLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
$145 $150 $30
150 155 31
155 160 32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 190 38
190 195 39
195 200 40
200 205 41
205 210 42
210 215 43
215 220 44
220 225 45
225 230 46
230 235 47
235 240 48
240 245 49
245 250 50
250 255 51
255 260 52
260 265 53
265 270 54
270 275 55
275 280 56
280 285 57
285 290 58
$290 $295 $59
295 300 60
300 305 61
305 310 62
310 315 63
315 320 64
320 325 65
325 330 66
330 335 67
335 340 68
340 630 69
630 640 69
640 650 68
650 660 68
660 670 67
670 680 66
680 690 65
690 700 64
700 710 63
710 720 62
720 730 61
730 740 60
740 750 59
750 760 58
760 770 57
770 780 56
780 790 55
790 800 54
800 810 53
$810 $820 $52
820 830 51
830 840 50
840 850 49
850 860 48
860 870 47
870 880 46
880 890 45
890 900 44
900 910 44
910 920 43
920 930 42
930 940 41
940 950 40
950 960 39
960 970 38
970 980 37
980 990 36
990 1,000 35
1,000 1,010 34
1,010 1,020 33
1,020 1,030 32
1,030 1,040 31
1,040 1,050 30
1,050 1,060 29
1,060 1,070 28
1.070 1,080 27
1,080 1,090 26
1,090 1,100 25
$1,100 $1,110 $24
1,110 1,120 23
1,120 1,130 22
1,130 1,140 21
1,140 1,150 21
1,150 1,160 20
1,160 1,170 19
1,170 1,180 18
1,180 1,190 17
1,190 1,200 16
1,200 1,210 15
1,210 1,220 14
1,220 1,230 13
1,230 1,240 12
1,240 1,250 11
1,250 1,260 10
1,260 1,270 9
1,270 1,280 8
1,280 1,290 7
1,290 1,300 6
1,300 1,310 5
1,310 1,320 4
1,320 1,330 3
1,330 1,340 2
1,340 1,350 1
1,350 1,360 0

MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
$145 $150 $30
150 155 31
155 160 32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 190 38
190 195 39
195 200 40
200 205 41
205 210 42
210 215 43
215 220 44
220 225 45
225 230 46
230 235 47
235 240 48
240 245 49
245 250 50
250 255 51
255 260 52
260 265 53
265 270 54
270 275 55
275 280 56
280 285 57
285 290 58
$290 $295 $59
295 300 60
300 305 61
305 310 62
310 315 63
315 320 64
320 325 65
325 330 66
330 335 67
335 340 68
340 750 69
750 760 69
760 770 68
770 780 68
780 790 67
790 800 66
800 810 65
810 820 64
820 830 63
830 840 62
840 850 61
850 860 60
860 870 59
870 880 58
880 890 57
890 900 56
900 910 55
910 920 54
920 930 53
$930 $940 $52
940 950 51
950 960 50
960 970 49
970 980 48
980 990 47
990 1,000 46
1,000 1,010 45
1,010 1,020 44
1,020 1,030 44
1,030 1,040 43
1,040 1,050 42
1,050 1,060 41
1,060 1,070 40
1,070 1,080 39
1,080 1,090 38
1,090 1,100 37
1,100 1,110 36
1,110 1,120 35
1,120 1,130 34
1,130 1,140 33
1,140 1,150 32
1,150 1,160 31
1,160 1,170 30
1,170 1,180 29
1,180 1,190 28
1,190 1,200 27
1,200 1,210 26
1,210 1,220 25
$1,220 $1,230 $24
1,230 1,240 23
1,240 1,250 22
1,250 1,260 21
1,260 1,270 21
1,270 1,280 20
1,280 1,290 19
1,290 1,300 18
1,300 1,310 17
1,310 1,320 16
1,320 1,330 15
1,330 1,340 14
1,340 1,350 13
1,350 1,360 12
1,360 1,370 11
1,370 1,380 10
1,380 1,390 9
1,390 1,400 8
1,400 1,410 7
1,410 1,420 6
1,420 1,430 5
1,430 1,440 4
1,440 1,450 3
1,450 1,460 2
1,460 1,470 1
1,470 1,480 0

BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (continued)
MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
$75 $80 $15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
$150 $155 $31
155 160 32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 375 35
375 385 34
385 395 33
395 405 32
405 415 31
415 425 30
425 435 29
435 445 28
445 455 28
455 465 27
465 475 26
$475 $485 $25
485 495 24
495 505 23
505 515 22
515 525 21
525 535 20
535 545 19
545 555 18
555 565 17
565 575 16
575 585 15
585 595 14
595 605 13
605 615 12
615 625 11
625 635 10
635 645 9
645 655 8
655 665 7
665 675 6
675 685 5
685 695 5
695 705 4
705 715 3
715 725 2
725 735 1
735 - - - 0

SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
150 155 31
$155 $160 $32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 190 38
190 195 39
195 200 40
200 205 41
205 210 42
210 215 43
215 220 44
220 225 45
225 230 46
230 235 47
235 240 48
240 245 49
245 250 50
250 255 51
255 260 52
260 265 53
265 270 54
270 275 55
275 280 56
280 285 57
285 290 58
290 295 59
295 300 60
300 305 61
305 310 62
$310 $315 $63
315 320 64
320 325 65
325 330 66
330 335 67
335 340 68
340 345 69
345 350 70
350 355 71
355 360 72
360 365 73
365 370 74
370 680 75
680 690 76
690 700 75
700 710 74
710 720 73
720 730 72
730 740 71
740 750 70
750 760 69
760 770 68
770 780 67
780 790 66
790 800 65
800 810 64
810 820 63
820 830 62
830 840 61
840 850 60
850 860 59
$860 $870 $58
870 880 57
880 890 56
890 900 55
900 910 54
910 920 53
920 930 53
930 940 52
940 950 51
950 960 50
960 970 49
970 980 48
980 990 47
990 1,000 46
1,000 1,010 45
1,010 1,020 44
1,020 1,030 43
1,030 1,040 42
1,040 1,050 41
1,050 1,060 40
1,060 1,070 39
1,070 1,080 38
1,080 1,090 37
1,090 1,100 36
1,100 1,110 35
1,110 1,120 34
1,120 1,130 33
1,130 1,140 32
1,140 1,150 31
1,150 1,160 30
1,160 1,170 30
$1,170 $1,180 $29
1,180 1,190 28
1,190 1,200 27
1,200 1,210 26
1,210 1,220 25
1,220 1,230 24
1,230 1,240 23
1,240 1,250 22
1,250 1,260 21
1,260 1,270 20
1,270 1,280 19
1,280 1,290 18
1,290 1,300 17
1,300 1,310 16
1,310 1,320 15
1,320 1,330 14
1,330 1,340 13
1,340 1,350 12
1,350 1,360 11
1,360 1,370 10
1,370 1,380 9
1,380 1,390 8
1,390 1,400 7
1,400 1,410 6
1,410 1,420 6
1,420 1,430 5
1,430 1,440 4
1,440 1,450 3
1,450 1,460 2
1,460 1,470 1
1,470 - - - 0

SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (continued)

MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
150 155 31
$155 $160 $32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 190 38
190 195 39
195 200 40
200 205 41
205 210 42
210 215 43
215 220 44
220 225 45
225 230 46
230 235 47
235 240 48
240 245 49
245 250 50
250 255 51
255 260 52
260 265 53
265 270 54
270 275 55
275 280 56
280 285 57
285 290 58
290 295 59
295 300 60
300 305 61
305 310 62
$310 $315 $63
315 320 64
320 325 65
325 330 66
330 335 67
335 340 68
340 345 69
345 350 70
350 355 71
355 360 72
360 365 73
365 370 74
370 810 75
810 820 76
820 830 75
830 840 74
840 850 73
850 860 72
860 870 71
870 880 70
880 890 69
890 900 68
900 910 67
910 920 66
920 930 65
930 940 64
940 950 63
950 960 62
960 970 61
970 980 60
980 990 59
$990 $1,000 $58
1,000 1,010 57
1,010 1,020 56
1,020 1,030 55
1,030 1,040 54
1,040 1,050 53
1,050 1,060 53
1,060 1,070 52
1,070 1,080 51
1,080 1,090 50
1,090 1,100 49
1,100 1,110 48
1,110 1,120 47
1,120 1,130 46
1,130 1,140 45
1,140 1,150 44
1,150 1,160 43
1,160 1,170 42
1,170 1,180 41
1,180 1,190 40
1,190 1,200 39
1,200 1,210 38
1,210 1,220 37
1,220 1,230 36
1,230 1,240 35
1,240 1,250 34
1,250 1,260 33
1,260 1,270 32
1,270 1,280 31
1,280 1,290 30
1,290 1,300 30
$1,300 $1,310 $29
1,310 1,320 28
1,320 1,330 27
1,330 1,340 26
1,340 1,350 25
1,350 1,360 24
1,360 1,370 23
1,370 1,380 22
1,380 1,390 21
1,390 1,400 20
1,400 1,410 19
1,410 1,420 18
1,420 1,430 17
1,430 1,440 16
1,440 1,450 15
1,450 1,460 14
1,460 1,470 13
1,470 1,480 12
1,480 1,490 11
1,490 1,500 10
1,500 1,510 9
1,510 1,520 8
1,520 1,530 7
1,530 1,540 6
1,540 1,550 6
1,550 1,560 5
1,560 1,570 4
1,570 1,580 3
1,580 1,590 2
1,590 1,600 1
1,600 - - - 0

MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
$80 $85 $16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
150 155 31
155 160 32
$160 $165 $33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 405 38
405 415 37
415 425 36
425 435 35
435 445 34
445 455 33
455 465 32
465 475 32
475 485 31
485 495 30
495 505 29
$505 $515 $28
515 525 27
525 535 26
535 545 25
545 555 24
555 565 23
565 575 22
575 585 21
585 595 20
595 605 19
605 615 18
615 625 17
625 635 16
635 645 15
645 655 14
655 665 13
$665 $675 $12
675 685 11
685 695 10
695 705 9
705 715 9
715 725 8
725 735 7
735 745 6
745 755 5
755 765 4
765 775 3
775 785 2
785 795 1
795 - - - 0

MONTHLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
150 155 31
155 160 32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 190 38
190 195 39
195 200 40
200 205 41
205 210 42
210 215 43
215 220 44
220 225 45
225 230 46
230 235 47
235 240 48
240 245 49
245 250 50
250 255 51
255 260 52
260 265 53
265 270 54
270 275 55
275 280 56
280 285 57
285 290 58
290 295 59
295 300 60
300 305 61
305 310 62
$310 $315 $63
315 320 64
320 325 65
325 330 66
330 335 67
335 340 68
340 345 69
345 350 70
350 355 71
355 360 72
360 365 73
365 370 74
370 375 75
375 380 77
380 385 78
385 390 79
390 395 80
395 400 81
400 405 82
405 410 83
410 415 84
415 420 85
420 425 86
425 430 87
430 435 88
435 440 89
440 445 90
445 450 91
450 455 92
455 460 93
460 465 94
465 470 95
470 475 96
475 480 97
480 485 98
485 490 99
490 495 100
495 500 101
500 505 102
505 510 103
510 515 104
515 520 105
520 525 106
525 530 107
530 535 108
535 540 109
540 545 110
545 550 111
550 555 112
555 560 113
560 565 114
565 570 115
570 575 116
575 580 117
580 585 118
585 590 119
590 595 120
595 600 121
600 605 122
605 610 123
610 615 124
615 620 125
$620 $625 $126
625 630 128
630 635 129
635 640 130
640 645 131
645 650 132
650 655 133
655 660 134
660 665 135
665 670 136
670 675 137
675 680 138
680 685 139
685 690 140
690 695 141
695 700 142
700 705 143
705 710 144
710 715 145
715 720 146
720 725 147
725 730 148
730 735 149
735 740 150
740 745 151
745 1,365 152
1,365 1,375 152
1,375 1,385 151
1,385 1,395 150
1,395 1,405 149
1,405 1,415 148
1,415 1,425 147
1,425 1,435 146
1,435 1,445 145
1,445 1,455 144
1,455 1,465 143
1,465 1,475 142
1,475 1,485 141
1,485 1,495 140
1,495 1,505 139
1,505 1,515 138
1,515 1,525 137
1,525 1,535 136
1,535 1,545 135
1,545 1,555 134
1,555 1,565 133
1,565 1,575 132
1,575 1,585 131
1,585 1,595 130
1,595 1,605 129
1,605 1,615 129
1,615 1,625 128
1,625 1,635 127
1,635 1,645 126
1,645 1,655 125
1,655 1,665 124
1,665 1,675 123
1,675 1,685 122
1,685 1,695 121
1,695 1,705 120
1,705 1,715 119
1,715 1,725 118
$1,725 $1,735 $117
1,735 1,745 116
1,745 1,755 115
1,755 1,765 114
1,765 1,775 113
1,775 1,785 112
1,785 1,795 111
1,795 1,805 110
1,805 1,815 109
1,815 1,825 108
1,825 1,835 107
1,835 1,845 106
1,845 1,855 106
1,855 1,865 105
1,865 1,875 104
1,875 1,885 103
1,885 1,895 102
1,895 1,905 101
1,905 1,915 100
1,915 1,925 99
1,925 1,935 98
1,935 1,945 97
1,945 1,955 96
1,955 1,965 95
1,965 1,975 94
1,975 1,985 93
1,985 1,995 92
1,995 2,005 91
2,005 2,015 90
2,015 2,025 89
2,025 2,035 88
2,035 2,045 87
2,045 2,055 86
2,055 2,065 85
2,065 2,075 84
2,075 2,085 83
2,085 2,095 82
2,095 2,105 82
2,105 2,115 81
2,115 2,125 80
2,125 2,135 79
2,135 2,145 78
2,145 2,155 77
2,155 2,165 76
2,165 2,175 75
2,175 2,185 74
2,185 2,195 73
2,195 2,205 72
2,205 2,215 71
2,215 2,225 70
2,225 2,235 69
2,235 2,245 68
2,245 2,255 67
2,255 2,265 66
2,265 2,275 65
2,275 2,285 64
2,285 2,295 63
2,295 2,305 62
2,305 2,315 61
2,315 2,325 60
2,325 2,335 59
2,335 2,345 59
$2,345 $2,355 $58
2,355 2,365 57
2,365 2,375 56
2,375 2,385 55
2,385 2,395 54
2,395 2,405 53
2,405 2,415 52
2,415 2,425 51
2,425 2,435 50
2,435 2,445 49
2,445 2,455 48
2,455 2,465 47
2,465 2,475 46
2,475 2,485 45
2,485 2,495 44
2,495 2,505 43
2,505 2,515 42
2,515 2,525 41
2,525 2,535 40
2,535 2,545 39
2,545 2,555 38
2,555 2,565 37
2,565 2,575 36
2,575 2,585 36
2,585 2,595 35
2,595 2,605 34
2,605 2,615 33
2,615 2,625 32
2,625 2,635 31
2,635 2,645 30
2,645 2,655 29
2,655 2,665 28
2,665 2,675 27
2,675 2,685 26
2,685 2,695 25
2,695 2,705 24
2,705 2,715 23
2,715 2,725 22
2,725 2,735 21
2,735 2,745 20
2,745 2,755 19
2,755 2,765 18
2,765 2,775 17
2,775 2,785 16
2,785 2,795 15
2,795 2,805 14
2,805 2,815 13
2,815 2,825 13
2,825 2,835 12
2,835 2,845 11
2,845 2,855 10
2,855 2,865 9
2,865 2,875 8
2,875 2,885 7
2,885 2,895 6
2,895 2,905 5
2,905 2,915 4
2,915 2,925 3
2,925 2,935 2
2,935 2,945 1
2,945 2,955 0

MONTHLY Payroll Period (continued)
MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
150 155 31
155 160 32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 190 38
190 195 39
195 200 40
200 205 41
205 210 42
210 215 43
215 220 44
220 225 45
225 230 46
230 235 47
235 240 48
240 245 49
245 250 50
250 255 51
255 260 52
260 265 53
265 270 54
270 275 55
275 280 56
280 285 57
285 290 58
290 295 59
295 300 60
300 305 61
305 310 62
$310 $315 $63
315 320 64
320 325 65
325 330 66
330 335 67
335 340 68
340 345 69
345 350 70
350 355 71
355 360 72
360 365 73
365 370 74
370 375 75
375 380 77
380 385 78
385 390 79
390 395 80
395 400 81
400 405 82
405 410 83
410 415 84
415 420 85
420 425 86
425 430 87
430 435 88
435 440 89
440 445 90
445 450 91
450 455 92
455 460 93
460 465 94
465 470 95
470 475 96
475 480 97
480 485 98
485 490 99
490 495 100
495 500 101
500 505 102
505 510 103
510 515 104
515 520 105
520 525 106
525 530 107
530 535 108
535 540 109
540 545 110
545 550 111
550 555 112
555 560 113
560 565 114
565 570 115
570 575 116
575 580 117
580 585 118
585 590 119
590 595 120
595 600 121
600 605 122
605 610 123
610 615 124
615 620 125
$620 $625 $126
625 630 128
630 635 129
635 640 130
640 645 131
645 650 132
650 655 133
655 660 134
660 665 135
665 670 136
670 675 137
675 680 138
680 685 139
685 690 140
690 695 141
695 700 142
700 705 143
705 710 144
710 715 145
715 720 146
720 725 147
725 730 148
730 735 149
735 740 150
740 745 151
745 1,625 152
1,625 1,635 152
1,635 1,645 151
1,645 1,655 150
1,655 1,665 149
1,665 1,675 148
1,675 1,685 147
1,685 1,695 146
1,695 1,705 145
1,705 1,715 144
1,715 1,725 143
1,725 1,735 142
1,735 1,745 141
1,745 1,755 140
1,755 1,765 139
1,765 1,775 138
1,775 1,785 137
1,785 1,795 136
1,795 1,805 135
1,805 1,815 134
1,815 1,825 133
1,825 1,835 132
1,835 1,845 131
1,845 1,855 130
1,855 1,865 129
1,865 1,875 129
1,875 1,885 128
1,885 1,895 127
1,895 1,905 126
1,905 1,915 125
1,915 1,925 124
1,925 1,935 123
1,935 1,945 122
1,945 1,955 121
1,955 1,965 120
1,965 1,975 119
1,975 1,985 118
$1,985 $1,995 $117
1,995 2,005 116
2,005 2,015 115
2,015 2,025 114
2,025 2,035 113
2,035 2,045 112
2,045 2,055 111
2,055 2,065 110
2,065 2,075 109
2,075 2,085 108
2,085 2,095 107
2,095 2,105 106
2,105 2,115 106
2,115 2,125 105
2,125 2,135 104
2,135 2,145 103
2,145 2,155 102
2,155 2,165 101
2,165 2,175 100
2,175 2,185 99
2,185 2,195 98
2,195 2,205 97
2,205 2,215 96
2,215 2,225 95
2,225 2,235 94
2,235 2,245 93
2,245 2,255 92
2,255 2,265 91
2,265 2,275 90
2,275 2,285 89
2,285 2,395 88
2,395 2,305 87
2,305 2,315 86
2,315 2,325 85
2,325 2,335 84
2,335 2,345 83
2,345 2,355 82
2,355 2,365 82
2,365 2,375 81
2,375 2,385 80
2,385 2,395 79
2,395 2,405 78
2,405 2,415 77
2,415 2,425 76
2,425 2,435 75
2,435 2,445 74
2,445 2,455 73
2,455 2,465 72
2,465 2,475 71
2,475 2,485 70
2,485 2,495 69
2,495 2,505 68
2,505 2,515 67
2,515 2,525 66
2,525 2,535 65
2,535 2,545 64
2,545 2,555 63
2,555 2,565 62
2,565 2,575 61
2,575 2,585 60
2,585 2,595 59
2,595 2,605 59
$2,605 $2,615 $58
2,615 2,625 57
2,625 2,635 56
2,635 2,645 55
2,645 2,655 54
2,655 2,665 53
2,665 2,675 52
2,675 2,685 51
2,685 2,695 50
2,695 2,705 49
2,705 2,715 48
2,715 2,725 47
2,725 2,735 46
2,735 2,745 45
2,745 2,755 44
2,755 2,765 43
2,765 2,775 42
2,775 2,785 41
2,785 2,795 40
2,795 2,805 39
2,805 2,815 38
2,815 2,825 37
2,825 2,835 36
2,835 2,845 36
2,845 2,855 35
2,855 2,865 34
2,865 2,875 33
2,875 2,885 32
2,885 2,895 31
2,895 2,905 30
2,905 2,915 29
2,915 2,925 28
2,925 2,935 27
2,935 2,945 26
2,945 2,955 25
2,955 2,965 24
2,965 2,975 23
2,975 2,985 22
2,985 2,995 21
2,995 3,005 20
3,005 3,015 19
3,015 3,025 18
3,025 3,035 17
3,035 3,045 16
3,045 3,055 15
3,055 3,065 14
3,065 3,075 13
3,075 3,085 13
3,085 3,095 12
3,095 3,105 11
3,105 3,115 10
3,115 3,125 9
3,125 3,135 8
3,135 3,145 7
3,145 3,155 6
3,155 3,165 5
3,165 3,175 4
3,175 3,185 3
3,185 3,195 2
3,195 3,205 1
3,205 3,215 0

MONTHLY Payroll Period (continued)
MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 35 6
35 40 7
40 45 8
45 50 9
50 55 10
55 60 11
60 65 12
65 70 13
70 75 14
75 80 15
80 85 16
85 90 17
90 95 18
95 100 19
100 105 20
105 110 21
110 115 22
115 120 23
120 125 24
125 130 26
130 135 27
135 140 28
140 145 29
145 150 30
150 155 31
$155 $160 $32
160 165 33
165 170 34
170 175 35
175 180 36
180 185 37
185 190 38
190 195 39
195 200 40
200 205 41
205 210 42
210 215 43
215 220 44
220 225 45
225 230 46
230 235 47
235 240 48
240 245 49
245 250 50
250 255 51
255 260 52
260 265 53
265 270 54
270 275 55
275 280 56
280 285 57
285 290 58
290 295 59
295 300 60
300 305 61
305 310 62
$310 $315 $63
315 320 64
320 325 65
325 330 66
330 335 67
335 340 68
340 345 69
345 350 70
350 355 71
355 360 72
360 365 73
365 370 74
370 810 75
810 820 76
820 830 75
830 840 74
840 850 73
850 860 72
860 870 71
870 880 70
880 890 69
890 900 68
900 910 67
910 920 66
920 930 65
930 940 64
940 950 63
950 960 62
960 970 61
970 980 60
980 990 59
$990 $1,000 $58
1,000 1,010 57
1,010 1,020 56
1,020 1,030 55
1,030 1,040 54
1,040 1,050 53
1,050 1,060 53
1,060 1,070 52
1,070 1,080 51
1,080 1,090 50
1,090 1,100 49
1,100 1,110 48
1,110 1,120 47
1,120 1,130 46
1,130 1,140 45
1,140 1,150 44
1,150 1,160 43
1,160 1,170 42
1,170 1,180 41
1,180 1,190 40
1,190 1,200 39
1,200 1,210 38
1,210 1,220 37
1,220 1,230 36
1,230 1,240 35
1,240 1,250 34
1,250 1,260 33
1,260 1,270 32
1,270 1,280 31
1,280 1,290 30
1,290 1,300 30
$1,300 $1,310 $29
1,310 1,320 28
1,320 1,330 27
1,330 1,340 26
1,340 1,350 25
1,350 1,360 24
1,360 1,370 23
1,370 1,380 22
1,380 1,390 21
1,390 1,400 20
1,400 1,410 19
1,410 1,420 18
1,420 1,430 17
1,430 1,440 16
1,440 1,450 15
1,450 1,460 14
1,460 1,470 13
1,470 1,480 12
1,480 1,490 11
1,490 1.500 10
1,500 1,510 9
1,510 1,520 8
1,520 1,530 7
1,530 1,540 6
1,540 1,550 6
1,550 1,560 5
1,560 1,570 4
1,570 1,580 3
1,580 1,590 2
1,590 1,600 1
1,600 – – – 0

DAILY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate

Wages—   Payment
to be
made
At least But less than
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 60 6
60 70 6
$70 $80 $5
80 90 4
90 100 3
100 110 3
110 120 2
120 130 1
130 - - - 0
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 20 3
20 25 4
25 30 5
30 75 6
$75 $85 $6
85 95 5
95 105 4
105 115 3
115 125 2
125 135 1
135 145 0
$0 $5 $0
5 10 1
10 15 2
15 35 3
35 45 3
$45 $55 $2
55 65 1
65 - - - 0

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