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- From: rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller)
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- Subject: Re: Info on renting/buying
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 23:13:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.232445.21746@informix.com>, neilw@informix.com (Neil Williams) writes:
- >
- > Next, I did the worksheet for 2-income couples. Not so good -
- > I came up with 0 exemptions!!! After a mild stroke and severe
- > panic, my co-workers told me not to worry and that my wife
- > and I should claim 4 or 5 exemptions. Whew, what a relief!
-
- Be very careful here. Unless your coworkers have detailed information about
- all financial affairs, I would tend to trust the worksheet more than them.
- Remeber what the worksheet is trying to do, determine how much should be
- withheld to prevent underwithholding. If you fail to have enough money with-
- held you will pay substantial penalties and interest come April 15. What you
- want to do is tome make sure your and your wife's combined withholding will
- cover 90% of the tax bill due in April.
-
- The way I do it is to get the 1040-EST worksheets and determine what my
- anticipated taxes will be for the next tax year and then determine how
- much needs to be withheld (I try for about 92-93% of my tax liability to
- be paid by withholding and my estimated tax payments). Since I only have
- one income, I then determine how much needs to be withheld from each paycheck
- and set up the withholding by a combination of exemptions and extra money so
- that amount is withheld. In you case, determine how you are going to divide
- you anticipated tax liability between your salary and your wife's and do the
- same exercise for each of you.
-
- An example: you anticipate you will owe $10,000 for this year so you
- want to make sure your withholding covers $9,200. Assume
- you want to have each of your salaraies cover 50% of your
- tax liability so determine the number of exemptions and
- extra $ so that you will have $4,600 withheld by the end
- of the year. Tell your payroll department that this is
- what you want withheld.
-
- Now, if you did what your coworkers said without checking, do this exercise
- fast and determine if you are underwithheld for this tax year. If so, adjust
- your withholding for the last month of the year to make sure you are not.
- Remeber, unlike estimated payments, anything taken out for withhold is treated
- as if it was withheld equally over the entire year so you can make up for
- underwithholding during the last pay periods of the year.
-
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