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How to Calculate 2021 Federal Income Withhold Manually (with 2019 and Earlier W4 form)

(If your employee filled out the new 2021 Form W4, follow this guide)

    


ezPaycheck payroll software speeds up and simplifies payroll tax calculation, paycheck printing and tax reporting for small businesses. However if you like to calculate the taxes manually, you can find the step by step guide below.

Follow the steps in this sample if the Form W-4 is from 2019 or earlier, or if the Form W-4 is from 2020 or later and the box in Step 2 of Form W-4 is NOT checked.

Example: Karen is married filling jointly, with 1 allowance. Her salary rate is $39000. She receives one paycheck each month.

Steps to calculate the 2021 tax manually

1. Her yearly standard deduction is $4,300.00


3. Her yearly taxable income is:

39,000-4,300=$34,700.00

4. Yearly Federal tax

Check the yearly tax table for married person
https://www.halfpricesoft.com/federal_income_tax_2021.asp

1,990 + 12% x (34,700-32,100.00)=$2,302




5. For each paycheck, the federal tax is:

$2,302/12=$191.83


If you generate the paycheck with ezPaycheck payroll software, you will see the same result there.

  • The employee set up



  • Add a new paycheck and ezPaycheck will calculate the taxes automatically.



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