Completing the W-4
W-4 Form
For tax purposes, you are required to fill out a W-4 Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate as soon as you start working. Your employer will give you a W-4 Form. It is your responsibility to complete and submit the W-4 Form to your employer. Based on the information you provide on the W-4 Form, your employer will calculate the amount of federal, state, and local taxes to be withheld from your paycheck.
HOW TO COMPLETE THE W-4 FORM
Your host organization will ask you to fill out a W-4 form before you begin your program. If your host organization completed this form for you, show these instructions to your employer. Following the instructions below will ensure that you are in compliance with IRS regulations and have the proper amount withheld.
INSTRUCTIONS
Note: The instructions below may not be used by married individuals from Canada and Mexico or students and business apprentices from India.
Use the instructions in this publication: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p15#en_US_2020_publink1000237122 for Non-resident employee to calculate the amount withheld and Notice 1392 - Supplemental Form W-4 Instructionsfor Nonresident Aliens, link below.
Step 1 - Complete all blanks
Step 1 - (c) check only "single or married filing separately" regardless of marital status
Step 4 - under (c) extra withholding: enter "NRA"
Step 5 - Enter dates, employer's details and sign in the relevant spaces and leave the rest of the form blank
For more information related to the special Form W-4 Instructions for non resident alien employees, including exceptions, refer to Notice 1392
For tax purposes, you are required to fill out a W-4 Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate as soon as you start working. Your employer will give you a W-4 Form. It is your responsibility to complete and submit the W-4 Form to your employer. Based on the information you provide on the W-4 Form, your employer will calculate the amount of federal, state, and local taxes to be withheld from your paycheck.
HOW TO COMPLETE THE W-4 FORM
Your host organization will ask you to fill out a W-4 form before you begin your program. If your host organization completed this form for you, show these instructions to your employer. Following the instructions below will ensure that you are in compliance with IRS regulations and have the proper amount withheld.
INSTRUCTIONS
Note: The instructions below may not be used by married individuals from Canada and Mexico or students and business apprentices from India.
Use the instructions in this publication: https://www.irs.gov/publications/p15#en_US_2020_publink1000237122 for Non-resident employee to calculate the amount withheld and Notice 1392 - Supplemental Form W-4 Instructionsfor Nonresident Aliens, link below.
Step 1 - Complete all blanks
Step 1 - (c) check only "single or married filing separately" regardless of marital status
Step 4 - under (c) extra withholding: enter "NRA"
Step 5 - Enter dates, employer's details and sign in the relevant spaces and leave the rest of the form blank
For more information related to the special Form W-4 Instructions for non resident alien employees, including exceptions, refer to Notice 1392