Did you hire someone who is giving you pushback on submitting a W-4 form, or maybe they even presented you with a little-known tax form stating that they do not pay taxes? If so, you may have hired a tax protestor. No need to panic; you may be able to talk some sense into them. Tax protestors could simply be misinformed individuals, and with social media exposure, that is easy to come by. I have seen TikTok videos, X posts, YouTube and the like, falsely leading people down this path. They claim that taxation is voluntary, does not apply to…
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If you are like me, you have been at the edge of your seat waiting for the IRS to release the 2018 Form W-4, Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate since January 1st. Well, on February 28th the wait ended, and here is the new form in all four pages of glory. Yes, four pages. Double the prior year’s 1 page front and back form. At the end of the day, the certificate itself is still just a 1/3 of the first page where the employee will basically indicate whether they are withholding at Single, Married, or Married, but withhold at the higher…
With the recent passing of the new tax law, we will find a significant delay in the IRS’ publishing of the 2018 W-4 Withholding Allowance Form. In the meantime, anyone hired in 2018 should complete the 2017 form, and they will not need to complete the 2018 form when it is released. Unless that is, if they want to later change their withholding. A Form W-4 remains in effect until the employee gives you a new one. When you receive a new form, begin withholding no later than the start of the first payroll period ending on or after the 30th…