Adjust your wage withholding Resident withholding

You want to make sure you have the right amount of income tax withheld from your pay.

• Need to withhold more money from your paycheck for taxes, decrease the number of allowances you claim, or have additional money taken out.
• Need to withhold less money from your paycheck for taxes, increase the number of allowances you claim.
• Only need to adjust your state withholding allowance, go to the Employment Development Department (EDD) website and get Form DE 4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate
• Need to adjust both your federal and state withholding allowances, go to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website and get Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate

After you determine the forms needed:

1. Use the calculator or worksheet to determine the number of allowances you should claim
2. Complete the forms and give them to your employer to make the changes

Calculator/Worksheet

• IRS W-4 calculator
• Form DE 4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate (Use worksheet to compute)

Forms & publications

IRS

• Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate
• IRS Publication 505 (2017), Tax Withholding and Estimated Tax

EDD

• Form DE 4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate