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(Circular A), Agricultural Employer's Tax Guide, Publication 51 (2010)

What's New

Reminders

Calendar

Introduction

Telephone help.
Help for people with disabilities.
COBRA premium assistance credit.

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1. Taxpayer Identification Numbers

Employer identification number (EIN).
When you receive your EIN.
Social security number (SSN).
Applying for a social security card.
Applying for a social security number.
Correctly record the employee's name.
IRS individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) for aliens.
Verification of social security numbers.
Registering for SSNVS and TNEV.

2. Who Are Employees?

Employee status under common law.

Crew Leaders

Husband-Wife Business

Exception—Qualified joint venture.
Exception—Community income.

3. Taxable Wages

Commodity wages.
Family members.
Household employees.
Share farmers and alien workers.

4. Social Security and Medicare Taxes

The $150 Test or the $2,500 Test

Exceptions.

Social Security and Medicare Tax Withholding

Employee share paid by employer.
Withholding social security and Medicare taxes on nonresident alien employees.
Religious exemption.

5. Federal Income Tax Withholding

Form W-4.
Forms in Spanish.
Effective date of Form W-4.
Completing Form W-4.
Exemption from federal income tax withholding.
Withholding income taxes on the wages of nonresident alien employees.
Withholding adjustment for nonresident alien employees.
Nonresident alien employee's Form W-4.
Form 8233.
IRS review of requested Forms W-4.
Initial lock-in letter.
Implementation of lock-in letter.
Seasonal employees and employees not currently performing services.
Termination and re-hire of employees.
Modification notice.
Employee provides you a new Form W-4 after IRS notice.
Substitute Forms W-4.
Invalid Forms W-4.
Amounts exempt from levy on wages, salary, and other income.

How To Figure Federal Income Tax Withholding

Supplemental wages.

6. Advance Earned Income Credit (EIC) Payment

Form W-5.
How to figure the advance EIC payment.
Paying the advance EIC to employees.
Employer's returns.

Required Notice to Employees

7. Depositing Taxes

Payment with return.

When To Deposit

Lookback period.
Example —
Adjustments to lookback period taxes.
Example —
Deposit period.

Monthly Deposit Schedule

Monthly schedule example.
New employers.

Semiweekly Deposit Schedule

Semiweekly Deposit Schedule
Semiweekly schedule example.
Semiweekly deposit period spanning two quarters.

Deposits on Banking Days Only

Semiweekly schedule depositors

$100,000 Next-Day Deposit Rule

Example of the $100,000 next-day deposit rule.

Accuracy of Deposits Rule

Makeup Date for Deposit Shortfall:

How To Deposit

Electronic deposit requirement (EFTPS).
Depositing on time.
Deposit record.
Same day payment option.
Making deposits with FTD coupons.
How to deposit with a FTD coupon.
Depositing on time.
Depositing without an EIN.
Depositing without Form 8109.
Deposit record.

Deposit Penalties

Order in which deposits are applied.
Example —
Trust fund recovery penalty.
“Averaged” failure-to-deposit penalty.

Employers of Both Farm and Nonfarm Workers

8. Form 943

Household employees.
Penalties.

9. Reporting Adjustments on Form 943

Current Year Adjustments

Prior Year Adjustments

Form 843.
Federal income tax withholding adjustments.
Social security and Medicare tax adjustments.
Collecting underwithheld taxes from employees.
Refunding amounts incorrectly withheld from employees.
Filing corrections to Forms W-2 and W-3.

10. Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax

FUTA tax rate.
Successor employer.
Deposit rules for FUTA tax.
Filing Form 940.

11. Records You Should Keep

12. Reconciling Wage Reporting Forms

13. Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods

Wage Bracket Method

Adjusting wage bracket withholding for employees claiming over 10 withholding allowances.

Percentage Method

Percentage Method—2010 Amount for One Withholding Allowance
Example.
Annual income tax withholding.
Example.

Alternative Methods of Federal Income Tax Withholding

Rounding.

14. Advance Earned Income Credit (EIC) Payment Methods

Wage Bracket Method

Percentage Method

Rounding.

15. How Do Employment Taxes Apply to Farmwork?

Tables for Percentage Method of Withholding
Tables for Percentage Method of Withholding (continued)
SINGLE Persons—WEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
MARRIED Persons—WEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
SINGLE Persons—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
MARRIED Persons—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
SINGLE Persons—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
MARRIED Persons—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
SINGLE Persons—MONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
MARRIED Persons—MONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
SINGLE Persons—DAILY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
MARRIED Persons—DAILY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
Tables for Percentage Method of Advance EIC Payments (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
Tables for Percentage Method of Advance EIC Payments (continued)
Tables for Wage Bracket Method of Advance EIC Payments (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)

Publication 51 - Additional Material

(Circular A), Agricultural Employer's Tax Guide, Publication 51 (2010)

What's New

Verifying social security numbers. The Social Security Administration (SSA) no longer manually verifies social security numbers (SSNs) over the telephone. SSA now offers an automated telephone service, Telephone Number Employer Verification (TNEV), that lets employers and authorized reporting agents verify up to 10 employee names and SSNs. For more information, see Verification of social security numbers in section 1.

New procedure for withholding income taxes on wages of nonresident alien employees for 2010. The procedures for withholding income taxes on wages of nonresident alien employees have been updated to reflect the Making Work Pay credit that was enacted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). See Withholding adjustment for nonresident aliens in section 9 of Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer's Tax Guide.

Social security and Medicare tax for 2010. Do not withhold social security tax after an employee reaches $106,800 in social security wages. There is no limit on the amount of wages subject to Medicare tax. Social security and Medicare taxes apply to the wages of household workers you pay $1,700 or more in cash.

Additional withholding on pensions for 2010. An optional procedure was developed for those making pension payments subject to withholding. The procedure is an approximate offset for the withholding reduction made to the withholding tables to reflect the Making Work Pay credit. Eligibility for the credit requires earned income, which does not include pension payments. For more information, see Publication 15 (Circular E).

Reminders

COBRA premium assistance credit. A credit is allowed against employment taxes for providing COBRA premium assistance for certain involuntarily terminated employees once the employees' reduced share of the premiums has been paid. Although an individual cannot become eligible for COBRA premium assistance after December 31, 2009, the assistance can last up to 9 months so that some assistance eligible individuals may continue to receive the premium assistance during 2010. See COBRA premium assistance credit in the Introduction.

Additional employment tax information. Visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov/businesses and select the “Employment Taxes” link for a list of employment tax topics. For employment tax information by telephone, call 1-800-829-4933; or call IRS TeleTax at 1-800-829-4477 for recorded information by topic.

Disregarded entities and qualified subchapter S subsidiaries (QSubs). The IRS has published final Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2)(iv) under which QSubs and eligible single-owner disregarded entities are treated as separate entities for employment tax purposes. For more information, see Publication 15 (Circular E).

Differential wage payments. Qualified differential wage payments made to former employees serving in the Armed Forces after 2008 are subject to income tax withholding but not social security, Medicare, or Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) taxes. For more information, see Publication 15 (Circular E).

Change of address. If you changed your business mailing address or business location, notify the IRS by filing Form 8822, Change of Address. For information on how to change your address for deposit coupons, see Making deposits with FTD coupons in section 7.

Electronic payment. Now, more than ever before, businesses can enjoy the benefits of paying their taxes electronically. Whether you rely on a tax professional or handle your own taxes, the IRS offers you convenient programs to make it easier.Spend less time and worry on taxes and more time running your business. Use Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) to your benefit.For EFTPS, visit www.eftps.gov or call EFTPS Customer Service at 1-800-555-4477 (business) or 1-800-316-6541 (individual).Use the electronic options available from IRS and make filing and paying taxes easier. For more information, see Publication 966, The Secure Way to Pay Your Federal Taxes.

Credit and debit card payments. You can use your American Express® Card, Discover® Card, MasterCard® card, Visa® card, or debit card to pay the balance due shown on Form 943. To pay by credit or debit card, call the toll-free number or visit the website of any service provider listed below. You will be charged a convenience fee for this service. You can find out the amount of the fee by calling below or visiting the website.Federal tax deposits cannot be paid by credit or debit cards. For more information, see Publication 3611, Electronic Payments.

When you hire a new employee. Ask each new employee to complete the 2010 Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, or its Spanish version, Formulario W-4(SP), Certificado de Exención de Retenciones del Empleado. Also, ask the employee to show you his or her social security card so that you can record the employee's name and social security number accurately. If the employee has lost the card or recently changed names, have the employee apply for a duplicate or corrected card. If the employee does not have a card, have the employee apply for one on Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card. See section 1 for more information.

Eligibility for employment. You must verify that each new employee is legally eligible to work in the United States. This includes completing the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. You can get the form from USCIS offices or by calling 1-800-870-3676. Contact the USCIS at 1-800-375-5283, or visit the USCIS website at
www.uscis.gov for more information.

New hire reporting. You are required to report any new employee to a designated state new-hire registry. Many states accept a copy of Form W-4 with employer information added. Call the Office of Child Support Enforcement at 202-401-9267 (not toll free), or visit its website at
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cse/newhire for more information.

Forms in Spanish. You can provide Formulario W-4(SP) in place of Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, to your Spanish-speaking employees. For more information, see Publicación 17(SP), El Impuesto Federal sobre los Ingresos (Para Personas Físicas). You may also provide Formulario W-5(SP), Certificado del Pago por Adelantado del Crédito por Ingreso del Trabajo, in place of Form W-5, Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Certificate.For nonemployees, Formulario W-9(SP), Solicitud y Certificación del Número de Identificación del Contribuyente, may be used in place of Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification.References in this publication to Form W-4, Form W-5, or Form W-9 also apply to their equivalent Spanish translations—Formulario W-4(SP), Formulario W-5(SP), or
Formulario W-9(SP).

Information returns. You may be required to file information returns to report certain types of payments made during the year. For example, you must file Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, to report payments of $600 or more to persons not treated as employees (for example, independent contractors) for services performed for your trade or business. For details about filing Forms 1099 and for information about required electronic filing, see the 2010 General Instructions for Certain Information Returns (Forms 1098, 1099, 3921, 3922, 5498, and W-2G) for general information and the separate, specific instructions for each information return that you file (for example, 2010 Instructions for Form 1099-MISC). Do not use Forms 1099 to report wages or other compensation that you paid to employees; report these amounts on Form W-2.See the separate Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3 for details about filing Forms W-2 and for information about required electronic filing. If you file 250 or more Forms W-2, you must file them electronically. SSA will not accept Forms W-2 and W-3 filed on any magnetic media.

Information reporting call site. The IRS operates a centralized call site to answer questions about reporting on Forms W-2, W-3, 1099, and other information returns. If you have questions related to reporting on information returns, you may call 1-866-455-7438 (toll free) or 304-263-8700 (not toll free). Hearing-impaired individuals may use the TTY/TDD service at 304-267-3367 (not toll free). The call site can also be reached by email at
mccirp@irs.gov.

Private delivery services. You can use certain private delivery services designated by the IRS to send tax returns and payments. The list includes only the following.

Your private delivery service can tell you how to get written proof of the mailing date. Private delivery services cannot deliver items to P.O. boxes. You must use the U.S. Postal Service to mail any item to an IRS P.O. box address.

Web-based application for an employer identification number (EIN). You can apply for an employer identification number (EIN) online by visiting the IRS website at www.irs.gov/smallbiz and selecting “Employer ID Numbers (EINs).”

When a crew leader furnishes workers to you. Record the crew leader's name, address, and EIN. See sections 2, 10, and 11.

Contacting your Taxpayer Advocate. The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS whose employees assist taxpayers who are experiencing economic harm, who are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, or who believe that an IRS system or procedure is not working as it should.You can contact TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 1-877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059 to see if you are eligible for assistance. You can also call or write to your local taxpayer advocate, whose phone number and address are listed in your local telephone directory and in Publication 1546, Taxpayer Advocate Service – Your Voice at the IRS. You can file Form 911, Request for Taxpayer Advocate Service Assistance (And Application for Taxpayer Assistance Order), or ask an IRS employee to complete it on your behalf. For more information, go to www.irs.gov/advocate.

Calendar

The following are important dates and responsibilities. See section 7 for information about depositing taxes reported on Forms 941, 943, 944, and 945. Also see Publication 509, Tax Calendars.

If any date shown below falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date is the next business day. A statewide legal holiday delays a filing due date only if the IRS office where you are required to file is located in that state. For any due date, you will meet the “file” or “furnish” requirement if the form is properly addressed and mailed First-Class or sent by an IRS-designated delivery service by the due date. See Private delivery services, earlier.

By January 31.

By February 15. Ask for a new Form W-4 or Formulario W-4(SP) from each employee who claimed exemption from federal income tax withholding last year.

On February 16. Begin withholding federal income tax for any employee who previously claimed exemption from federal income tax withholding but has not given you a new Form W-4 for the current year. If the employee does not give you a new Form W-4, withhold as if he or she is single, with zero withholding allowances. The Form W-4 previously given to you claiming exemption is now expired. See section 5 for more information. However, if you have an earlier Form W-4 for this employee that is valid, withhold based on the earlier Form W-4.

By February 28.

By March 31. File electronic Forms W-2 and 1099. File electronic Forms W-2 with the SSA and Forms 1099 with the IRS. For more information on reporting Form W-2 information to the SSA electronically, visit the SSA's Employer W-2 Filing Instructions & Information webpage at
www.socialsecurity.gov/employer.

By April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31. Deposit FUTA taxes. Deposit FUTA tax if the undeposited amount is over $500.

Before December 1. Remind employees to submit a new Form W-4 if their withholding allowances have changed or will change for the next year.

On December 31. Form W-5, Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Certificate, expires. Eligible employees who want to receive advance payments of the earned income credit for the next year must give you a new Form W-5.

Introduction

This publication is for employers of agricultural workers (farmworkers). It contains information that you may need to comply with the laws for agricultural labor (farmwork) relating to social security and Medicare taxes, FUTA tax, and withheld federal income tax (employment taxes). Agricultural employers report social security and Medicare taxes and withheld federal income tax on Form 943 and report FUTA tax on Form 940.

If you have nonfarm employees, see Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer's Tax Guide. If you have employees in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, see Publication 80 (Circular SS). Publication 15-A, Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide, contains more employment-related information, including information about sick pay and pension income. Publication 15-B, Employer's Tax Guide to Fringe Benefits, contains information about the employment tax treatment and valuation of various types of noncash compensation.

Telephone help.

You can call the IRS toll free with your employment tax questions at 1-800-829-4933.

Help for people with disabilities.

Telephone help is available using TTY/TDD equipment. You can call 1-800-829-4059 (toll free) with any question or to order forms and publications. See your tax package for the hours of operation.

COBRA premium assistance credit.
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) provides certain former employees, retirees, spouses, former spouses, and dependent children the right to temporary continuation of health coverage at group rates. COBRA generally covers multiemployer health plans and health plans maintained by private-sector employers (other than churches) with 20 or more full and part-time employees. Parallel requirements apply to these plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Under the Public Health Service Act, COBRA requirements apply also to health plans covering state or local government employees. Similar requirements apply under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and under some state laws. For the premium assistance (or subsidy) discussed below, these requirements are all referred to as COBRA requirements. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) allows a credit against “payroll taxes” (referred to in this publication as “employment taxes”) for providing COBRA premium assistance to assistance eligible individuals. For periods of COBRA continuation coverage beginning after February 16, 2009, a group health plan must treat an assistance eligible individual as having paid the required COBRA continuation coverage premium if the individual elects COBRA coverage and pays 35% of the amount of the premium. An assistance eligible individual is a qualified beneficiary of an employer's group health plan who is eligible for COBRA continuation coverage during the period beginning September 1, 2008, and ending December 31, 2009, due to the involuntarily termination from employment of a covered employee during the period and elects continuation COBRA coverage. The assistance for the coverage can last up to 9 months. Accordingly, the premium assistance may be available after December 31, 2009, for individuals who qualify as assistance eligible individuals on or before December 31, 2009. The 65% of the premium not paid by the assistance eligible individual is reimbursed to the employer maintaining the group health plan. The reimbursement is made through a credit against the employer's employment tax liabilities. The employer takes the credit on line 13a of Form 943 once the 35% of the premium is paid by or on behalf of the assistance eligible individual. The credit is treated as a deposit made on the first day of the return period. In the case of a multiemployer plan, the credit is claimed by the plan, rather than the employer. In the case of an insured plan subject to state law continuation coverage requirements, the credit is claimed by the insurance company, rather than the employer. Anyone claiming the credit for COBRA assistance payments must maintain the following information to support their claim. For more information, visit the IRS website at
www.irs.gov and enter keywords COBRA Health Insurance Continuation Premium Subsidy.

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1. Taxpayer Identification Numbers

If you are required to withhold any federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes, you will need an employer identification number (EIN) for yourself. Also, you will need the social security number (SSN) of each employee and the name of each employee as shown on the employee's social security card.

Employer identification number (EIN).
An employer identification number (EIN) is a nine-digit number that the IRS issues. The digits are arranged as follows: 00-0000000. It is used to identify the tax accounts of employers and certain others who have no employees. Use your EIN on all of the items that you send to the IRS and SSA. If you do not have an EIN, you may apply for one online. Go to the IRS website at www.irs.gov. Click on the tab for businesses and go to “Employer ID Numbers.” Click on “Apply for an EIN online” and then “APPLY ONLINE NOW.” You may also apply for an EIN by calling 1-800-829-4933, or you can fax or mail Form SS-4 to the IRS. Do not use a social security number (SSN) in place of an EIN. If you do not have an EIN by the time a return is due, write “Applied For” and the date you applied for it in the space shown for the number. If you took over another employer's business, do not use that employer's EIN. See Depositing without an EIN in section 7 if you must make a tax deposit and you do not have an EIN. You should have only one EIN. If you have more than one, and are not sure which one to use, call the toll-free Business and Specialty Tax Line at 1-800-829-4933 (TTY/TDD users can call 1-800-829-4059). Provide the EINs that you have, the name and address to which each number was assigned, and the address of your principal place of business. The IRS will tell you which EIN to use. For more information, see Publication 1635, Understanding Your EIN, or Publication 583, Starting a Business and Keeping Records.
When you receive your EIN.
If you are a new employer that indicated a federal tax obligation when requesting an EIN, you will be pre-enrolled in the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS). You will receive information in your Employer Identification Number (EIN) Package about Express Enrollment and an additional mailing containing your EFTPS personal identification number (PIN) and instructions for activating your PIN. Call the toll-free number located in your “How to Activate Your Enrollment” brochure to activate your enrollment and begin making your employment tax deposits. Be sure to tell your payroll provider about your EFTPS enrollment. Consider using EFTPS to make your other federal tax payments electronically as well. You should activate your EFTPS enrollment now even if you plan to deposit using FTD coupons (Form 8109) because it may take 5 to 6 weeks to receive the coupons and you may be required to make a deposit while waiting for them.
Social security number (SSN).
An employee's social security number (SSN) consists of nine digits arranged as follows: 000-00-0000. You must obtain each employee's name and SSN as shown on the employee's social security card because you must enter them on Form W-2. You may, but are not required to, photocopy the social security card if the employee provides it. If you do not show the employee's correct name and SSN on Form W-2, you may owe a penalty unless you have reasonable cause. See Publication 1586, Reasonable Cause Regulations and Requirements for Missing and Incorrect Name/TINs.
Applying for a social security card.
Any employee without a social security card can get one by completing Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, and submitting the necessary documentation to SSA. You can get Form SS-5 at SSA offices, by calling 1-800-772-1213, or from the SSA website at
www.socialsecurity.gov/online/ss-5.html. The employee must complete and sign Form SS-5; it cannot be filed by the employer. You may be asked to supply a letter to accompany Form SS-5 if the employee has exceeded his or her yearly or lifetime limit for the number of replacement cards allowed.
Applying for a social security number.
If you file Form W-2 on paper and your employee has applied for an SSN but does not have one when you must file Form W-2, enter “Applied For” on the form. If you are filing electronically, enter all zeros (000-00-0000) in the social security number field. When the employee receives the SSN, file Copy A of Form W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, with the SSA to show the employee's SSN. Furnish Copies B, C, and 2 of Form W-2c to the employee. Up to five Forms W-2c per Form W-3c, Transmittal of Corrected Wage and Tax Statements, may be created and submitted to the SSA over the Internet. For more information, visit SSA's Employer W-2 Filing Instructions & Information webpage at www.socialsecurity.gov/employer. Advise your employee to correct the SSN on his or her original Form W-2.
Correctly record the employee's name.
Record the name and number of each employee as they are shown on the employee's social security card. If the employee's name is not correct as shown on the card (for example, because of marriage or divorce), the employee should request a corrected card from the SSA. Continue to report the employee's wages under the old name until he or she shows you an updated social security card with the new name. If SSA issues the employee a replacement card after a name change, or a new card with a different social security number after a change in alien work status, file a Form W-2c to correct the name/SSN reported on the most recently filed Form W-2. It is not necessary to correct other years if the previous name and SSN were used for years before the most recent Form W-2.
IRS individual taxpayer identification numbers (ITINs) for aliens.
Do not accept an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) in place of an SSN for either employee identification or for work. An ITIN is issued for use by resident and nonresident aliens who need identification for tax purposes, but who are not eligible for U.S. employment. The ITIN is a nine-digit number formatted like an SSN (for example, NNN-NN-NNNN). However, it begins with the number “9” and has either a “7” or “8” as the fourth digit (for example, 9NN-7N-NNNN or 9NN-8N-NNNN). An individual with an ITIN who later becomes eligible to work in the United States must obtain an SSN. If the individual is currently eligible to work in the United States, instruct the individual to apply for an SSN and follow the instructions under Applying for a social security number, earlier. Do not use an ITIN in place of an SSN on Form W-2.
Verification of social security numbers.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides several ways for employers and authorized reporting agents to verify employee social security numbers (SSNs). These services may be used for wage reporting purposes only.

Registering for SSNVS and TNEV.
You must register online and receive authorization from your employer to use SSNVS or TNEV. You cannot register through TNEV. To register, visit SSA's website at
www.socialsecurity.gov/employer and click on the Business Services Online link. Follow the registration instructions to obtain a user identification (ID) and password. You will need to provide the following information about yourself and your company.

When you have completed the online registration process, SSA will mail a one-time activation code to your employer. You must enter the activation code online to use SSNVS or TNEV.

2. Who Are Employees?

Generally, employees are defined either under common law or under statutes for certain situations.

Employee status under common law.
Generally, a worker who performs services for you is your employee if you have the right to control what will be done and how it will be done. This is so even when you give the employee freedom of action. What matters is that you have the right to control the details of how the services are performed. Get Publication 15-A for more information on how to determine whether an individual providing services is an independent contractor or an employee.

You are responsible for withholding and paying employment taxes for your employees. You are also required to file employment tax returns. These requirements do not apply to amounts that you pay to independent contractors. The rules discussed in this publication apply only to workers who are your employees.

In general, you are an employer of farmworkers if your employees:

For this purpose, the term “farm” includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animal, and truck farms, as well as plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, and orchards.

Farmwork does not include reselling activities that do not involve any substantial activity of raising agricultural or horticultural commodities, such as a retail store or a greenhouse used primarily for display or storage.

The table on page 25, How Do Employment Taxes Apply to Farmwork , distinguishes between farm and nonfarm activities, and also addresses rules that apply in special situations.

Crew Leaders

If you are a crew leader, you are an employer of farmworkers. A crew leader is a person who furnishes and pays (either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of the farm operator) workers to do farmwork for the farm operator. If there is no written agreement between you and the farm operator stating that you are his or her employee and if you pay the workers (either for yourself or for the farm operator), then you are a crew leader. For FUTA tax rules, see section 10.

Husband-Wife Business

If you and your spouse jointly own and operate a farm or nonfarm business and share in the profits and losses, you are partners in a partnership, whether or not you have a formal partnership agreement. See Publication 541, Partnerships, for more details. The partnership is considered the employer of any employees, and is liable for any employment taxes due on wages paid to its employees.

Exception—Qualified joint venture.
If you and your spouse materially participate (see Material participation on page F-2 of the Instructions for Schedule F) as the only members of a jointly owned and operated business, and you file a joint Form 1040, you can make a joint election to be taxed as a qualified joint venture instead of a partnership. Spouses electing qualified joint venture status are treated as sole proprietors for federal tax purposes. Either of the sole proprietor spouses may report and pay the employment taxes due on wages paid to the employees, using the EIN of that spouse's sole proprietorship.
Exception—Community income.
If you and your spouse wholly own an unincorporated business as community property under the community property laws of a state, foreign country, or U.S. possession, you can treat the business either as a sole proprietorship (of the spouse who carried on the business) or a partnership. You may still make an election to be taxed as a qualified joint venture instead of a partnership. See Exception—Qualified joint venture above.

3. Taxable Wages

Cash wages that you pay to employees for farmwork are generally subject to social security and Medicare taxes. If the wages are subject to social security and Medicare taxes, they are also subject to federal income tax withholding. You may also be liable for FUTA tax, which is not withheld by you or paid by the employee. FUTA tax is discussed in section 10. Cash wages include checks, money orders, etc. Do not count as cash wages the value of food, lodging, and other noncash items.

For more information on what payments are considered taxable wages, see Publication 15 (Circular E).

Commodity wages.

Commodity wages are not cash and are not subject to social security and Medicare taxes or federal income tax withholding. However, noncash payments, including commodity wages, are treated as cash wages (see above) if the substance of the transaction is a cash payment. These noncash payments are subject to social security and Medicare taxes and federal income tax withholding.

Family members.
Generally, the wages that you pay to family members who are your employees are subject to social security and Medicare taxes, federal income tax withholding, and FUTA tax. However, certain exemptions may apply for your child, spouse, or parent. See the table, How Do Employment Taxes Apply to Farmwork , on
page 25.
Household employees.

The wages of an employee who performs household services, such as a maid, babysitter, gardener, or cook, in your home are not subject to social security and Medicare taxes if you pay that employee cash wages of less than $1,700 in 2010. Social security and Medicare taxes do not apply to cash wages for housework in your private home if it was done by your spouse or your child under age 21. Nor do the taxes apply to housework done by your parent unless:

For more information, see Publication 926, Household Employer's Tax Guide. Wages for household work may not be a deductible farm expense. See Publication 225, Farmer's Tax Guide.
Share farmers and alien workers.

You do not have to withhold or pay social security and Medicare taxes on amounts paid to share farmers under share-farming arrangements or on wages paid to alien workers admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor (that is, “H-2(A)” visa workers).

4. Social Security and Medicare Taxes

Generally, you must withhold social security and Medicare taxes on all cash wage payments that you make to your employees.

The $150 Test or the $2,500 Test

All cash wages that you pay to an employee during the year for farmwork are subject to social security and Medicare taxes and federal income tax withholding if either of the two tests below is met.

Exceptions.

The $150 and $2,500 tests do not apply to wages that you pay to a farmworker who receives less than $150 in annual cash wages and the wages are not subject to social security and Medicare taxes, or federal income tax withholding, even if you pay $2,500 or more in that year to all of your farmworkers if the farmworker:

Amounts that you pay to these seasonal farmworkers, however, count toward the $2,500-or-more test to determine whether wages that you pay to other farmworkers are subject to social security and Medicare taxes.

Social Security and Medicare Tax Withholding

For wages paid in 2010 the social security tax rate is 6.2%, for both the employee and employer, on the first $106,800 paid to each employee. You must withhold at this rate from each employee and pay a matching amount.

The Medicare tax rate is 1.45% each for the employer and the employee on all wages. You must withhold at this rate from each employee and pay a matching amount.

Social security and Medicare taxes apply to most payments of sick pay, including payments made by third parties such as insurance companies. For details, see Publication 15-A.

Employee share paid by employer.
If you would rather pay a household or agricultural employee's share of the social security and Medicare taxes without withholding them from his or her wages, you may do so. If you do not withhold the taxes, however, you must still pay them. Any employee social security and Medicare taxes that you pay is additional income to the employee. Include it in the employee's Form W-2, box 1, but do not count it as social security and Medicare wages and do not include it in boxes 3 and 5. Also, do not count the additional income as wages for FUTA tax purposes. Different rules apply to employer payments of social security and Medicare taxes for non-household and non-agricultural employees. See section 7 of Publication 15-A.
Withholding social security and Medicare taxes on nonresident alien employees.
In general, if you pay wages to nonresident alien employees, you must withhold social security and Medicare taxes as you would for a U.S. citizen or resident alien. However, see Publication 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities, for exceptions to this general rule.
Religious exemption.
An exemption from social security and Medicare taxes is available to members of a recognized religious sect opposed to public insurance. This exemption is available only if both the employee and the employer are members of the sect. For more information, see Publication 517, Social Security and Other Information for Members of the Clergy and Religious Workers.

5. Federal Income Tax Withholding

Farmers and crew leaders must withhold federal income tax from the wages of farmworkers if the wages are subject to social security and Medicare taxes. The amount to withhold is figured on gross wages before taking out social security and Medicare taxes, union dues, insurance, etc. You may use one of several methods to determine the amount of federal income tax withholding. They are discussed in section 13.

Form W-4.
To know how much federal income tax to withhold from employees' wages, you should have a Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, on file for each employee. Encourage your employees to file an updated Form W-4 for 2010, especially if they owed taxes or received a large refund when filing their 2009 tax return. Advise your employees to visit the IRS website at
www.irs.gov/individuals and select the “IRS Withholding Calculator” link for help in determining how many withholding allowances to claim on their Form W-4. Ask each new employee to give you a signed Form W-4 when starting work. Make the form effective with the first wage payment. If a new employee does not give you a completed Form W-4, withhold tax as if he or she is single, with no withholding allowances.
Forms in Spanish.
You can provide Formulario W-4(SP) in place of Form W-4 to your Spanish-speaking employees. For more information, see Publicación 17(SP).
Effective date of Form W-4.
A Form W-4 remains in effect until the employee gives you a new one. When you receive a new Form W-4, do not adjust withholding for pay periods before the effective date of the new form. Do not adjust withholding retroactively. For exceptions, see Exemption from federal income tax withholding , IRS review of requested Forms W-4 , and Invalid Forms W-4 , later. If an employee gives you a replacement Form W-4, begin withholding no later than the start of the first payroll period ending on or after the 30th day from the date when you received the replacement Form W-4. A Form W-4 that makes a change for the next calendar year will not take effect in the current calendar year.
Completing Form W-4.
The amount of federal income tax withholding is based on marital status and withholding allowances. Your employees may not base their withholding amounts on a fixed dollar amount or percentage. However, the employee may specify a dollar amount to be withheld in addition to the amount of withholding based on filing status and withholding allowances claimed on Form W-4. Employees may claim fewer withholding allowances than they are entitled to claim. They may do this to ensure that they have enough withholding or to offset other sources of taxable income that are not subject to withholding. Publication 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax, contains detailed instructions for completing Form W-4. Along with Form W-4, you may wish to order
Publication 505 and Publication 919, How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding, for your employees. Do not accept any withholding or estimated tax payments from your employees in addition to withholding based on their Form W-4. If an employee wants additional withholding, he or she should submit a new Form W-4 and, if necessary, pay estimated tax by filing Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals.
Exemption from federal income tax withholding.
Generally, an employee may claim exemption from federal income tax withholding because he or she had no federal income tax liability last year and expects none this year. See the Form W-4 instructions for more information. However, the wages are still subject to social security and Medicare taxes. A Form W-4 claiming exemption from withholding is valid for only one calendar year. To continue to be exempt from withholding in the next year, an employee must give you a new Form W-4 by February 15 of that year. If the employee does not give you a new Form W-4, withhold tax as if the employee is single with zero withholding allowances or withhold based on the last valid Form W-4 you have for the employee.
Withholding income taxes on the wages of nonresident alien employees.
In general, you must withhold federal income taxes on the wages of nonresident alien employees. However, see Publication 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities for exceptions to this general rule.
Withholding adjustment for nonresident alien employees.
To reflect the Making Work Pay credit that was enacted by ARRA, a new procedure applies for figuring the amount of income tax to withhold from wages of nonresident alien employees performing services within the United States for wages paid in 2010. This procedure requires a new chart and new tables to be used with the withholding tables to determine the amount to withhold from the wages of the nonresident alien employee. See Withholding adjustment for nonresident aliens in section 9 of Publication 15 (Circular E).
Nonresident alien employee's Form W-4.

When completing Forms W-4, nonresident aliens are required to:

If you maintain an electronic Form W-4 system, you should provide a field for nonresident alien employees to enter nonresident alien status in lieu of writing “Nonresident Alien” or “NRA” above the dotted line on line 6. Nonresident alien employees are no longer required to request additional withholding in the box for line 6 on Form W-4. However, a nonresident alien employee may request additional withholding at his or her option.
Form 8233.
If a nonresident alien employee claims a tax treaty exemption from withholding, the employee must submit Form 8233, Exemption from Withholding on Compensation for Independent (and Certain Dependent) Personal Services of a Nonresident Alien Individual, with respect to the income exempt under the treaty, instead of Form W-4. See Publication 515 for details.
IRS review of requested Forms W-4.
In the past, you had to routinely send the IRS any Form W-4 claiming complete exemption from withholding if $200 or more in weekly wages was expected or claiming more than 10 allowances. Employers no longer have to submit these Forms W-4 to the IRS. However, Forms W-4 are still subject to review. When we refer to Form W-4, the same rules apply to Formulario W-4(SP), its Spanish translation. You may receive a notice from the IRS requiring you to submit copies of Forms W-4. Send the requested copy or copies of Form W-4 to the IRS at the address provided and in the manner directed by the notice. You may also be directed to make available for inspection by an IRS employee certain Forms W-4. The notice you receive from the IRS may relate to one or more of your named employees. IRS may also require you to submit copies of Form W-4 to the IRS as directed by a revenue procedure or notice published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin. After submitting a copy of the requested Form W-4 to the IRS, continue to withhold federal income tax based on that Form W-4 if it is valid (see Invalid Forms W-4 , later). However, the IRS may later notify you in writing that the employee is not entitled to claim a complete exemption from withholding or more than the maximum number of withholding allowances specified by the IRS in the written notice. The notice will also specify the applicable marital status for purposes of calculating the required amount of withholding. You are to withhold federal income tax based on the effective date shown on the notice using the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status specified in the notice (commonly referred to as a “lock-in letter”).
Initial lock-in letter.
The IRS uses information reported on Form W-2 to identify employees with withholding compliance problems. In some cases, where a serious under-withholding problem is found to exist for a particular employee, the IRS may issue a lock-in letter to the employer specifying the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status permitted for a specific employee. If the employee is employed by you as of the date of the notice, you must furnish the notice to the employee within 10 business days of receipt. You may follow any reasonable business practice to furnish the copy of the notice to the employee.
Implementation of lock-in letter.

When you receive the notice specifying the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status permitted, you may not withhold immediately on the basis of the notice. You must begin withholding tax on the basis of the notice for any wages paid after the date specified in the notice. The delay between your receipt of the notice and the date to begin the withholding on the basis of the notice permits the employee to contact the IRS.

Seasonal employees and employees not currently performing services.

If you receive a notice for an employee who is not currently performing services for you, you are still required to furnish the notice to the employee and withhold based on the notice if any of the following apply.

Termination and re-hire of employees.
If you are required to furnish and withhold based on the notice and the employment relationship is terminated after the date of the notice, you must continue to withhold based on the notice if you continue to pay any wages subject to income tax withholding. You must also withhold based on the notice or modification notice (see Modification notice next) if the employee resumes the employment relationship with you within 12 months after the termination of the employment relationship.
Modification notice.

After issuing the notice specifying the maximum number of withholding allowances and marital status permitted, the IRS may issue a subsequent notice (modification notice) that modifies the original notice. The modification notice may change the marital status and/or the number of withholding allowances permitted. You must withhold federal income tax based on effective date specified in the modification notice.

Employee provides you a new Form W-4 after IRS notice.
After the IRS issues a notice or modification notice, if the employee provides you with a new Form W-4 claiming complete exemption from withholding or claims a marital status, a number of withholding allowances, and any additional withholding that results in less withholding than would result under the IRS notice or modification notice, you must disregard the new Form W-4. You are required to withhold on the basis of the notice or modification notice unless the IRS subsequently notifies you to withhold based on the new Form W-4. If the employee wants to put a new Form W-4 into effect that results in less withholding than required, the employee must contact the IRS. If, after you receive an IRS notice or modification notice, your employee provides you with a new Form W-4 that does not claim exemption from federal income tax withholding and claims a marital status, a number of withholding allowances, and any additional withholding that results in more withholding than would result under the notice or modification notice, you must withhold tax on the basis of that new Form W-4. Otherwise, disregard any subsequent Forms W-4 provided by the employee and withhold based on the IRS notice or modification notice.
Substitute Forms W-4.
You are encouraged to have your employees use the official version of Form W-4 to claim withholding allowances or exemption from withholding. Call the IRS at 1-800-829-3676 or visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov to obtain copies of Form W-4. You may use a substitute version of Form W-4 to meet your business needs. However, your substitute Form W-4 must contain language that is identical to the official Form W-4 and your form must meet all current IRS rules for substitute forms. At the time that you provide your substitute form to the employee, you must provide him or her with all tables, instructions, and worksheets from the current Form W-4. You are prohibited from accepting a substitute Form W-4 developed by an employee, and the employee submitting such form will be treated as failing to furnish a Form W-4. However, continue to use any valid Forms W-4 developed by your employees that you accepted before October 11, 2007.
Invalid Forms W-4.
Any unauthorized change or addition to Form W-4 makes it invalid. This includes taking out any language by which the employee certifies that the form is correct. A Form W-4 is also invalid if, by the date an employee gives it to you, he or she indicates in any way that it is false. An employee who submits a false Form W-4 may be subject to a $500 penalty. You may treat a Form W-4 as invalid if the employee wrote “exempt” on line 7 and also entered a number on line 5 or an amount on line 6. When you get an invalid Form W-4, do not use it to figure federal income tax withholding. Tell the employee that it is invalid and ask for another one. If the employee does not give you a valid one, withhold taxes as if the employee was single and claiming no withholding allowances. However, if you have an earlier Form W-4 for this worker that is valid, withhold as you did before. For additional information about these rules, see Treasury Decision 9337, 2007-35 I.R.B. 455, available at
www.irs.gov/irb/2007-35_IRB/ar10.html.
Amounts exempt from levy on wages, salary, and other income.
If you receive a Notice of Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income— Forms 668-W(ACS), 668-W(c)(DO), or 668-W(ICS)), you must withhold amounts as described in the instructions for these forms. Publication 1494 (2010), Tables for Figuring Amount Exempt From Levy on Wages, Salary, and Other Income—Forms 668-W(ACS), 668-W(c)(DO), and 668-W(ICS), shows the exempt amount. If a levy issued in a prior year is still in effect and the taxpayer submits a new Statement of Exemptions and Filing Status, use the current year Publication 1494 to compute the exempt amount.

How To Figure Federal Income Tax Withholding

There are several ways to figure federal income tax withholding.

Employers with automated payroll systems will find the two alternative formula tables and the two alternative wage bracket percentage method tables in Publication 15-A useful.

If an employee wants additional federal tax withheld, have the employee show the extra amount on Form W-4.

Supplemental wages.

Supplemental wages are compensation paid to an employee in addition to the employee's regular wages. They include, but are not limited to, bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, accumulated sick leave, severance pay, awards, prizes, back pay and retroactive pay increases for current employees, and payments for nondeductible moving expenses. Other payments subject to the supplemental wage rules include taxable fringe benefits and expense allowances paid under a nonaccountable plan. If you pay supplemental wages with regular wages but do not specify the amount of each, withhold federal income tax as if the total was a single payment for a regular payroll period. If you pay supplemental wages separately (or combine them in a single payment and specify the amount of each), the federal income tax withholding method depends partly on whether you withhold federal income tax from your employee's regular wages.

  1. If you withheld federal income tax from an employee's regular wages in the current or immediately preceding calendar year, you can use one of the following methods for the supplemental wages.
    1. Withhold a flat 25% (no other percentage allowed).
    2. If the supplemental wages are paid concurrently with regular wages, add the supplemental wages to the concurrently paid regular wages. If there are no concurrently paid regular wages, add the supplemental wages to alternatively, either the regular wages paid or to be paid for the current payroll period or the regular wages paid for the preceding payroll period. Figure the income tax withholding as if the total of the regular wages and supplemental wages is a single payment. Subtract the tax withheld from the regular wages. Withhold the remaining tax from the supplemental wages. If there were other payments of supplemental wages paid during the payroll period made before the current payment of supplemental wages, aggregate all the payments of supplemental wages paid during the payroll period with the regular wages paid during the payroll period, calculate the tax on the total, subtract the tax already withheld from the regular wages and previous supplemental wage payments, and withhold the remaining tax from the current payment of supplement wages.
  2. If you did not withhold federal income tax from the employee's regular wages in the current or immediately preceding calendar year, use method 1-b above. This would occur, for example, when the value of the employee's withholding allowances claimed on Form W-4 is more than the wages.
Separate rules apply to any supplemental wages exceeding $1,000,000 that you pay to an individual during the year. See section 7 in
Publication 15 (Circular E) for details. Regardless of the method that you use to withhold federal income tax on supplemental wages, they are generally subject to social security, Medicare, and FUTA taxes.

6. Advance Earned Income Credit (EIC) Payment

An employee who expects to be eligible for the earned income credit (EIC) and who expects to have a qualifying child is entitled to receive EIC payments with his or her pay during the year. To get these payments, the employee must give you a properly completed Form W-5 (or Formulario W-5(SP), its Spanish translation) using either the paper form or the approved electronic format. You are required to make advance EIC payments to employees who give you a properly completed Form W-5; except that you are not required to make these payments to farmworkers paid on a daily basis.

Certain employees who do not have a qualifying child may be able to claim the EIC on their tax return. However, they cannot get advance EIC payments.

For 2010, the advance payment can be as much as $1,830. The tables that begin on page 48 reflect that limit.

Form W-5.
Form W-5 explains the eligibility requirements for receiving advance EIC payments. On Form W-5, an employee states that he or she expects to be eligible to claim the EIC and shows whether he or she has another Form W-5 in effect with any other current employer. You must include advance EIC payments with the wages that you pay to eligible employees who give you a signed and completed Form W-5. Form W-5 is effective for the first payroll period ending (or the first wage payment made without regard to a payroll period) on or after the date the employee gives you the form. It remains in effect until the end of the year or until the employee revokes it or gives you a new one. Employees must give you a new Form W-5 each year. An employee may have only one Form W-5 in effect with a current employer at one time. If an employee is married and his or her spouse also works, each spouse should file a separate Form W-5. For more information, see Form W-5 or Publication 15 (Circular E).
How to figure the advance EIC payment.
Figure the amount of advance EIC to include in the employee's pay by using either the wage bracket or percentage method tables that begin on page 48. There are separate tables for employees whose spouses have a Form W-5 in effect. During 2010, if you pay an employee total wages of at least $35,535 ($40,545 if married filing jointly) you must stop making advance EIC payments to that employee for the rest of the year.
Paying the advance EIC to employees.
Advance EIC payments are not subject to withholding of income, social security, or Medicare taxes. An advance EIC payment does not change the amount of income, social security, or Medicare taxes that you withhold from the employee's wages. You add the advance EIC payment to the employee's net pay for the pay period. At the end of the year, you show the total advance EIC payments in box 9 on Form W-2. Do not include this amount as wages in box 1.
Employer's returns.
Show the total payments that you made to employees on the advance EIC line (line 10) of your Form 943. Subtract this amount from your total taxes on line 9. See the Instructions for Form 943. Reduce the amounts reported on line 17 of Form 943 or on Form 943-A, Agricultural Employer's Record of Federal Tax Liability, by any advance EIC paid to your employees. Generally, you will make the advance EIC payment from withheld federal income tax and employee and employer social security and Medicare taxes. Advance EIC payments are treated as deposits of these taxes on the day that you pay wages (including the advance EIC payment) to your employees. The payments are treated as deposits of these taxes in the following order: first to the amount of federal income tax withholding, then to withheld employee social security and Medicare taxes, and last, to the employer's share of social security and Medicare taxes. For more information, see Publication 15 (Circular E).

Required Notice to Employees

You must notify employees who have no federal income tax withheld that they may be able to claim a tax refund because of the EIC. Although you do not have to notify employees who claim exemption from withholding on Form W-4 about the EIC, you are encouraged to notify any employees whose wages for 2009 were less than $43,279 ($48,279 if married filing jointly) that they may be eligible to claim the credit for 2009. This is because eligible employees may get a refund of the amount of EIC that is more than the tax that they owe.

You will meet the notification requirement if you issue to the employee Form W-2 with the EIC notice on the back of Copy B, or a substitute Form W-2 with the same statement. You may also meet the requirement by providing Notice 797, Possible Federal Tax Refund Due to the Earned Income Credit (EIC), or your own statement that contains the same wording.

If a substitute Form W-2 is given to the employee on time but does not have the required statement, you must notify the employee within 1 week of the date that the substitute Form W-2 is given. If Form W-2 is required but is not given on time, you must give the employee Notice 797 or your written statement by the date that Form W-2 is required to be given. If Form W-2 is not required, you must notify the employee by February 8, 2010.

7. Depositing Taxes

Generally, you must deposit both the employer and employee shares of social security and Medicare taxes and federal income tax withheld (minus any advance earned income credit payments). You must deposit by using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) or by mailing or delivering a check, money order, or cash with Form 8109, Federal Tax Deposit Coupon, to an authorized financial institution that is an authorized depositary for federal taxes. However, some employers must only deposit using EFTPS. See How To Deposit on page 16.

The credit against employment taxes for COBRA premium assistance payments you take on the 2009 Form 943 is treated as a deposit of taxes on the first day of your return period. See COBRA premium assistance credit on page 5 for more information.
Payment with return.

You may make payments with Forms 943 or 945 instead of depositing if one of the following applies.

Only monthly schedule depositors, defined later, are allowed to make an Accuracy of Deposits Rule payment with the return. Semiweekly schedule depositors must timely deposit the amount. See Accuracy of Deposits Rule and How To Deposit, later in this section.

When To Deposit

If you employ both farm and nonfarm workers, do not combine the taxes reportable on Forms 941 or 944 with Form 943 to decide whether to make a deposit. See Employers of Both Farm and Nonfarm Workers on page 19.

The rules for determining when to deposit Form 943 taxes are discussed below. See section 10 for the separate rules that apply to FUTA tax. Under these rules, you are classified as either a monthly schedule depositor or a semiweekly schedule depositor.

The terms “monthly schedule depositor” and “semiweekly schedule depositor” do not refer to how often your business pays its employees or how often you are required to make deposits. The terms identify which set of rules you must follow when you incur a tax liability.

The deposit schedule that you must use for a calendar year is determined from the total taxes (not reduced by any advance EIC payments) reported on your Form 943 (line 9) for the lookback period, discussed next.

Lookback period.

The lookback period is the second calendar year preceding the current calendar year. For example, the lookback period for 2010 is 2008.

Example —

Rose Co. reported taxes on Form 943 as follows.

2008 — $48,000

2009 — $60,000

Rose Co. is a monthly schedule depositor for 2010 because its taxes for the lookback period ($48,000 for calendar year 2008) were not more than $50,000. However, for 2011, Rose Co. is a semiweekly schedule depositor because the total taxes for its lookback period ($60,000 for calendar year 2009) exceeded $50,000.

Adjustments to lookback period taxes.
To determine your taxes for the lookback period, use only the tax that you reported on the original return (Form 943, line 9). Do not include adjustments shown on Form 943-X, Adjusted Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Employees or Claim for Refund.
Example —

An employer originally reported total tax of $45,000 for the lookback period in 2008. The employer discovered during March 2010 that the tax during the lookback period was understated by $10,000 and corrected this error by filing Form 943-X. The total tax reported in the lookback period is still $45,000. The $10,000 adjustment is also not treated as part of the 2010 taxes.

Deposit period.

The term “deposit period” refers to the period during which tax liabilities are accumulated for each required deposit due date. For monthly schedule depositors, the deposit period is a calendar month. The deposit periods for semiweekly schedule depositors are Wednesday through Friday and Saturday through Tuesday.

Monthly Deposit Schedule

If the total tax reported on line 9 of Form 943 for the lookback period is $50,000 or less, you are a monthly schedule depositor for the current year. You must deposit Form 943 taxes on payments made during a calendar month by the 15th day of the following month.

Monthly schedule example.

Red Co. is a seasonal employer and a monthly schedule depositor. It pays wages each Friday. It paid wages during August 2010, but did not pay any wages during September. Red Co. must deposit the combined tax liabilities for the August paydays by September 15. Red Co. does not have a deposit requirement for September (that is, due by October 15) because no wages were paid in September; therefore, it did not have a tax liability for September.

New employers.
For agricultural employers, your tax liability for any year in the lookback period before the date you started or acquired your business is considered to be zero. Therefore, you are a monthly schedule depositor for the first and second calendar years of your agricultural business (but see the $100,000 Next-Day Deposit Rule , later).

Semiweekly Deposit Schedule

You are a semiweekly schedule depositor for a calendar year if the total taxes on line 9 of Form 943 during your lookback period were more than $50,000. Under the semiweekly deposit schedule, deposit Form 943 taxes for payments made on Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday by the following Wednesday. Deposit amounts accumulated for payments made on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and/or Tuesday by the following Friday.

Semiweekly depositors are not required to deposit twice a week if their payments were in the same semiweekly period unless the $100,000 Next-Day Deposit Rule (discussed later) applies. For example, if you made a payment on both Wednesday and Friday and incurred taxes of $10,000 for each pay date, deposit the $20,000 by the following Wednesday. If you made no additional payments on Saturday through Tuesday, no deposit is due on Friday.

Semiweekly schedule depositors must complete Form 943-A and submit it with Form 943.
Semiweekly Deposit Schedule
IF the payday falls on a...THEN deposit taxes by
the following...
Wednesday, Thursday, and/or FridayWednesday
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and/or TuesdayFriday

Semiweekly schedule example.
Green, Inc., a semiweekly schedule depositor, pays wages on the last day of each month. Green, Inc., will deposit only once a month, but the deposit will be made under the semiweekly deposit schedule as follows. Green, Inc.'s tax liability for the
April 30, 2010 (Friday), wage payment must be deposited by May 5, 2010 (Wednesday).
Semiweekly deposit period spanning two quarters.
If you have more than one pay date during a semiweekly period and the pay dates fall in different calendar quarters, you will need to make separate deposits for the separate liabilities. For example, if you have a pay date on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 (third quarter), and another pay date on Friday, October 1, 2010 (fourth quarter), two separate deposits will be required even though the pay dates fall within the same semiweekly period. Both deposits will be due Wednesday, October 6, 2010 (three banking days from the end of the semiweekly deposit period).

Deposits on Banking Days Only

If a deposit is required to be made on a day that is not a banking day, the deposit is considered on time if it is made by the next banking day. In addition to federal and state bank holidays, Saturdays and Sundays are treated as nonbanking days. For example, if a deposit is required to be made on Friday, but Friday is not a banking day, the deposit is considered timely if it is made by the following Monday (if Monday is a banking day).

Semiweekly schedule depositors

will always have 3 banking days to make a deposit. That is, if any of the 3 weekdays after the end of a semiweekly period is a banking holiday, you will have 1 additional banking day to deposit. For example, if a semiweekly schedule depositor accumulated taxes on Friday and the following Monday is not a banking day, the deposit normally due on Wednesday may be made on Thursday (allowing 3 banking days to make the deposit).

$100,000 Next-Day Deposit Rule

If you accumulate $100,000 or more of Form 943 taxes (that is, taxes reported on line 11) on any day during a deposit period, you must deposit the tax by the close of the next banking day, whether you are a monthly or a semiweekly schedule depositor.

For purposes of the $100,000 rule, do not continue accumulating a tax liability after the end of a deposit period. For example, if a semiweekly schedule depositor has accumulated a liability of $95,000 on a Tuesday (of a Saturday-through-Tuesday deposit period) and accumulated a $10,000 liability on Wednesday, the $100,000 next-day deposit rule does not apply because the $10,000 is accumulated in the next deposit period. Thus, $95,000 must be deposited on Friday and $10,000 must be deposited on the following Wednesday.

In addition, once you accumulate at least $100,000 in a deposit period, stop accumulating at the end of that day and begin to accumulate anew on the next day. For example, Fir Co. is a semiweekly schedule depositor. On Monday, Fir Co. accumulates taxes of $110,000 and must deposit this amount on Tuesday, the next banking day. On Tuesday, Fir Co. accumulates additional taxes of $30,000. Because the $30,000 is not added to the previous $110,000 and is less than $100,000, Fir Co. does not have to deposit the $30,000 until Friday (following the semiweekly deposit schedule).

If you are a monthly schedule depositor and you accumulate a $100,000 tax liability on any day, you become a semiweekly schedule depositor on the next day and remain so for the remainder of the calendar year and for the following calendar year.
Example of the $100,000 next-day deposit rule.
Elm, Inc., started business on April 2, 2010. Because Elm, Inc., is a new employer, the taxes for its lookback period are considered to be zero; therefore, Elm, Inc., is a monthly schedule depositor. On April 9, Elm, Inc., paid wages for the first time and accumulated taxes of $50,000. On
April 16 (Friday), Elm, Inc., paid wages and accumulated taxes of $60,000, for a total of $110,000. Because Elm, Inc., accumulated $110,000 on April 16, it must deposit $110,000 by April 19 (Monday), the next banking day.

Accuracy of Deposits Rule

You are required to deposit 100% of your tax liability on or before the deposit due date. However, penalties will not be applied for depositing less than 100% if both of the following conditions are met.

  1. Any deposit shortfall does not exceed the greater of $100 or 2% of the amount of taxes otherwise required to be deposited.
  2. The deposit shortfall is paid or deposited by the shortfall makeup date as described below.

Makeup Date for Deposit Shortfall:

How To Deposit

The two methods of depositing employment taxes are discussed below. See Payment with return on page 14 for exceptions explaining when taxes may be paid with the tax return instead of being deposited.

Electronic deposit requirement (EFTPS).

You must make electronic deposits of all depository taxes (such as employment tax, excise tax, and corporate income tax) using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) in 2010 if:

If you are required to use EFTPS and use Form 8109 instead, you may be subject to a 10% failure-to-deposit penalty. EFTPS is a free service provided by the Department of Treasury. If you are not required to use EFTPS, you may participate voluntarily. To get more information or to enroll in EFTPS, call 1-800-555-4477 (business) or 1-800-316-6541 (individual). You can also visit the EFTPS website at www.eftps.gov.

New employers that have a federal tax obligation will be pre-enrolled in EFTPS. Call the toll-free number located in your Employer Identification Number (EIN) Package to activate your enrollment and begin making your tax deposit payments. See When you receive your EIN on page 6 for more information.

Depositing on time.

For deposits made by EFTPS to be on time, you must initiate the transaction at least one business day before the date that the deposit is due.

Deposit record.

For your records, an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Trace Number will be provided with each successful payment. The number can be used as a receipt or to trace the payment.

Same day payment option.
If you fail to initiate a deposit transaction on EFTPS at least 1 business day before the date a deposit is due, you can still make your deposit on time by using the Federal Reserve-Electronic Tax Application (FR-ETA). If you ever need the same-day payment method, you will need to make arrangements with your financial institution ahead of time. FR-ETA allows you to initiate the transaction and have the funds transferred from your financial institution on the same day. Enrollment in EFTPS automatically enrolls you in FR-ETA. Instructions for using FR-ETA are included in your EFTPS enrollment package. Business taxpayers can use FR-ETA even if not enrolled, but may need help to have their financial institution use the proper format for making the payment. The guidelines for financial institutions for making payments using FR-ETA can be found at www.frbservices.org/files/serviceofferings/pdf/Sameday.pdf.
Making deposits with FTD coupons.
If you are not making deposits by EFTPS, use Form 8109 to make the deposits at an authorized financial institution. For new employers, if you would like to receive a Federal Tax Deposit (FTD) coupon booklet, call 1-800-829-4933. Allow 5 to 6 weeks for delivery. Consider activating your enrollment in EFTPS now so that you can make timely deposits of employment taxes while waiting for requested FTD coupons. The IRS will keep track of the number of FTD coupons that you use and will automatically send you additional coupons when you need them. If you do not receive your resupply of FTD coupons, call 1-800-829-4933. You can have the FTD coupon books sent to a branch office, tax preparer, or service bureau that is making your deposits by showing that address on Form 8109-C, FTD Address Change, which is in the FTD coupon book. Filing Form 8109-C will not change your address of record; it will change only the address where the FTD coupons are mailed. The FTD coupons will be preprinted with your name, address, and EIN. They have entry spaces for indicating the type of tax and the tax period for which the deposit is made. It is very important to clearly mark the correct type of tax and tax period on each FTD coupon. This information is used by the IRS to credit your account. If you have branch offices depositing taxes, give them FTD coupons and complete instructions so that they can deposit the taxes when due. Please use only your FTD coupons. If you use anyone else's FTD coupon, you may be subject to a failure-to-deposit penalty. This is because your account will be underpaid by the amount of the deposit credited to the other person's account. See Deposit Penalties , later, for penalty amounts.
How to deposit with a FTD coupon.
Mail or deliver each FTD coupon and a single payment covering the taxes to be deposited to an authorized depositary. An authorized depositary is a financial institution (for example, a commercial bank) that is authorized to accept federal tax deposits. Follow the instructions in the FTD coupon book. Make your check or money order payable to the depositary. To help ensure proper crediting of your account, include your EIN, the type of tax (for example, Form 943), and the tax period to which the payment applies on your check or money order. Authorized depositaries must accept cash, a postal money order drawn to the order of the depositary, or a check or draft drawn on and to the order of the depositary. You may deposit taxes with a check drawn on another financial institution only if the depositary is willing to accept that form of payment. Be sure that the financial institution where you make deposits is an authorized depositary. Deposits made at an unauthorized institution may be subject to the failure-to-deposit penalty. If you prefer, you may mail your coupon and payment to:

Financial Agent
Federal Tax Deposit Processing
P.O. Box 970030
St. Louis, MO 63197.

Make your check or money order payable to “Financial Agent.” The Financial Agent cannot process foreign checks. If you send a check written on a foreign bank to pay a federal tax deposit, you generally will be charged a deposit penalty and will receive a bill in the mail. A foreign bank is a financial institution that is not incorporated under the laws of the United States, any U.S. state, any U.S. possession, or the District of Columbia. You may enroll in the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), which will allow you to make electronic payments at no charge to you. Instructions for enrollment are available at www.eftps.gov. You may also make the payments by wire transfer, through EFTPS, without being enrolled. A same day payment is initiated by your financial institution and can be used by businesses for making EFTPS tax payments. Please check with your financial institution regarding availability, deadlines, and costs. Generally, your bank will charge you a fee for payments made this way.
Depositing on time.

The IRS determines if deposits are on time by the date that they are received by an authorized depositary. To be considered timely, the funds must be available to the depositary on the deposit due date before the institution's daily cutoff deadline. Contact your local depositary for information concerning check clearance and cutoff schedules. However, a deposit received by the authorized depositary after the due date will be considered timely if the taxpayer establishes that it was mailed in the United States in a properly addressed, postage prepaid envelope at least 2 days before the due date. If you are required to deposit any taxes more than once a month, any deposit of $20,000 or more must be received by the authorized depositary by its due date to be timely. See section 7502(e)(3) for more information.

Depositing without an EIN.
If you have applied for an EIN but have not received it and you must make a deposit, make the deposit with the IRS. Do not make the deposit at an authorized depositary. Make your check or money order payable to the “United States Treasury” and show on it your name (as shown on Form SS-4), address, kind of tax, period covered, and date you applied for an EIN. Send your deposit with an explanation to your local IRS office or the office where you file Form 943 or Form 945. The addresses are provided in the separate instructions for Forms 943 and 945 and are also available on the IRS website at www.irs.gov. Do not use Form 8109-B, Federal Tax Deposit Coupon, in this situation.
Depositing without Form 8109.
If you do not have a preprinted Form 8109, you may use Form 8109-B to make deposits. Form 8109-B is an over-the-counter FTD coupon that is not preprinted with your identifying information. You may get this form by calling 1-800-829-4933. Be sure to have your EIN ready when you call. You will not be able to obtain Form 8109-B by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM. Use Form 8109-B to make deposits only if:

Deposit record.

For your records, a stub is provided with each FTD coupon in the coupon book. The FTD coupon itself will not be returned. It is used to credit your account. Your cancelled check, bank receipt, or money order receipt is your deposit record.

Deposit Penalties

Penalties may apply if you do not make required deposits on time, if you make deposits for less than the required amount, or if you do not use EFTPS when required. The penalties do not apply if any failure to make a proper and timely deposit was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect. IRS may also waive deposit penalties if you inadvertently fail to deposit in the first quarter that a deposit is due, or the first quarter during which your frequency of deposits changed, if you timely filed your employment tax return.

For amounts not properly deposited or not deposited on time, the penalty rates are shown next.

PenaltyCharged for...
2% Deposits made 1 to 5 days late.
5% Deposits made 6 to 15 days late.
10% Deposits made 16 or more days late. Also applies to amounts paid within 10 days of the date of the first notice the IRS sent asking for the tax due.
10% Deposits made at an unauthorized financial institution, paid directly to the IRS, or paid with your tax return. But see Depositing without an EIN , earlier, and Payment with return on page 14 for exceptions.
10% Amounts subject to electronic deposit requirements but not deposited using EFTPS.
15% Amounts still unpaid more than 10 days after the date of the first notice that the IRS sent asking for the tax due or the day on which you received notice and demand for immediate payment, whichever is earlier.

Late deposit penalty amounts are determined using calendar days, starting from the due date of the liability.

Order in which deposits are applied.
Deposits generally are applied to the most recent tax liability within the year. If you receive a failure-to-deposit penalty notice, you may designate how your deposits are to be applied in order to minimize the amount of the penalty, if you do so within 90 days of the date of the notice. Follow the instructions on the penalty notice that you received. For examples on how the IRS will apply deposits and more information on designating deposits, see Revenue Procedure 2001-58. You can find Revenue Procedure 2001-58 on page 579 of Internal Revenue Bulletin 2001-50 at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb01-50.pdf.
Example —

Cedar, Inc., is required to make a deposit of $1,000 on June 15 and $1,500 on July 15. It does not make the deposit on June 15. On July 15, Cedar, Inc., deposits $2,000. Under the deposits rule, which applies deposits to the most recent tax liability, $1,500 of the deposit is applied to the July 15 deposit and the remaining $500 is applied to the June deposit. Accordingly, $500 of the June 15 liability remains undeposited. The penalty on this underdeposit will apply as explained above.

Trust fund recovery penalty.
If federal income, social security, and Medicare taxes that must be withheld are not withheld or are not deposited or paid to the United States Treasury, the trust fund recovery penalty may apply. The penalty is the full amount of the unpaid trust fund tax. This penalty may apply to you if these unpaid taxes cannot be immediately collected from the employer or business. The trust fund recovery penalty may be imposed on all persons who are determined by the IRS to be responsible for collecting, accounting for, and paying over these taxes, and who acted willfully in not doing so. A responsible person can be an officer or employee of a corporation, a partner or employee of a partnership, an accountant, a volunteer director/trustee, or an employee of a sole proprietorship. A responsible person also may include one who signs checks for the business or otherwise has authority to cause the spending of business funds. Willfully means voluntarily, consciously, and intentionally. A responsible person acts willfully if the person knows that the required actions are not taking place.
“Averaged” failure-to-deposit penalty.
IRS may assess an “averaged” failure-to-deposit penalty of 2% to 10% if you are a monthly schedule depositor and did not properly complete line 17 of Form 943 when your tax liability (line 11) shown on Form 943 was $2,500 or more. IRS may also assess this penalty of 2% to 10% if you are a semiweekly schedule depositor and your tax liability (line 11) shown on Form 943 was $2,500 or more and you did any of the following. IRS figures the penalty by allocating your total tax liability on line 11 of Form 943 equally throughout the tax period. Your deposits and payments may not be counted as timely because IRS does not know the actual dates of your tax liabilities. You can avoid the penalty by reviewing your return before filing it. Follow these steps before filing your
Form 943.

Employers of Both Farm and Nonfarm Workers

If you employ both farm and nonfarm workers, you must treat employment taxes for the farmworkers (Form 943 taxes) separately from employment taxes for the nonfarm workers (Form 941 and 944 taxes). Form 943 taxes and Form 941/944 taxes are not combined for purposes of applying any of the deposit schedule rules.

If a deposit is due, deposit the Form 941/944 taxes and the Form 943 taxes with separate FTD coupons, or by making separate EFTPS deposits. For example, if you are a monthly schedule depositor for both Forms 941/944 and 943 taxes and your tax liability at the end of June is $1,500 reportable on Form 941/944 and $1,200 reportable on Form 943, deposit both amounts by July 15. Use one FTD coupon to deposit the $1,500 of Form 941/944 taxes and another FTD coupon to deposit the $1,200 of Form 943 taxes.

8. Form 943

You must file Form 943 for each calendar year beginning with the first year that you pay $2,500 or more for farmwork or you employ a farmworker who meets the $150 test explained in section 4. Do not report these wages on
Form 941 or Form 944.

After you file your first return, each year the IRS will send you a Form 943 preaddressed with your name, address, and EIN. If you do not receive the preaddressed form, request a blank form from the IRS. If you use a blank form, show your name and EIN exactly as they appeared on previous returns.

Household employees.
If you file Form 943 and pay wages to household workers, you may include the wages and taxes of these workers on Form 943. If you choose not to report these wages and taxes on Form 943, report the wages of these workers separately on Schedule H (Form 1040), Household Employment Taxes. You must have an EIN to file Schedule H (Form 1040). See section 1 for details. If you report the wages on Form 943, include the taxes when you figure deposit requirements or make deposits. If you include household employee wages and taxes on Schedule H (Form 1040), do not include the household employee taxes when you figure deposit requirements or make Form 943 deposits. See Publication 926 for more information about household workers. If household employee wages and taxes are included on Form 943, you must also include FUTA tax for the employees on Form 940. See section 10 for more information.
Penalties.
For each month or part of a month that a return is not filed when required (disregarding any extensions of the filing deadline), there is a failure-to-file penalty of 5% of the unpaid tax due with that return. The maximum penalty is 25% of the tax due. Also, for each month or part of a month that the tax is paid late (disregarding any extensions of the payment deadline), there is a failure-to-pay penalty of 0.5% per month of the amount of tax. For individual filers only, the failure-to-pay penalty is reduced from 0.5% per month to 0.25% per month if an installment agreement is in effect. You must have filed your return on or before the due date of the return to qualify for the reduced penalty. The maximum amount of the failure-to-pay penalty is also 25% of the tax due. If both penalties apply in any month, the failure-to-file penalty is reduced by the amount of the failure-to-pay penalty. The penalties will not be charged if you have reasonable cause for failing to file or pay. If you receive a penalty notice, you can provide an explanation of why you believe reasonable cause exists. Note. In addition to any penalties, interest accrues from the due date of the tax on any unpaid balance. If federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes that must be withheld are not withheld or are not paid, you may be personally liable for the trust fund recovery penalty. See Trust fund recovery penalty in section 7. Use of a reporting agent or other third-party payroll service provider does not relieve an employer of the responsibility to ensure that tax returns are filed and all taxes are paid or deposited correctly and on time.

9. Reporting Adjustments on Form 943

There are two types of adjustments: current year adjustments and prior year adjustments to correct errors. See the Instructions for Form 943 and the Instructions for Form 943-X for more information on how to report these adjustments.

Current Year Adjustments

In certain cases, amounts reported as social security and Medicare taxes on lines 3 and 5 of Form 943 must be adjusted to arrive at your correct tax liability. The most common situation involves differences in cents totals due to rounding. Other situations when current year adjustments may be necessary include third-party sick pay, group-term life insurance for former employees, and the uncollected employee share of social security and Medicare taxes on tips. See Publication 15 (Circular E) for more information on these adjustments.

If you withhold an incorrect amount of federal income tax from an employee, you may adjust the amount withheld in later pay periods during the same year to compensate for the error.

Prior Year Adjustments

If you discover an error on a previously filed Form 943 after December 31, 2008, make the correction using Form 943-X. (Do not use Form 941c.) For errors discovered prior to January 1, 2009, see Prior Year Adjustments (Errors Discovered Before January 1, 2009) in the 2009 Publication 51 (Circular A). File a separate Form 943-X for each prior year you are correcting. File Form 943-X separately. Do not attach Form 943-X to your current period Form 943. You must explain your error on Form 943-X, indicate when the error was discovered, and provide the applicable certifications.

When you discover that you underreported tax on a previously filed return, you must file Form 943-X no later than the due date of the return for the period during which you discovered the error. Pay the amount you owe when you file. For example, you discover on June 15, 2010, that you underreported $10,000 of social security and Medicare wages on your 2009 Form 943. You owe $1,530 on the 2009 Form 943. To qualify for an interest-free adjustment, you must file Form 943-X by January 31, 2011, and pay $1,530 when you file. For more information, see the Instructions for Form 943-X or visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov and enter keywords Correcting Employment Taxes.

Form 843.
Do not use Form 843, Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement, to request a refund or abatement of overreported social security or Medicare taxes. Instead, request your refund or abatement of taxes on Form 943-X. However, use Form 843 when requesting a refund or abatement of assessed interest or penalties.
Federal income tax withholding adjustments.
You cannot adjust the amount reported as federal income tax withheld for a prior year return, even if you withheld the wrong amount. However, you may adjust prior year federal income tax withholding to correct an administrative error. An administrative error occurs if the amount you entered on Form 943 is not the amount that you actually withheld. Examples include mathematical or transposition errors. In these cases, you should adjust the return to show the amount actually withheld. The administrative error adjustment corrects only the amount reported on Form 943 to agree with the actual amount withheld from wages in that year. You may also need to correct Forms W-2 for the prior year (if they do not show the actual withholding) by filing Form W-2c and Form W-3c. Forms W-2c may be created and submitted to SSA over the Internet. For more information, visit SSA's Employer W-2 Filing Instructions & Information webpage at www.socialsecurity.gov/employer.
Social security and Medicare tax adjustments.
Correct prior year social security and Medicare tax errors by making an adjustment on Form 943-X. If you withheld no tax or less than the correct amount, you may correct the mistake by withholding the tax from a later payment to the same employee. If you withheld employee tax when no tax is due or if you withheld more than the correct amount, you must repay or reimburse the employee.
Collecting underwithheld taxes from employees.

If you withheld no federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes or less than the correct amount from an employee's wages, you can make it up from future pay to that employee. But you are the one who owes the underpayment. Reimbursement is a matter for settlement between you and the employee. Underwithheld federal income tax must be recovered from the employee on or before the last day of the calendar year.

Refunding amounts incorrectly withheld from employees.
If you withheld more than the correct amount of federal income, social security, or Medicare taxes from wages paid, give the employee any excess. The excess federal income tax withholding must be reimbursed to the employee before the end of the calendar year. Keep in your records the employee's written receipt showing the date and amount of the repayment. If you do not have a receipt, you must report and pay each excess amount when you file Form 943 for the year in which you withheld too much tax.
Filing corrections to Forms W-2 and W-3.
When adjustments are made to correct social security and Medicare taxes because of a change in the wage totals reported for a previous year, you also may need to file Forms W-2c and Form W-3c. Forms W-2c may be created and submitted to SSA over the Internet. For more information, visit SSA's Employer W-2 Filing Instructions & Information webpage at www.socialsecurity.gov/employer.

For additional information about the new procedure for adjusting employment taxes, get the Instructions for Form 943-X or visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov and enter keywords Correcting Employment Taxes. Also see Treasury Decision 9405, 2008-32 I.R.B. 293, available at http://www.irs.gov/irb/2008-32_IRB/ar13.html.

Note. Continue to make current period adjustments for fractions of cents, sick pay, tips, and group-term life insurance on your Form 943.

10. Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax

The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), with state unemployment systems, provides for payments of unemployment compensation to workers who have lost their jobs. Most employers pay both a federal and a state unemployment tax. A list of state unemployment agencies, including web addresses and phone numbers, is available in the Instructions for Form 940. Only the employer pays FUTA tax; it is not withheld from the employees' wages. For more information, see the Instructions for Form 940.

For 2010, you must file Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, if you:

To determine whether you meet either test above, you must count wages paid to aliens admitted on a temporary basis to the United States to perform farmwork, also known as “H-2(A)” visa workers. However, wages paid to “H-2(A)” visa workers are not subject to the FUTA tax.

Generally, farmworkers supplied by a crew leader are considered employees of the farm operator for purposes of the FUTA tax unless (a) the crew leader is registered under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, or (b) substantially all of the workers supplied by the crew leader operate or maintain tractors, harvesting or crop-dusting machines, or other machines provided by the crew leader. Therefore, if (a) or (b) applies, the farmworkers are generally employees of the crew leader.

You must deposit FUTA tax with an authorized financial institution. If you are subject to the electronic deposit requirements, you must use EFTPS. See section 7 for more information on deposits. The deposit rules for FUTA tax are different from those for income, social security, and Medicare taxes. See Deposit rules for FUTA tax , later.

FUTA tax rate.
For 2009 and 2010, the FUTA tax rate is 6.2% on the first $7,000 of cash wages you pay to each employee. You may receive a credit of up to 5.4% of FUTA wages for the state unemployment tax that you pay. If your state tax rate (experience rate) is less than 5.4%, you are still allowed the full 5.4% credit. Therefore, your net FUTA tax rate may be as low as 0.8% (.008). FUTA tax applies, however, even if you are exempt from state unemployment tax or your employees are ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits. Form 940 takes state credits into account.
Successor employer.
If you have acquired a business from someone else, you may be able to claim a special credit as a successor employer. See the Instructions for Form 940.
Deposit rules for FUTA tax.
Generally, deposit FUTA tax quarterly. To figure your FUTA tax, multiply .008 times the amount of wages paid to each employee during the quarter. This amount may need to be adjusted, however, depending on your entitlement to the credit for state unemployment contributions. See the Instructions for Form 940. When an employee's wages reach $7,000, do not figure any additional FUTA tax for that employee. If the FUTA tax for the quarter (plus any undeposited FUTA tax from prior quarters) is more than $500, deposit the FUTA tax with an authorized financial institution, or by using EFTPS as explained in section 7, by the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. If the amount is $500 or less, you do not have to deposit it, but you must add it to the amount of tax for the next quarter to determine whether a deposit is required for that quarter. To help ensure proper crediting to your account, write your EIN, “Form 940,” and the tax period the deposit applies to on your check or money order. If your liability for the fourth quarter (plus any undeposited amount from any earlier quarter) is over $500, deposit the entire amount by the due date of Form 940 (January 31). If it is $500 or less, you can make a deposit, pay the tax with a major credit card, debit card, or pay the tax with a check or money order with your Form 940 by January 31. Federal tax deposits cannot be paid by credit or debit cards.
Filing Form 940.
By January 31, file Form 940. If you make deposits on time in full payment of the tax due for the year, you have 10 additional days to file. Once you have filed a Form 940, you will receive a preaddressed form near the end of each calendar year. If you do not receive a form, request one by calling 1-800-829-4933 in time to receive it and file when due. Alternatively, you may download a copy of Form 940 and Instructions for Form 940 from the IRS website at
www.irs.gov.

11. Records You Should Keep

Every employer subject to employment taxes must keep all related records available for inspection for at least 4 years after the due date for the return period to which the records relate, or the date the taxes are paid, whichever is later. You may keep the records in whatever form you choose.

Keep a record of the following information.

Keep copies of the following documents.

If a crew leader furnished you with farmworkers, you must keep a record of the name, permanent mailing address, and EIN of the crew leader. If the crew leader has no permanent mailing address, record his or her present address.

12. Reconciling Wage Reporting Forms

When there are discrepancies between amounts reported on Form 943 filed with the IRS and Forms W-2 and W-3 filed with the SSA, the IRS must contact you to resolve the discrepancies.

To help reduce discrepancies:

  1. Report bonuses as wages and as social security and Medicare wages on Forms W-2 and 943;
  2. Report social security and Medicare wages and taxes separately on Forms W-2, W-3, and 943;
  3. Report social security taxes on Form W-2 in the box for social security tax withheld (box 4), not as social security wages;
  4. Report Medicare taxes on Form W-2 in the box for Medicare tax withheld (box 6), not as Medicare wages;
  5. Make sure that social security wages for each employee do not exceed the annual social security wage base; and
  6. Do not report noncash wages that are not subject to social security or Medicare taxes as social security or Medicare wages.

To reduce the discrepancies between amounts reported on Forms W-2, W-3, and 943:

  1. Be sure that the amounts on Form W-3 are the total amounts from Forms W-2, excluding any amounts from Forms W-2 that were marked void, and
  2. Reconcile Form W-3 with your Form 943 by comparing amounts reported for the following items.

Amounts reported on Forms W-2, W-3, and 943 may not match for valid reasons. If they do not match, you should determine that the reasons are valid. Keep your reconciliation so that you will have a record of why amounts did not match in case there are inquiries from the IRS or the SSA.

13. Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods

There are several methods to figure federal income tax withholding for employees. The most common are the wage bracket method and the percentage method.

Wage Bracket Method

Under the wage bracket method, find the proper table (on pages 28 through 47) for your payroll period and the employee's marital status as shown on his or her Form W-4. Then, based on the number of withholding allowances claimed on the Form W-4 and the amount of wages, find the amount of federal income tax to withhold. If your employee is claiming more than 10 withholding allowances, see below.

If you cannot use the wage bracket tables because wages exceed the amount shown in the last bracket of the table, use the percentage method of withholding described later. Be sure to reduce wages by the amount of total withholding allowances (shown in the table on page 23) before using the percentage method tables on pages 26 and 27.

Adjusting wage bracket withholding for employees claiming over 10 withholding allowances.

To adapt the wage bracket tables for employees who are claiming over 10 allowances, follow these steps.

  1. Multiply the number of withholding allowances that is over 10 by the allowance value for the payroll period. The allowance values are in the Percentage Method—2010 Amount for One Withholding Allowance table below.
  2. Subtract the result from the employee's wages.
  3. On this amount, find and withhold the tax in the column for 10 allowances.
This is a voluntary method. If you use the wage bracket tables, you may continue to withhold the amount in the “10” column when your employee has more than 10 allowances, using the method above. You can also use the other methods described below.

Percentage Method

If you do not want to use the wage bracket tables on pages 28 through 47 to figure how much federal income tax to withhold, you can use the percentage method based on the table on this page and the appropriate rate table. This method works for any number of withholding allowances the employee claims and any amount of wages.

Use these steps to figure the federal income tax to withhold under the percentage method.

  1. Multiply one withholding allowance (see table below) by the number of allowances the employee claims.
  2. Subtract that amount from the employee's wages.
  3. Determine the amount to withhold from the appropriate table on page 26 or 27.
Percentage Method—2010 Amount for One Withholding Allowance
Payroll PeriodOne Withholding Allowance
Weekly$70.19
Biweekly140.38
Semimonthly152.08
Monthly304.17
Quarterly912.50
Semiannually1,825.00
Annually3,650.00
Daily or Miscellaneous (each day of the payroll period)14.04
Example.

An unmarried employee is paid $600 weekly. This employee has a Form W-4 in effect claiming two withholding allowances. Using the percentage method, figure the federal income tax withholding as follows:

1.Total wage payment$600.00
2.One allowance$70.19
3.Allowances claimed on Form W-4
2
4.Multiply line 2 by line 3$140.38
5.Amount subject to withholding (subtract line 4 from line 1)$459.62
6.Tax to be withheld on $459.62 from Table 1—single person, page 26$47.34

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To figure the federal income tax to withhold, you may reduce the last digit of the wages to zero, or figure the wages to the nearest dollar.

Annual income tax withholding.

Figure the federal income tax to withhold on annual wages under the Percentage Method for an annual payroll period. Then prorate the tax back to the payroll period.

Example.

A married person claims four withholding allowances. She is paid $1,000 a week. Multiply the weekly wages by 52 weeks to figure the annual wage of $52,000. Subtract $14,600 (the value of four withholding allowances annually) for a balance of $37,400. Using column (b) of
Table 7—Annual Payroll Period on page 27, the annual federal income tax withholding is $3,010.00. Divide the annual amount by 52. The weekly federal income tax to withhold is $57.88.

Alternative Methods of Federal Income Tax Withholding

Rather than the Percentage Method or Wage Bracket Method described earlier, you can use an alternative method to withhold federal income tax. Section 9 of
Publication 15-A describes these alternative methods.

Rounding.
If you use the percentage method or alternative methods for federal income tax withholding, you may round the tax for the pay period to the nearest dollar. The wage bracket tables are already rounded for you. If rounding is used, it must be used consistently. Round withheld federal tax amounts to the nearest whole dollar by (a) dropping amounts under 50 cents, and (b) increasing amounts from 50 to 99 cents to the next higher dollar. For example, $2.30 becomes $2, and $2.80 becomes $3.

14. Advance Earned Income Credit (EIC) Payment Methods

To figure the advance EIC payment, you may use either the Wage Bracket Method or the Percentage Method as explained later. With either method, the number of withholding allowances that an employee claims on Form W-4 is not used in figuring the advance EIC payment. Nor does it matter that the employee has claimed exemption from income tax withholding on Form W-4. See section 6 for an explanation of the advance EIC.

Wage Bracket Method

If you use the wage bracket tables on pages 50 through 56, figure the advance EIC payment as follows.

Find the employee's gross wages before any deductions using the appropriate table. There are different tables for (a) single or head of household, (b) married without spouse filing certificate, and (c) married with both spouses filing certificates. Find the amount of the advance EIC payment shown in the appropriate table for the amount of wages paid.

Percentage Method

If you do not want to use the wage bracket tables to figure how much to include in an employee's wages for the advance EIC payment, you can use the percentage computation based on the appropriate rate table.

Find the employee's gross wages before any deductions in the appropriate table on page 48 or 49. There are different tables for (a) single or head of household, (b) married without spouse filing certificate, and (c) married with both spouses filing certificates. Find the amount of the advance EIC payment shown in the appropriate table for the amount of wages paid.

Rounding.
The wage bracket tables for advance EIC payments have been rounded to whole dollar amounts. If you use the percentage method for advance EIC payments, the payments may be rounded to the nearest dollar. The rules for rounding discussed in section 13 also apply to advance EIC payments.

15. How Do Employment Taxes Apply to Farmwork?

Type of employmentIncome Tax Withholding,
Social Security,
and Medicare
Federal Unemployment Tax
Farm Employment Includes:
1. Cultivating soil; raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity; the care of livestock, poultry, bees, fur-bearing animals, or wildlife. Taxable if $150 test or $2,500 test is met. See section 4. Taxable if either test in section 10 is met.
2. Work on a farm if major farm duties are in management or maintenance, etc., of farm tools or equipment or salvaging timber, or clearing brush or other debris, left by hurricane.
3. Work in connection with the production and harvesting of turpentine and other oleoresinous products.
4. Cotton ginning.
5. Operating or maintenance of ditches, reservoirs, canals, or waterways used only for supplying or storing water for farming purposes and not owned or operated for profit.
6. Processing, packaging, etc., any commodity in its unmanufactured state if employed by farm operator who produced over half of commodity processed or by group of up to 20 unincorporated farm operators if they produced all the commodity.
7. Hatching poultry on a farm.*
8. Production or harvesting of maple syrup.
Farm Employment Does Not Include:
1. Handling or processing commodities after delivery to terminal market for commercial canning or freezing.Taxable under general employment rules. Farm rules do not apply.Taxable under general FUTA rules. Farm rules do not apply.
2. Operating or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs or waterways not meeting tests in (5) above.
3. Processing, packaging, delivering, etc., any commodity in its unmanufactured state if group of farm operators do not meet the tests in (6) above.
4. Household employment.
Special Employment Situations:
1. Services not in the course of employer's trade or business on farm operated for profit (cash payments only).Taxable if $150 test or $2,500 test is met (see section 4), unless performed by parent employed by child. Taxable only if $50 or more is paid in a quarter and employee works on 24 or more different days in current or prior quarter.
2. Workers admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor (“H-2(A)” workers). Exempt.Exempt.
3. Family employment.Exempt for employer's child under age 18, but counted for $150 test or $2,500 test. Taxable for spouse of employer.Exempt if services performed by employer's parent or spouse or by employer's child under age 21.
*Hatching poultry off the farm is not considered farmwork for Income Tax Withholding,
Social Security,
and Medicare. It is considered farmwork for federal unemployment tax.

Tables for Percentage Method of Withholding
(For Wages Paid in 2010)
TABLE 1—WEEKLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $116$0Not over $264$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$116—$20010%—$116$264—$47110%—$264
$200—$693$8.40 plus 15%—$200$471—$1,457$20.70 plus 15%—$471
$693—$1,302$82.35 plus 25%—$693$1,457—$1,809$168.60 plus 25%—$1,457
$1,302—$1,624$234.60 plus 27%—$1,302$1,809—$2,386$256.60 plus 27%—$1,809
$1,624—$1,687$321.54 plus 30%—$1,624$2,386—$2,789$412.39 plus 25%—$2,386
$1,687—$3,344$340.44 plus 28%—$1,687$2,789—$4,173$513.14 plus 28%—$2,789
$3,344—$7,225$804.40 plus 33%—$3,344$4,173—$7,335$900.66 plus 33%—$4,173
$7,225$2,085.13 plus 35%—$7,225$7,335$1,944.12 plus 35%—$7,335
TABLE 2—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $233$0Not over $529$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$233—$40110%—$233$529—$94210%—$529
$401—$1,387$16.80 plus 15%—$401$942—$2,913$41.30 plus 15%—$942
$1,387—$2,604$164.70 plus 25%—$1,387$2,913—$3,617$336.95 plus 25%—$2,913
$2,604—$3,248$468.95 plus 27%—$2,604$3,617—$4,771$512.95 plus 27%—$3,617
$3,248—$3,373$642.83 plus 30%—$3,248$4,771—$5,579$824.53 plus 25%—$4,771
$3,373—$6,688$680.33 plus 28%—$3,373$5,579—$8,346$1,026.53 plus 28%—$5,579
$6,688—$14,450$1,608.53 plus 33%—$6,688$8,346—$14,669$1,801.29 plus 33%—$8,346
$14,450$4,169.99 plus 35%—$14,450$14,669$3,887.88 plus 35%—$14,669
TABLE 3—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $252$0Not over $573$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$252—$43410%—$252$573—$1,02110%—$573
$434—$1,502$18.20 plus 15%—$434$1,021—$3,156$44.80 plus 15%—$1,021
$1,502—$2,821$178.40 plus 25%—$1,502$3,156—$3,919$365.05 plus 25%—$3,156
$2,821—$3,519$508.15 plus 27%—$2,821$3,919—$5,169$555.80 plus 27%—$3,919
$3,519—$3,654$696.61 plus 30%—$3,519$5,169—$6,044$893.30 plus 25%—$5,169
$3,654—$7,246$737.11 plus 28%—$3,654$6,044—$9,042$1,112.05 plus 28%—$6,044
$7,246—$15,654$1,742.87 plus 33%—$7,246$9,042—$15,892$1,951.49 plus 33%—$9,042
$15,654$4,517.51 plus 35%—$15,654$15,892$4,211.99 plus 35%—$15,892
TABLE 4—MONTHLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $504$0Not over $1,146$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$504—$86910%—$504$1,146—$2,04210%—$1,146
$869—$3,004$36.50 plus 15%—$869$2,042—$6,313$89.60 plus 15%—$2,042
$3,004—$5,642$356.75 plus 25%—$3,004$6,313—$7,838$730.25 plus 25%—$6,313
$5,642—$7,038$1,016.25 plus 27%—$5,642$7,838—$10,338$1,111.50 plus 27%—$7,838
$7,038—$7,308$1,393.17 plus 30%—$7,038$10,338—$12,088$1,786.50 plus 25%—$10,338
$7,308—$14,492$1,474.17 plus 28%—$7,308$12,088—$18,083$2,224.00 plus 28%—$12,088
$14,492—$31,308$3,485.69 plus 33%—$14,492$18,083—$31,783$3,902.60 plus 33%—$18,083
$31,308$9,034.97 plus 35%—$31,308$31,783$8,423.60 plus 35%—$31,783
Tables for Percentage Method of Withholding (continued)
(For Wages Paid in 2010)
TABLE 5—QUARTERLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $1,513$0Not over $3,438$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$1,513—$2,60610%—$1,513$3,438—$6,12510%—$3,438
$2,606—$9,013$109.30 plus 15%—$2,606$6,125—$18,938$268.70 plus 15%—$6,125
$9,013—$16,925$1,070.35 plus 25%—$9,013$18,938—$23,513$2,190.65 plus 25%—$18,938
$16,925—$21,113$3,048.35 plus 27%—$16,925$23,513—$31,013$3,334.40 plus 27%—$23,513
$21,113—$21,925$4,179.11 plus 30%—$21,113$31,013—$36,263$5,359.40 plus 25%—$31,013
$21,925—$43,475$4,422.71 plus 28%—$21,925$36,263—$54,250$6,671.90 plus 28%—$36,263
$43,475—$93,925$10,456.71 plus 33%—$43,475$54,250—$95,350$11,708.26 plus 33%—$54,250
$93,925$27,105.21 plus 35%—$93,925$95,350$25,271.26 plus 35%—$95,350
TABLE 6—SEMIANNUAL Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $3,025$0Not over $6,875$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$3,025—$5,21310%—$3,025$6,875—$12,25010%—$6,875
$5,213—$18,025$218.80 plus 15%—$5,213$12,250—$37,875$537.50 plus 15%—$12,250
$18,025—$33,850$2,140.60 plus 25%—$18,025$37,875—$47,025$4,381.25 plus 25%—$37,875
$33,850—$42,225$6,096.85 plus 27%—$33,850$47,025—$62,025$6,668.75 plus 27%—$47,025
$42,225—$43,850$8,358.10 plus 30%—$42,225$62,025—$72,525$10,718.75 plus 25%—$62,025
$43,850—$86,950$8,845.60 plus 28%—$43,850$72,525—$108,500$13,343.75 plus 28%—$72,525
$86,950—$187,850$20,913.60 plus 33%—$86,950$108,500—$190,700$23,416.75 plus 33%—$108,500
$187,850$54,210.60 plus 35%—$187,850$190,700$50,542.75 plus 35%—$190,700
TABLE 7—ANNUAL Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) is:The amount of income tax
to withhold is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding
allowances) is:
The amount of income
tax to withhold is:
Not over $6,050$0Not over $13,750$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$6,050—$10,42510%—$6,050$13,750—$24,50010%—$13,750
$10,425—$36,050$437.50 plus 15%—$10,425$24,500—$75,750$1,075.00 plus 15%—$24,500
$36,050—$67,700$4,281.25 plus 25%—$36,050$75,750—$94,050$8,762.50 plus 25%—$75,750
$67,700—$84,450$12,193.75 plus 27%—$67,700$94,050—$124,050$13,337.50 plus 27%—$94,050
$84,450—$87,700$16,716.25 plus 30%—$84,450$124,050—$145,050$21,437.50 plus 25%—$124,050
$87,700—$173,900$17,691.25 plus 28%—$87,700$145,050—$217,000$26,687.50 plus 28%—$145,050
$173,900—$375,700$41,827.25 plus 33%—$173,900$217,000—$381,400$46,833.50 plus 33%—$217,000
$375,700$108,421.25 plus 35%—$375,700$381,400$101,085.50 plus 35%—$381,400
TABLE 8—DAILY or MISCELLANEOUS Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)— (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) divided by the number of days in the payroll period is:The amount of income tax
to withhold per day is:
If the amount of wages (after subtracting withholding allowances) divided by the number of days in the payroll period is:The amount of income
tax to withhold per day is:
Not over $23.30$0Not over $52.90$0
Over—But not over—of excess over—Over—But not over—of excess over—
$23.30—$40.1010%—$23.30$52.90—$94.2010%—$52.90
$40.10—$138.70$1.68 plus 15%—$40.10$94.20—$291.30$4.13 plus 15%—$94.20
$138.70—$260.40$16.47 plus 25%—$138.70$291.30—$361.70$33.70 plus 25%—$291.30
$260.40—$324.80$46.90 plus 27%—$260.40$361.70—$477.10$51.30 plus 27%—$361.70
$324.80—$337.30$64.29 plus 30%—$324.80$477.10—$557.90$82.46 plus 25%—$477.10
$337.30—$668.80$68.04 plus 28%—$337.30$557.90—$834.60$102.66 plus 28%—$557.90
$668.80—$1,445.00$160.86 plus 33%—$668.80$834.60—$1,466.90$180.14 plus 33%—$834.60
$1,445.00$417.01 plus 35%—$1,445.00$1,466.90$388.80 plus 35%—$1,466.90
SINGLE Persons—WEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$120$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
12012510000000000
12513010000000000
13013520000000000
13514020000000000
14014530000000000
14515030000000000
15015540000000000
15516040000000000
16016550000000000
16517050000000000
17017560000000000
17518060000000000
18018570000000000
18519070000000000
19019581000000000
19520081000000000
20021092000000000
210220113000000000
220230124000000000
230240145000000000
240250156000000000
250260177000000000
260270188100000000
270280209200000000
2802902111300000000
2903002312400000000
3003102414500000000
3103202615600000000
3203302717700000000
3303402918810000000
3403503020920000000
35036032211130000000
36037033231240000000
37038035241450000000
38039036261560000000
39040038271770000000
40041039291881000000
41042041302092000000
420430423221113000000
430440443323124000000
440450453524145000000
450460473626156000000
460470483827177000000
470480503929188100000
480490514130209200000
4905005342322110300000
5005105444332312400000
5105205645352413500000
5205305747362615600000
5305405948382716700000
5405506050392918810000
5505606251413019920000
56057063534232211030000
57058065544433221240000
58059066564535241350000
59060068574736251560000
60061069594838271670000
61062071605039281881000
62063072625141301992000
630640746353423121103000
640650756554443322124000
650660776656453424135000
660670786857473625156000
670680806959483727167000
680690817160503928188100
690700837262514030199200
7007108574635342312110300
7107208875655443332212400
7207309077665645342413500
$730$740$93$78$68$57$46$36$25$15$6$0$0
7407509580695948372716700
7507609881716049392818810
76077010083726251403019920
770780103857463524231211030
780790105887565544333221240
790800108907766554534241350
800810110937868574636251560
810820113958069584837271670
820830115988171604939281881
8308401181008372615140301992
84085012010385746352423121103
85086012310588756454433322124
86087012510890776655453424135
87088012811093786757463625156
88089013011395806958483727167
89090013311598817060493928188
900910135118100837261514030199
9109201381201038573635242312110
9209301401231058875645443332212
9309401431251089076665545342413
9409501451281109378675746362515
9509601481301139579695848372716
9609701501331159881706049392818
97098015313511810083726151403019
98099015513812010385736352423121
990100015814012310588756454433322
1000101016014312510890766655453424
1010102016314512811093786757463625
1020103016514813011395796958483727
1030104016815013311598817060493928
10401050170153135118100837261514030
10501060173155138120103857363524231
10601070175158140123105887564544333
10701080178160143125108907666554534
10801090180163145128110937867574636
10901100183165148130113957969584837
11001110185168150133115988170604939
111011201881701531351181008272615140
112011301901731551381201038573635242
113011401931751581401231058775645443
114011501951781601431251089076665545
115011601981801631451281109278675746
116011702001831651481301139579695848
117011802031851681501331159781706049
1180119020518817015313511810082726151
1190120020819017315513812010285736352
1200121021019317515814012310587756454
1210122021319517816014312510790766655
1220123021519818016314512811092786757
1230124021820018316514813011295796958
1240125022020318516815013311597817060
$1250 and overUse Table 1(a) for a SINGLE person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
MARRIED Persons—WEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$270$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
27028010000000000
28029020000000000
29030030000000000
30031040000000000
31032050000000000
32033060000000000
33034070000000000
34035081000000000
35036092000000000
360370103000000000
370380114000000000
380390125000000000
390400136000000000
400410147000000000
410420158100000000
420430169200000000
4304401710300000000
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4504601912500000000
4604702013600000000
4704802114700000000
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50051026171030000000
51052027181140000000
52053029191250000000
53054030201360000000
54055032211470000000
55056033231581000000
56057035241692000000
570580362617103000000
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600610413020136000000
610620423221147000000
620630443323158100000
630640453524169200000
6406504736261710300000
6506604838271811400000
6606705039291912500000
6706805141302013600000
6806905342322114700000
6907005444332315810000
7007105645352416920000
71072057473626171030000
72073059483827181140000
73074060503929191250000
74075062514130201360000
75076063534232211470000
76077065544433231581000
77078066564535241692000
780790685747362617103000
790800695948382718114000
800810716050392919125000
810820726251413020136000
820830746353423221147000
830840756554443323158100
840850776656453524169200
8508607868574736261710300
8608708069594838271811400
8708808171605039291912500
8808908372625141302013600
8909008474635342322114700
9009108675655444332315810
9109208777665645352416920
92093089786857473626171030
93094090806959483827181140
94095092817160503929191250
95096093837262514130201360
$960$970$95$84$74$63$53$42$32$21$14$7$0
97098096867565544433231581
98099098877766564535241692
9901000998978685747362617103
100010101019080695948382718114
101010201029281716050392919125
102010301049383726251413020136
103010401059584746353423221147
104010501079686756554443323158
105010601089887776656453524169
1060107011099897868574736261710
10701080111101908069594838271811
10801090113102928171605039291912
10901100114104938372625141302013
11001110116105958474635342322114
11101120117107968675655444332215
11201130119108988777665645352416
11301140120110998978685747362517
114011501221111019080695948382718
115011601231131029281716050392819
116011701251141049383726251413020
117011801261161059584746353423121
118011901281171079686756554443322
119012001291191089887776656453424
120012101311201109989786857473625
1210122013212211110190806959483727
1220123013412311310292817160503928
1230124013512511410493837262514030
1240125013712611610595847463534231
1250126013812811710796867565544333
1260127014012911910898877766564534
1270128014113112011099897868574636
12801290143132122111101908069594837
12901300144134123113102928171604939
13001310146135125114104938372625140
13101320147137126116105958474635242
13201330149138128117107968675655443
13301340150140129119108988777665545
13401350152141131120110998978685746
135013601531431321221111019080695848
136013701551441341231131029281716049
137013801561461351251141049383726151
138013901581471371261161059584746352
139014001591491381281171079686756454
$1400 and overUse Table 1(b) for a MARRIED person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
SINGLE Persons—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$240$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
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$2100 and overUse Table 2(a) for a SINGLE person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
MARRIED Persons—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$540$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
54056020000000000
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17601780166144123102816040261200
17801800169147126105846342281400
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18401860178156135114937251342060
18601880181159138117967554362280
188019001841621411209978573824100
1900192018716514412310281604026120
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1940196019317115012910887664530162
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214021602232011801591381179675543622
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2240226023821619517415313211190694832
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2280230024422220118015913811796755436
2300232024722520418316214112099785738
23202340250228207186165144123102816040
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$2700 and overUse Table 2(b) for a MARRIED person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
SINGLE Persons—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$260$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
26027010000000000
27028020000000000
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1480150017715413110885634017200
1500152018015713411188664320400
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1540156019016314011794724926800
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160016202051721491261038158351400
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166016802201821581351129067442150
168017002251871611381159370472470
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17601780245207173150127105825936150
17801800250212176153130108856239172
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186018802702321941651421209774512810
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1900192028024220417114812610380573414
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1940196029025221417715413210986634018
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$2140 and overUse Table 3(a) for a SINGLE person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
MARRIED Persons—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$580$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
58060020000000000
60062040000000000
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660680100000000000
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19401960184161139116937047311610
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2040206019917615413110885624126110
2060208020217915713411188654328130
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2100212020818516314011794714832172
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2300232023821519317014712410178563722
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2400242025323020818516213911693714832
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25002520268245223200177154131108866342
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25802600280257235212189166143120987552
260026202832602382151921691461231017855
262026402862632412181951721491261048158
264026602892662442211981751521291078461
266026802922692472242011781551321108764
268027002952722502272041811581351139067
270027202982752532302071841611381169370
272027403012782562332101871641411199673
$2740 and overUse Table 3(b) for a MARRIED person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
SINGLE Persons—MONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$500$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
50052010000000000
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3080312038132628023418914397521600
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32003240411344298252207161115702800
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380038405614854093422972512051601146927
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388039205815054293543092632171721268135
392039605915154393633152692231781328741
396040006015254493733212752291841389347
400040406115354593833272812351901449953
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4080412063155547940333929324720215611165
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4160420065157549942335130525921416812377
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43204360691615539463387329283238192147101
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44404480721645569493417347301256210165119
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48804920831755679603527451374322276231185
49204960841765689613537461384328282237191
49605000851775699623547471394334288243197
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50405080871795719643567491414346300255209
$5080 and overUse Table 4(a) for a SINGLE person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
MARRIED Persons—MONTHLY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$1160$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
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25202560164119794818000000
25602600170125835222000000
26002640176131875626000000
26402680182137916030000000
26802720188143976434300000
272027601941491036838700000
2760280020015510972421100000
2800284020616111576461500000
2840288021216712180501900000
2880292021817312784542300000
2920296022417913388582700000
2960300023018513993623110000
3000304023619114599663550000
30403080242197151105703990000
308031202482031571117443130000
312031602542091631177847170000
316032002602151691238251210000
320032402662211751298655250000
324032802722271811359059290000
328033202782331871419663333000
3320336028423919314710267377000
33603400290245199153108714111000
34003440296251205159114754515000
34403480302257211165120794919000
34803520308263217171126835323000
35203560314269223177132875727000
35603600320275229183138926131000
36003640326281235189144986535400
364036803322872411951501046939800
3680372033829324720115611073431200
3720376034429925320716211677471600
3760380035030525921316812281512000
3800384035631126521917412885552400
3840388036231727122518013489592800
3880392036832327723118614095633220
$3920$3960$374$329$283$237$192$146$101$67$36$6$0
396040003803352892431981521077140100
400040403863412952492041581137544140
404040803923473012552101641197948180
408041203983533072612161701258352220
412041604043593132672221761318756260
416042004103653192732281821379160300
420042404163713252792341881439764343
4240428042237733128524019414910368387
42804320428383337291246200155109724211
43204360434389343297252206161115764615
43604400440395349303258212167121805019
44004440446401355309264218173127845423
44404480452407361315270224179133885827
44804520458413367321276230185139936231
45204560464419373327282236191145996635
456046004704253793332882421971511057039
460046404764313853392942482031571117443
464046804824373913453002542091631177847
468047204884433973513062602151691238251
472047604944494033573122662211751298655
476048005004554093633182722271811359059
480048405064614153693242782331871419663
4840488051246742137533028423919314710267
4880492051847342738133629024519915310871
4920496052447943338734229625120515911475
4960500053048543939334830225721116512079
5000504053649144539935430826321717112683
5040508054249745140536031426922317713287
5080512054850345741136632027522918313892
5120516055450946341737232628123518914498
51605200560515469423378332287241195150104
52005240566521475429384338293247201156110
52405280572527481435390344299253207162116
52805320578533487441396350305259213168122
53205360584539493447402356311265219174128
53605400590545499453408362317271225180134
54005440596551505459414368323277231186140
54405480602557511465420374329283237192146
54805520608563517471426380335289243198152
55205560614569523477432386341295249204158
55605600620575529483438392347301255210164
56005640626581535489444398353307261216170
56405680632587541495450404359313267222176
56805720638593547501456410365319273228182
57205760644599553507462416371325279234188
57605800650605559513468422377331285240194
58005840656611565519474428383337291246200
58405880662617571525480434389343297252206
$5880 and overUse Table 4(b) for a MARRIED person on page 26. Also see the instructions on page 23.
SINGLE Persons—DAILY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$27$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
273010000000000
303310000000000
333610000000000
363910000000000
394220000000000
424521000000000
454831000000000
485131000000000
515442000000000
545742000000000
576042100000000
606353100000000
636653100000000
666964200000000
697264210000000
727575210000000
757875310000000
788185310000000
818486420000000
848786421000000
879097531000000
909397531000000
9396108642000000
9699108642000000
99102119742100000
102105119753100000
1051081210753100000
1081111210864200000
1111141310864210000
1141171311975210000
1171201311975310000
12012314121085310000
12312614121086420000
12612915131186421000
12913215131197531000
13213516141197531000
135138161412108641000
138141171412108642000
141144171513119742100
144147181513119753100
1471501916141210753100
1501532016141210864200
1531562017151310864200
1561592118151311975210
1591622218161311975310
16216523191614121085310
16516823201614121086420
16817124211715131186421
17117425211815131197531
17417726221916141197531
177180262319161412108631
180183272420171412108642
183186282421171513119642
186189292522181513119753
1891922926221916141210753
1921953027232016141210864
1951983127242017151310864
1982013228252118151311975
2012043229252218161311975
20420733302623191614121085
20721034302723201614121086
21021335312824211715131186
21321635322825211815131197
21621936332926221916141197
219222373330262319161412108
222225383431272420171412108
225228383531282421171513119
228231393632292522181513119
231234403633292622191614129
$234$237$41$37$34$30$27$23$20$16$14$12$10
2372404138343127242017151210
2402434239353228252118151311
2432464339363229252218151311
2462494440373330262319161412
2492524441373430272320161412
2522554542383531282421171513
2552584642393532282521181513
2582614743403633292622191614
2612644744403733302623191614
2642674845413834312724201714
2672704945423835312824211715
2702735046433936322925221815
2732765147434036332926221916
2762795248444137343027232016
2792825249454138343127242017
2822855349464239353228252118
2852885450464339363229252218
2882915551474440373330262319
2912945652484441373430272320
2942975653494542383531282421
2973005753504642393532282521
3003035854504743403633292622
3033065955514744403733302623
3063096056524845413834312724
3093126057534945423835312824
3123156157545046433936322925
3153186258545147434036332926
3183216359555148444137343027
3213246460565249454138343127
3243276561575349464239353228
3273306561585450464339363229
3303336662595551474440373330
3333366763595652484441373430
3363396864605653494542383531
3393416965615753494642393532
3413436965615854504643393632
3433457066625854514743403633
3453477066625955514744403733
3473497167635955524844413734
3493517268646056524845413834
3513537268646056534945423835
3533557369656157534946423935
3553577369656158545046433936
3573597470666258545147434036
3593617470666259555147444037
3613637571676359555248444137
3633657672686460565248454138
3653677672686460565349454238
3673697773696561575349464239
3693717773696561585450464339
3713737874706662585451474340
3733757874706662595551474440
3753777975716763595552484441
3773797976726863605652484541
3793818076726864605653494542
3813838177736965615753494642
3833858177736965615854504643
3853878278747066625854504743
3873898278747066625955514744
3893918379757167635955524844
$391 and overUse Table 8(a) for a SINGLE person on page 27. Also see the instructions on page 23.
MARRIED Persons—DAILY Payroll Period (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
And the wages are–And the number
of withholding allowances
claimed is—
At leastBut less than012345678910
The amount of income,
social security, and Medicare taxes
to be withheld is—
$0$57$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
576010000000000
606310000000000
636610000000000
666910000000000
697220000000000
727521000000000
757821000000000
788131000000000
818432000000000
848732000000000
879042100000000
909342100000000
939643100000000
969953200000000
9910253210000000
10210564210000000
10510864310000000
10811164310000000
11111475320000000
11411775321000000
11712086421000000
12012386431000000
12312697432000000
12612997532000000
129132107542100000
132135108642100000
135138108643100000
138141119753200000
141144119753210000
1441471210864210000
1471501210864310000
1501531311964310000
1531561311975320000
1561591412975321000
15916214121086421000
16216515121086431000
16516815131197432000
16817115131197532000
171174161412107542100
174177161412108642100
177180171513108643100
180183171513119753200
183186181613119753210
1861891816141210854210
1891921916141210864310
1921951917151311864310
1951981917151311975320
1982012018161412975321
20120420181614121086421
20420721191715121086431
20721021191715131197432
21021322201815131197532
213216222018161412107542
216219232118161412108642
219222232119171513108643
222225242119171513119753
225228242220181613119753
2282312422201816141210854
2312342523211916141210864
2342372523211917151311864
2372402624221917151311975
2402432624222018161411975
24324627252220181614121086
24624927252321191714121086
24925228252321191715131197
25225528262422201715131197
255258282624222018161412107
258261292725232118161412108
261264292725232119171513108
$264$267$30$28$26$24$21$19$17$15$13$11$9
267270302826242220181613119
2702733129272422201816141210
2732763129272523211916141210
2762793230272523211917151311
2792823230282624221917151311
2822853330282624222018161411
2852883331292725222018161412
2882913331292725232119171412
2912943432302825232119171513
2942973532302826242220171513
2973003533312826242220181614
3003033633312927252320181614
3033063734312927252321191715
3063093834323028262321191715
3093123835323028262422201816
3123153936333129262422201816
3153184036333129272523211916
3183214137343230272523211917
3213244138343230282624221917
3243274239353330282624222018
3273304339363331292725222018
3303334440373331292725232119
3333364441373432302825232119
3363394542383532302826242220
3393414642393533302826242220
3413434643393633312927242220
3433454743403633312927252321
3453474744403733312927252321
3473494844413734323027252321
3493514845413834323028262421
3513534945423835323028262422
3533554946423935333028262422
3553575046433936333129272422
3573595047434036333129272523
3593615147444037333129272523
3613635148444137343230272523
3633655248454138343230282624
3653675249454238353230282624
3673695349464239353330282624
3693715450464339363331292724
3713735450474340363331292725
3733755551474440373331292725
3753775551484441373432302725
3773795652484541383432302826
3793815652494542383532302826
3813835753494642393533302826
3833855754504643393633312927
3853875854504743403633312927
3873895855514744403733312927
3893915955514844413734323027
3913935956524845413834323028
3933956056524945423835323028
3953976157534946423935333028
3973996157545046433936333129
3994016258545047434036333129
$401 and overUse Table 8(b) for a MARRIED person on page 27. Also see the instructions on page 23.

Tables for Percentage Method of Advance EIC Payments (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
TABLE 1—WEEKLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$17220.40% of wages$0$17220.40% of wages$0$8620.40% of wages
$172$316$35$172$412$35$86$206$18
$316$35 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $316$412$35 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $412$206$18 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $206
TABLE 2—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$34520.40% of wages$0$34520.40% of wages$0$17220.40% of wages
$345$632$70$345$825$70$172$412$35
$632$70 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $632$825$70 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $825$412$35 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $412
TABLE 3—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$37320.40% of wages$0$37320.40% of wages$0$18620.40% of wages
$373$685$76$373$894$76$186$447$38
$685$76 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $685$894$76 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $894$447$38 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $447
TABLE 4—MONTHLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$74720.40% of wages$0$74720.40% of wages$0$37320.40% of wages
$747$1,370$152$747$1,788$152$373$894$76
$1,370$152 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $1,370$1,788$152 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $1,788$894$76 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $894
Tables for Percentage Method of Advance EIC Payments (continued)
(For Wages Paid in 2010)
TABLE 5—QUARTERLY Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$2,24220.40% of wages$0$2,24220.40% of wages$0$1,12120.40% of wages
$2,242$4,112$457$2,242$5,365$457$1,121$2,682$229
$4,112$457 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $4,112$5,365$457 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $5,365$2,682$229 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $2,682
TABLE 6—SEMIANNUAL Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$4,48520.40% of wages$0$4,48520.40% of wages$0$2,24220.40% of wages
$4,485$8,225$915$4,485$10,730$915$2,242$5,365$457
$8,225$915 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $8,225$10,730$915 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $10,730$5,365$457 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $5,365
TABLE 7—ANNUAL Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:If the amount of wages
(before deducting
withholding allowances) is:
The amount of payment to be made is:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$8,97020.40% of wages$0$8,97020.40% of wages$0$4,48520.40% of wages
$8,970$16,450$1,830$8,970$21,460$1,830$4,485$10,730$915
$16,450$1,830 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $16,450$21,460$1,830 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $21,460$10,730$915 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $10,730
TABLE 8—DAILY or MISCELLANEOUS Payroll Period
(a) SINGLE or HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD
(b) MARRIED Without Spouse
Filing Certificate
(c) MARRIED With Both Spouses
Filing Certificate
If the wages divided by
the number of days in
such period (before
deducting withholding allowances) are:
The amount of payment to be made is the following amount multiplied by the number of days in such period:If the wages divided by
the number of days in
such period (before
deducting withholding allowances) are:
The amount of payment to be made is the following amount multiplied by the number of days in such period:If the wages divided by
the number of days in
such period (before
deducting withholding allowances) are:
The amount of payment to be made is the following amount multiplied by the number of days in such period:
Over—But not over—Over—But not over—Over—But not over—
$0$3420.40% of wages$0$3420.40% of wages$0$1720.40% of wages
$34$63$7$34$82$7$17$41$3
$63$7 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $63$82$7 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $82$41$3 less 9.588% of wages in excess of $41
Tables for Wage Bracket Method of Advance EIC Payments (For Wages Paid Through December 2010)
WEEKLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
$75$80$15
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
$150$15531
15516032
16016533
16517034
17031535
31532534
32533533
33534532
34535531
35536531
36537530
37538529
38539528
39540527
40541526
$415$425$25
42543524
43544523
44545522
45546521
46547520
47548519
48549518
49550517
50551516
51552515
52553514
53554513
54555512
55556511
$565$575$10
5755859
5855958
5956058
6056157
6156256
6256355
6356454
6456553
6556652
6656751
675- - -0
MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
$75$80$15
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
$150$155$31
15516032
16016533
16517034
17041035
41042034
42043034
43044033
44045032
45046031
46047030
47048029
48049028
49050027
50051026
$510$520$25
52053024
53054023
54055022
55056021
56057020
57058019
58059018
59060017
60061016
61062015
62063014
63064013
64065012
65066011
$660$670$11
67068010
6806909
6907008
7007107
7107206
7207305
7307404
7407503
7507602
7607701
770- - -0
MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
$40$45$8
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
$80$85$16
8520517
20521517
21522516
22523515
23524514
24525513
25526512
$265$275$11
27528510
2852959
2953058
3053157
3153256
3253355
3353454
$345$355$3
3553652
3653751
375- - -0
BIWEEKLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
$145$150$30
15015531
15516032
16016533
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18519038
19019539
19520040
20020541
20521042
21021543
21522044
22022545
22523046
23023547
23524048
24024549
24525050
25025551
25526052
26026553
26527054
27027555
27528056
28028557
28529058
$290$295$59
29530060
30030561
30531062
31031563
31532064
32032565
32533066
33033567
33534068
34063069
63064070
64065069
65066068
66067067
67068066
68069065
69070064
70071063
71072062
72073061
73074060
74075059
75076058
76077057
77078056
78079055
79080054
80081053
$810$820$52
82083051
83084051
84085050
85086049
86087048
87088047
88089046
89090045
90091044
91092043
92093042
93094041
94095040
95096039
96097038
97098037
98099036
9901,00035
1,0001,01034
1,0101,02033
1,0201,03032
1,0301,04031
1,0401,05030
1,0501,06029
1,0601,07028
1.0701,08027
1,0801,09027
1,0901,10026
$1,100$1,110$25
1,1101,12024
1,1201,13023
1,1301,14022
1,1401,15021
1,1501,16020
1,1601,17019
1,1701,18018
1,1801,19017
1,1901,20016
1,2001,21015
1,2101,22014
1,2201,23013
1,2301,24012
1,2401,25011
1,2501,26010
1,2601,2709
1,2701,2808
1,2801,2907
1,2901,3006
1,3001,3105
1,3101,3204
1,3201,3304
1,3301,3403
1,3401,3502
1,3501,3601
1,360- - -0
MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
$145$150$30
15015531
15516032
16016533
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18519038
19019539
19520040
20020541
20521042
21021543
21522044
22022545
22523046
23023547
23524048
24024549
24525050
25025551
25526052
26026553
26527054
27027555
27528056
28028557
28529058
$290$295$59
29530060
30030561
30531062
31031563
31532064
32032565
32533066
33033567
33534068
34082569
82583569
83584569
84585568
85586567
86587566
87588565
88589564
89590563
90591562
91592561
92593560
93594559
94595558
95596557
96597556
97598555
98599554
9951,00553
$1,005$1,015$52
1,0151,02551
1,0251,03550
1,0351,04549
1,0451,05548
1,0551,06547
1,0651,07546
1,0751,08545
1,0851,09545
1,0951,10544
1,1051,11543
1,1151,12542
1,1251,13541
1,1351,14540
1,1451,15539
1,1551,16538
1,1651,17537
1,1751,18536
1,1851,19535
1,1951,20534
1,2051,21533
1,2151,22532
1,2251,23531
1,2351,24530
1,2451,25529
1,2551,26528
1,2651,27527
1,2751,28526
1,2851,29525
$1,295$1,305$24
1,3051,31523
1,3151,32522
1,3251,33522
1,3351,34521
1,3451,35520
1,3551,36519
1,3651,37518
1,3751,38517
1,3851,39516
1,3951,40515
1,4051,41514
1,4151,42513
1,4251,43512
1,4351,44511
1,4451,45510
1,4551,4659
1,4651,4758
1,4751,4857
1,4851,4956
1,4951,5055
1,5051,5154
1,5151,5253
1,5251,5352
1,5351,5451
1,545- - -0
BIWEEKLY Payroll Period (continued)
MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
$75$80$15
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
$150$155$31
15516032
16016533
16517034
17041035
41042034
42043034
43044033
44045032
45046031
46047030
47048029
48049028
49050027
50051026
$510$520$25
52053024
53054023
54055022
55056021
56057020
57058019
58059018
59060017
60061016
61062015
62063014
63064013
64065012
65066011
66067011
67068010
6806909
6907008
7007107
7107206
7207305
7307404
7407503
7507602
7607701
770- - -0
SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
15015531
$155$160$32
16016533
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18519038
19019539
19520040
20020541
20521042
21021543
21522044
22022545
22523046
23023547
23524048
24024549
24525050
25025551
25526052
26026553
26527054
27027555
27528056
28028557
28529058
29029559
29530060
30030561
30531062
$310$315$63
31532064
32032565
32533066
33033567
33534068
34034569
34535070
35035571
35536072
36036573
36537074
37068575
68569575
69570574
70571573
71572572
72573571
73574571
74575570
75576569
76577568
77578567
78579566
79580565
80581564
81582563
82583562
83584561
84585560
85586559
$865$875$58
87588557
88589556
89590555
90591554
91592553
92593552
93594551
94595550
95596549
96597548
97598548
98599547
9951,00546
1,0051,01545
1,0151,02544
1,0251,03543
1,0351,04542
1,0451,05541
1,0551,06540
1,0651,07539
1,0751,08538
1,0851,09537
1,0951,10536
1,1051,11535
1,1151,12534
1,1251,13533
1,1351,14532
1,1451,15531
1,1551,16530
1,1651,17529
$1,175$1,185$28
1,1851,19527
1,1951,20526
1,2051,21525
1,2151,22525
1,2251,23524
1,2351,24523
1,2451,25522
1,2551,26521
1,2651,27520
1,2751,28519
1,2851,29518
1,2951,30517
1,3051,31516
1,3151,32515
1,3251,33514
1,3351,34513
1,3451,35512
1,3551,36511
1,3651,37510
1,3751,3859
1,3851,3958
1,3951,4057
1,4051,4156
1,4151,4255
1,4251,4354
1,4351,4453
1,4451,4552
1,4551,4652
1,4651,4751
1,475- - -0
SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period (continued)
MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
15015531
$155$160$32
16016533
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18519038
19019539
19520040
20020541
20521042
21021543
21522044
22022545
22523046
23023547
23524048
24024549
24525050
25025551
25526052
26026553
26527054
27027555
27528056
28028557
28529058
29029559
29530060
30030561
30531062
$310$315$63
31532064
32032565
32533066
33033567
33534068
34034569
34535070
35035571
35536072
36036573
36537074
37089075
89090076
90091075
91092074
92093073
93094072
94095071
95096070
96097069
97098068
98099067
9901,00066
1,0001,01065
1,0101,02064
1,0201,03063
1,0301,04062
1,0401,05061
1,0501,06060
1,0601,07059
$1,070$1,080$58
1,0801,09057
1,0901,10057
1,1001,11056
1,1101,12055
1,1201,13054
1,1301,14053
1,1401,15052
1,1501,16051
1,1601,17050
1,1701,18049
1,1801,19048
1,1901,20047
1,2001,21046
1,2101,22045
1,2201,23044
1,2301,24043
1,2401,25042
1,2501,26041
1,2601,27040
1,2701,28039
1,2801,29038
1,2901,30037
1,3001,31036
1,3101,32035
1,3201,33034
1,3301,34034
1,3401,35033
1,3501,36032
1,3601,37031
1,3701,38030
$1,380$1,390$29
1,3901,40028
1,4001,41027
1,4101,42026
1,4201,43025
1,4301,44024
1,4401,45023
1,4501,46022
1,4601,47021
1,4701,48020
1,4801,49019
1,4901,50018
1,5001,51017
1,5101,52016
1,5201,53015
1,5301,54014
1,5401,55013
1,5501,56012
1,5601,57011
1,5701,58010
1,5801,59010
1,5901,6009
1,6001,6108
1,6101,6207
1,6201,6306
1,6301,6405
1,6401,6504
1,6501,6603
1,6601,6702
1,6701,6801
1,680- - -0
MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
$80$85$16
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
15015531
15516032
$160$165$33
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18544538
44545537
45546536
46547535
47548534
48549534
49550533
50551532
51552531
52553530
53554529
$545$555$28
55556527
56557526
57558525
58559524
59560523
60561522
61562521
62563520
63564519
64565518
65566517
66567516
67568515
68569514
69570513
$705$715$12
71572511
72573511
73574510
7457559
7557658
7657757
7757856
7857955
7958054
8058153
8158252
8258351
835- - -0
MONTHLY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
15015531
15516032
16016533
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18519038
19019539
19520040
20020541
20521042
21021543
21522044
22022545
22523046
23023547
23524048
24024549
24525050
25025551
25526052
26026553
26527054
27027555
27528056
28028557
28529058
29029559
29530060
30030561
30531062
$310$315$63
31532064
32032565
32533066
33033567
33534068
34034569
34535070
35035571
35536072
36036573
36537074
37037575
37538077
38038578
38539079
39039580
39540081
40040582
40541083
41041584
41542085
42042586
42543087
43043588
43544089
44044590
44545091
45045592
45546093
46046594
46547095
47047596
47548097
48048598
48549099
490495100
495500101
500505102
505510103
510515104
515520105
520525106
525530107
530535108
535540109
540545110
545550111
550555112
555560113
560565114
565570115
570575116
575580117
580585118
585590119
590595120
595600121
600605122
605610123
610615124
615620125
$620$625$126
625630128
630635129
635640130
640645131
645650132
650655133
655660134
660665135
665670136
670675137
675680138
680685139
685690140
690695141
695700142
700705143
705710144
710715145
715720146
720725147
725730148
730735149
735740150
740745151
7451,370152
1,3701,380152
1,3801,390151
1,3901,400150
1,4001,410149
1,4101,420148
1,4201,430147
1,4301,440146
1,4401,450145
1,4501,460144
1,4601,470143
1,4701,480142
1,4801,490141
1,4901,500140
1,5001,510139
1,5101,520138
1,5201,530137
1,5301,540136
1,5401,550135
1,5501,560134
1,5601,570133
1,5701,580132
1,5801,590131
1,5901,600131
1,6001,610130
1,6101,620129
1,6201,630128
1,6301,640127
1,6401,650126
1,6501,660125
1,6601,670124
1,6701,680123
1,6801,690122
1,6901,700121
1,7001,710120
1,7101,720119
1,7201,730118
$1,730$1,740$117
1,7401,750116
1,7501,760115
1,7601,770114
1,7701,780113
1,7801,790112
1,7901,800111
1,8001,810110
1,8101,820109
1,8201,830108
1,8301,840108
1,8401,850107
1,8501,860106
1,8601,870105
1,8701,880104
1,8801,890103
1,8901,900102
1,8901,910101
1,9101,920100
1,9201,93099
1,9301,94098
1,9401,95097
1,9501,96096
1,9601,97095
1,9701,98094
1,9801,99093
1,9902,00092
2,0002,01091
2,0102,02090
2,0202,03089
2,0302,04088
2,0402,05087
2,0502,06086
2,0602,07085
2,0702,08085
2,0802,09084
2,0902,10083
2,1002,11082
2,1102,12081
2,1202,13080
2,1302,14079
2,1402,15078
2,1502,16077
2,1602,17076
2,1702,18075
2,1802,19074
2,1902,20073
2,2002,21072
2,2102,22071
2,2202,23070
2,2302,24069
2,2402,25068
2,2502,26067
2,2602,27066
2,2702,28065
2,2802,29064
2,2902,30063
2,3002,31062
2,3102,32061
2,3202,33061
2,3302,34060
2,3402,35059
$2,350$2,360$58
2,3602,37057
2,3702,38056
2,3802,39055
2,3902,40054
2,4002,41053
2,4102,42052
2,4202,43051
2,4302,44050
2,4402,45049
2,4502,46048
2,4602,47047
2,4702,48046
2,4802,49045
2,4902,50044
2,5002,51043
2,5102,52042
2,5202,53041
2,5302,54040
2,5402,55039
2,5502,56038
2,5602,57038
2,5702,58037
2,5802,59036
2,5902,60035
2,6002,61034
2,6102,62033
2,6202,63032
2,6302,64031
2,6402,65030
2,6502,66029
2,6602,67028
2,6702,68027
2,6802,69026
2,6902,70025
2,7002,71024
2,7102,72023
2,7202,73022
2,7302,74021
2,7402,75020
2,7502,76019
2,7602,77018
2,7702,78017
2,7802,79016
2,7902,80015
2,8002,81015
2,8102,82014
2,8202,83013
2,8302,84012
2,8402,85011
2,8502,86010
2,8602,8709
2,8702,8808
2,8802,8907
2,8902,9006
2,9002,9105
2,9102,9204
2,9202,9303
2,9302,9402
2,9402,9501
2,950- - -0
MONTHLY Payroll Period (continued)
MARRIED Without Spouse Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
15015531
15516032
16016533
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18519038
19019539
19520040
20020541
20521042
21021543
21522044
22022545
22523046
23023547
23524048
24024549
24525050
25025551
25526052
26026553
26527054
27027555
27528056
28028557
28529058
29029559
29530060
30030561
30531062
$310$315$63
31532064
32032565
32533066
33033567
33534068
34034569
34535070
35035571
35536072
36036573
36537074
37037575
37538077
38038578
38539079
39039580
39540081
40040582
40541083
41041584
41542085
42042586
42543087
43043588
43544089
44044590
44545091
45045592
45546093
46046594
46547095
47047596
47548097
48048598
48549099
490495100
495500101
500505102
505510103
510515104
515520105
520525106
525530107
530535108
535540109
540545110
545550111
550555112
555560113
560565114
565570115
570575116
575580117
580585118
585590119
590595120
595600121
600605122
605610123
610615124
615620125
$620$625$126
625630128
630635129
635640130
640645131
645650132
650655133
655660134
660665135
665670136
670675137
675680138
680685139
685690140
690695141
695700142
700705143
705710144
710715145
715720146
720725147
725730148
730735149
735740150
740745151
7451,785152
1,7851,795152
1,7951,805151
1,8051,815150
1,8151,825149
1,8251,835148
1,8351,845147
1,8451,855146
1,8551,865145
1,8651,875144
1,8751,885143
1,8851,895142
1,8951,905141
1,9051,915140
1,9151,925139
1,9251,935138
1,9351,945137
1,9451,955137
1,9551,965136
1,9651,975135
1,9751,985134
1,9851,995133
1,9952,005132
2,0052,015131
2,0152,025130
2,0252,035129
2,0352,045128
2,0452,055127
2,0552,065126
2,0652,075125
2,0752,085124
2,0852,095123
2,0952,105122
2,1052,115121
2,1152,125120
2,1252,135119
2,1352,145118
$2,145$2,155$117
2,1552,165116
2,1652,175115
2,1752,185114
2,1852,195114
2,1952,205113
2,2052,215112
2,2152,225111
2,2252,235110
2,2352,245109
2,2452,255108
2,2552,265107
2,2652,275106
2,2752,285105
2,2852,295104
2,2952,305103
2,3052,315102
2,3152,325101
2,3252,335100
2,3352,34599
2,3452,35598
2,3552,36597
2,3652,37596
2,3752,38595
2,3852,39594
2,3952,40593
2,4052,41592
2,4152,42591
2,4252,43590
2,4352,44590
2,4452,45589
2,4552,46588
2,4652,47587
2,4752,48586
2,4852,49585
2,4952,50584
2,5052,51583
2,5152,52582
2,5252,53581
2,5352,54580
2,5452,55579
2,5552,56578
2,5652,57577
2,5752,58576
2,5852,59575
2,5952,60574
2,6052,61573
2,6152,62572
2,6252,63571
2,6352,64570
2,6452,65569
2,6552,66568
2,6652,67567
2,6752,68567
2,6852,69566
2,6952,70565
2,7052,71564
2,7152,72563
2,7252,73562
2,7352,74561
2,7452,75560
2,7552,76559
2,7652,775$58
2,7752,78557
2,7852,79556
2,7952,80555
2,8052,81554
2,8152,82553
2,8252,83552
2,8352,84551
2,8452,85550
2,8552,86549
2,8652,87548
2,8752,88547
2,8852,89546
2,8952,90545
2,9052,91544
2,9152,92544
2,9252,93543
2,9352,94542
2,9452,95541
2,9552,96540
2,9652,97539
2,9752,98538
2,9852,99537
2,9953,00536
3,0053,01535
3,0153,02534
3,0253,03533
3,0353,04532
3,0453,05531
3,0553,06530
3,0653,07529
3,0753,08528
3,0853,09527
3,0953,10526
3,1053,11525
3,1153,12524
3,1253,13523
3,1353,14522
3,1453,15521
3,1553,16521
3,1653,17520
3,1753,18519
3,1853,19518
3,1953,20517
3,2053,21516
3,2153,22515
3,2253,23514
3,2353,24513
3,2453,25512
3,2553,26511
3,2653,27510
3,2753,2859
3,2853,2958
3,2953,3057
3,3053,3156
3,3153,3255
3,3253,3354
3,3353,3453
3,3453,3552
3,3553,3651
3,365- - -0
MONTHLY Payroll Period (continued)
MARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30356
35407
40458
45509
505510
556011
606512
657013
707514
758015
808516
859017
909518
9510019
10010520
10511021
11011522
11512023
12012524
12513026
13013527
13514028
14014529
14515030
15015531
$155$160$32
16016533
16517034
17017535
17518036
18018537
18519038
19019539
19520040
20020541
20521042
21021543
21522044
22022545
22523046
23023547
23524048
24024549
24525050
25025551
25526052
26026553
26527054
27027555
27528056
28028557
28529058
29029559
29530060
30030561
30531062
$310$315$63
31532064
32032565
32533066
33033567
33534068
34034569
34535070
35035571
35536072
36036573
36537074
37089075
89090076
90091075
91092074
92093073
93094072
94095071
95096070
96097069
97098068
98099067
9901,00066
1,0001,01065
1,0101,02064
1,0201,03063
1,0301,04062
1,0401,05061
1,0501,06060
1,0601,07059
$1,070$1,080$58
1,0801,09057
1,0901,10057
1,1001,11056
1,1101,12055
1,1201,13054
1,1301,14053
1,1401,15052
1,1501,16051
1,1601,17050
1,1701,18049
1,1801,19048
1,1901,20047
1,2001,21046
1,2101,22045
1,2201,23044
1,2301,24043
1,2401,25042
1,2501,26041
1,2601,27040
1,2701,28039
1,2801,29038
1,2901,30037
1,3001,31036
1,3101,32035
1,3201,33034
1,3301,34034
1,3401,35033
1,3501,36032
1,3601,37031
1,3701,38030
$1,380$1,390$29
1,3901,40028
1,4001,41027
1,4101,42026
1,4201,43025
1,4301,44024
1,4401,45023
1,4501,46022
1,4601,47021
1,4701,48020
1,4801,49019
1,4901,50018
1,5001,51017
1,5101,52016
1,5201,53015
1,5301,54014
1,5401,55013
1,5501,56012
1,5601,57011
1,5701,58010
1,5801,59010
1,5901,6009
1,6001,6108
1,6101,6207
1,6201,6306
1,6301,6405
1,6401,6504
1,6501,6603
1,6601,6702
1,6701,6801
1,680- - -0
DAILY Payroll Period
SINGLE or HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDMARRIED Without Spouse Filing CertificateMARRIED With Both Spouses Filing Certificate
Wages—Payment
to be
made
At leastBut less than
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30606
60706
$70$80$5
80904
901004
1001103
1101202
1201301
130- - -0
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15203
20254
25305
30806
80906
$90$100$5
1001104
1101203
1201302
1301402
1401501
150- - -0
$0$5$0
5101
10152
15403
40503
$50$60$2
60701
70- - -0

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