BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Whenever you start a new job there’s always a stack of paperwork to fill out. Buried in there is something called a W-4 form or an Employee’s Withholding Certificate.

The W-4 Form is an IRS form that you fill out to tell your employer how much money to withhold for federal taxes from your paycheck. Filling out your W-4 correctly can help you avoid owing a large ...

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

Do yourself a favor: Look at your last paycheck and see how much federal income tax has been withheld from your wages so far this year. If you've had too much or too little withheld, there's still ...

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

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

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