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Government at its finest

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
April 4, 2024
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Received an email about a 1 hour course on how to prepare form W-4. Unbelievable. They made a simple form into a monstrosity.

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Best answer by Just-Lisa-Now-

why would it be such a terrible thing to just let us choose a % to withhold?

Camp1040

Level 10

I tell clients if you can prepare the new W-4 and you have more than one job, kids, a spouse, you can prepare your own tax return!

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strongsilence

Level 10

More clients don't know what to do. It takes more time. I'm not sure the best advice to give about withholding. Lately, I've been giving clients a tax rate and telling them to call the employer/IRA custodian/pension plan and see if they have an easier way to change it.

It is deflating.

We are trying to help the government.

Just-Lisa-Now-

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why would it be such a terrible thing to just let us choose a % to withhold?

♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥Lisa♥¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪

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strongsilence

Level 10

Have you tried the IRS W-4 calculator?

PATAXAuthor

Level 12

@strongsilence no I haven't tried that yet. Usually I tell clients to discuss it with the payroll department where they work and let them take care of it. I don't like to get involved with that. I tell the clients they have to increase the withholding or pay estimates.

GodFather

Intuit Community Champion

It requires a course, for sure. Surprised it's only an hour long.

PATAXAuthor

Level 12

@GodFather 👍Give them a couple of more years and it will be a two day seminar.😉

BobKamman

Level 15

I struggled through one the other day. I figured out that the new one is logical. The problem is that we have been doing it so illogically for so long, it's difficult to reprogram our synapses.

PATAXAuthor

Level 12

@BobKamman 👍🖖we can call the new one the Spock W-4.

IRonMaN

Level 15

So I'm curious. Did you sign up for the course? 😀

Slava Ukraini!

PATAXAuthor

Level 12

@IRonMaN Nope. If my memory serves me right, it was an H&R Block course, unless my thick pop bottles were mistaken (I delete emails real fast).

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