Withholding Certificate For Pension or Annuity Payments: Personal Allowances Worksheet (Keep For Your Records.)
Withholding Certificate For Pension or Annuity Payments: Personal Allowances Worksheet (Keep For Your Records.)
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● You are single and have only one pension; or
● You are married, have only one pension, and your
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B Enter “1” if: spouse has no income subject to withholding; or
● Your income from a second pension or a job, or your
spouse’s pension or wages (or the total of all) is $1,500 or less.
C Enter “1” for your spouse. But, you may choose to enter “-0-” if you are married and have either a spouse who
has income subject to withholding or you have more than one source of income subject to withholding. (Entering
“-0-” may help you avoid having too little tax withheld.) C
D Enter number of dependents (other than your spouse or yourself) you will claim on your tax return D
E Enter “1” if you will file as head of household on your tax return E
F Child Tax Credit (including additional child tax credit):
● If your total income will be less than $58,000 ($86,000 if married), enter “2” for each eligible child.
● If your total income will be between $58,000 and $84,000 ($86,000 and $119,000 if married), enter “1” for each
eligible child plus “1” additional if you have 4 or more eligible children F
G Add lines A through F and enter total here. (Note. This may be different from the number of exemptions you claim
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on your tax return.) © G
● If you plan to itemize or claim adjustments to income and want to reduce your withholding,
For see the Deductions and Adjustments Worksheet on page 2.
accuracy, ● If you have more than one source of income subject to withholding or a spouse with income
complete subject to withholding and your combined income from all sources exceeds $40,000 ($25,000 if
all married), see the Multiple Pensions/More-Than-One-Income Worksheet on page 2 to avoid
worksheets having too little tax withheld.
that apply. ● If neither of the above situations applies, stop here and enter the number from line G on line 2
of Form W-4P below.
Cut here and give Form W-4P to the payer of your pension or annuity. Keep the top part for your records.
Home address (number and street or rural route) Claim or identification number
(if any) of your pension or
annuity contract
City or town, state, and ZIP code
2 Total number of allowances and marital status you are claiming for withholding from each periodic pension or
annuity payment. (You may also designate an additional dollar amount on line 3.) ©
(Enter number
Marital status: Single Married Married, but withhold at higher “Single” rate of allowances.)
3 Additional amount, if any, you want withheld from each pension or annuity payment. (Note. For periodic payments,
you cannot enter an amount here without entering the number (including zero) of allowances on line 2.) © $
$ %
$10,900 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er)
2 Enter: $ 8,000 if head of household 2 $
$ 5,450 if single or married filing separately
3 Subtract line 2 from line 1. If zero or less, enter “-0-” 3 $
4 Enter an estimate of your 2008 adjustments to income, including alimony, deductible IRA contributions,
and student loan interest 4 $
5 Add lines 3 and 4 and enter the total. (Include any credit amounts from Worksheet 8 in Pub. 919.) 5 $
6 Enter an estimate of your 2008 income not subject to withholding (such as dividends or interest) 6 $
7 Subtract line 6 from line 5. If zero or less, enter “-0-” 7 $
8 Divide the amount on line 7 by $3,500 and enter the result here. Drop any fraction 8
9 Enter the number from the Personal Allowances Worksheet, line G, page 1 9
10 Add lines 8 and 9 and enter the total here. If you use the Multiple Pensions/More-Than-One-Income
Worksheet, also enter this total on line 1 below. Otherwise, stop here and enter this total on Form W-4P,
line 2, page 1 10
If wages from LOWEST Enter on If wages from LOWEST Enter on If wages from HIGHEST Enter on If wages from HIGHEST Enter on
paying pension or job are— line 2 above paying pension or job are— line 2 above paying pension or job are— line 7 above paying pension or job are— line 7 above
$0 - $4,500 0 $0 - 6,500 0 $0 - $65,000 $530 $0 - $35,000 $530
4,501 - 10,000 1 6,501 - 12,000 1 65,001 - 120,000 880 35,001 - 80,000 880
10,001 - 18,000 2 12,001 - 20,000 2 120,001 - 180,000 980 80,001 - 150,000 980
18,001 - 22,000 3 20,001 - 27,000 3 180,001 - 310,000 1,160 150,001 - 340,000 1,160
22,001 - 27,000 4 27,001 - 35,000 4 310,001 and over 1,230 340,001 and over 1,230
27,001 - 33,000 5 35,001 - 50,000 5
33,001 - 40,000 6 50,001 - 65,000 6
40,001 - 50,000 7 65,001 - 80,000 7
50,001 - 55,000 8 80,001 - 95,000 8
55,001 - 60,000 9 95,001 - 120,000 9
60,001 - 65,000 10 120,001 and over 10
65,001 - 75,000 11
75,001 - 100,000 12
100,001 - 110,000 13
110,001 - 120,000 14
120,001 and over 15
Form W-4P (2008) Page 3
Additional Instructions Caution. There are penalties for not paying enough federal
income tax during the year, either through withholding or
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code. estimated tax payments. New retirees, especially, should see
When should I complete the form? Complete Form W-4P Pub. 505. It explains your estimated tax requirements and
and give it to the payer as soon as possible. Get Pub. 919, describes penalties in detail. You may be able to avoid
How Do I Adjust My Tax Withholding, to see how the dollar quarterly estimated tax payments by having enough tax
amount you are having withheld compares to your projected withheld from your pension or annuity using Form W-4P.
total federal income tax for 2008. You may also use the Periodic payments. Withholding from periodic payments of
Withholding Calculator on the IRS website at a pension or annuity is figured in the same manner as
www.irs.gov/individuals for help in determining how many withholding from wages. Periodic payments are made in
withholding allowances to claim on your Form W-4P. installments at regular intervals over a period of more than 1
Multiple pensions/more than one income. To figure the year. They may be paid annually, quarterly, monthly, etc.
number of allowances that you may claim, combine If you want federal income tax to be withheld, you must
allowances and income subject to withholding from all designate the number of withholding allowances on line 2 of
sources on one worksheet. You may file a Form W-4P with Form W-4P and indicate your marital status by checking the
each pension payer, but do not claim the same allowances appropriate box. Under current law, you cannot designate a
more than once. Your withholding usually will be most specific dollar amount to be withheld. However, you can
accurate when all allowances are claimed on the Form W-4P designate an additional amount to be withheld on line 3.
for the highest source of income subject to withholding and If you do not want any federal income tax withheld from
zero allowances are claimed on the others. your periodic payments, check the box on line 1 of Form
Other income. If you have a large amount of income from W-4P and submit the form to your payer. However, see
other sources not subject to withholding (such as interest, Payments to Foreign Persons and Payments Outside the
dividends, or capital gains), consider making estimated tax United States on page 4.
payments using Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Caution. If you do not submit Form W-4P to your payer, the
Individuals. Call 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676) to get payer must withhold on periodic payments as if you are
Form 1040-ES and Pub. 505, Tax Withholding and Estimated married claiming three withholding allowances. Generally, this
Tax. You can also get forms and publications from the IRS means that tax will be withheld if your pension or annuity is at
website at www.irs.gov. least $1,560 a month.
If you have income from wages, see Pub. 919 to find out if If you submit a Form W-4P that does not contain your
you should adjust your withholding on Form W-4 or Form correct taxpayer identification number (TIN), the payer must
W-4P. withhold as if you are single claiming zero withholding
Note. Social security and railroad retirement payments may allowances even if you choose not to have federal income
be includible in income. See Form W-4V, Voluntary tax withheld.
Withholding Request, for information on voluntary withholding There are some kinds of periodic payments for which you
from these payments. cannot use Form W-4P because they are already defined as
wages subject to federal income tax withholding. These
Withholding From Pensions and Annuities payments include retirement pay for service in the U.S.
Generally, federal income tax withholding applies to the Armed Forces and payments from certain nonqualified
taxable part of payments made from pension, profit-sharing, deferred compensation plans and deferred compensation
stock bonus, annuity, and certain deferred compensation plans of exempt organizations described in section 457. Your
plans; from individual retirement arrangements (IRAs); and payer should be able to tell you whether Form W-4P applies.
from commercial annuities. The method and rate of For periodic payments, your Form W-4P stays in effect
withholding depends on (a) the kind of payment you receive, until you change or revoke it. Your payer must notify you
(b) whether the payments are delivered outside the United each year of your right to choose not to have federal income
States or its possessions, and (c) whether the recipient is a tax withheld (if permitted) or to change your choice.
nonresident alien individual, a nonresident alien beneficiary, or
a foreign estate. Qualified distributions from a Roth IRA are Nonperiodic payments—10% withholding. Your payer must
nontaxable and, therefore, not subject to withholding. See withhold at a flat 10% rate from nonperiodic payments (but
page 4 for special withholding rules that apply to payments see Eligible rollover distribution—20% withholding on page 4)
outside the United States and payments to foreign persons. unless you choose not to have federal income tax withheld.
Distributions from an IRA that are payable on demand are
Because your tax situation may change from year to year, treated as nonperiodic payments. You can choose not to
you may want to refigure your withholding each year. You have federal income tax withheld from a nonperiodic
can change the amount to be withheld by using lines 2 and 3 payment (if permitted) by submitting Form W-4P (containing
of Form W-4P. your correct TIN) to your payer and checking the box on
Choosing not to have income tax withheld. You (or in the line 1. Generally, your choice not to have federal income tax
event of death, your beneficiary or estate) can choose not to withheld will apply to any later payment from the same plan.
have federal income tax withheld from your payments by using You cannot use line 2 for nonperiodic payments. But you
line 1 of Form W-4P. For an estate, the election to have no may use line 3 to specify an additional amount that you want
income tax withheld may be made by the executor or personal withheld.
representative of the decedent. Enter the estate’s employer Caution. If you submit a Form W-4P that does not contain
identification number (EIN) in the area reserved for “Your social your correct TIN, the payer cannot honor your request not to
security number” on Form W-4P. have income tax withheld and must withhold 10% of the
You may not make this choice for eligible rollover payment for federal income tax.
distributions. See Eligible rollover distribution—20%
withholding on page 4.
Form W-4P (2008) Page 4