What to do with your Tax Withholding Estimator results:
August 7th 2019
Summary:
The easiest way to make sure your employer is withholding the correct amount of tax from your paychecks is to do a Paycheck Checkup using the Withholding Estimator. Once you’ve completed a Paycheck Checkup, review the results and, if necessary, change the amount of tax your employer takes out of your paycheck.
The easiest way to make sure your employer is withholding the correct amount of tax from your paychecks is to do a Paycheck Checkup using the Withholding Estimator. Once you’ve completed a Paycheck Checkup, review the results and, if necessary, change the amount of tax your employer takes out of your paycheck.
Ways to avoid an unexpected result at tax time:
- On Form W-4, change your withholding or have an extra flat-dollar amount withheld from each paycheck. Submit the form to your employer.
- Make estimated tax payments to the IRS throughout the year.
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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