Tips for using the IRS Tax Withholding Estimator:
August 6th 2019
Summary:
The IRS encourages everyone to use the Tax Withholding Estimator. It helps workers tailor the amount of income tax their employer should withhold from their paychecks and avoid unexpected results at tax time.
The IRS encourages everyone to use the Tax Withholding Estimator. It helps workers tailor the amount of income tax their employer should withhold from their paychecks and avoid unexpected results at tax time. The Estimator helps you target a tax due amount close to zero or a refund amount.
Tips for using the Withholding Estimator:
- Gather your most recent pay stubs and tax return.
- Use the links within the Estimator to see if you qualify for credits and deductions.
- Include other sources of income, like self-employment income and Social Security benefits.
- Revisit this tool if your circumstances change.
The mission of the IRS is to provide America's taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the law with integrity and fairness to all.
This mission statement describes our role and the public’s expectation about how we should perform that role.
- In the United States, the Congress passes tax laws and requires taxpayers to comply.
- The taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations.
- The IRS role is to help the large majority of compliant taxpayers with the tax law, while ensuring that the minority who are unwilling to comply pay their fair share.
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