A step-by-step guide to help you fill out a W-4 Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez You're about to begin that much-needed, new job and your employer hands you an IRS Form W-4 to fill out and submit ...

Learn how to fill out a W-4 form accurately to ensure you're withholding the correct amount of income for your taxes.

Once again, the IRS recommends filling out these lines on the W-4 form associated with the highest-paying job; on your other W-4 forms, leave those two lines blank.

The W-4 is the form you fill out when starting a new job to determine how much federal income tax is withheld from your paycheck. While the default W-4 settings will work for many people, you may ...

You can fill out this same form in the future if your situation changes and you want to amend the request by selecting a different withholding amount or discontinuing the withholding.