Form D-4 Dc - Withholding Allowance Certificate

Form D-4 Dc - Withholding Allowance Certificate - 2016 Page 2

Detach and give the top portion to your employer. Keep the bottom portion for your records.

Who must ﬁ le a Form D-4?

How many withholding allowances should you claim?

Every new employee who resides in DC and is required to have

Use the worksheet on the front of this form to ﬁgure the number of

withholding allowances you should claim. If you want less

DC income taxes withheld, must ﬁ ll out Form D-4 and ﬁ le it with

money withheld from your paycheck, you may claim additional

his/her employer.

Section B of the worksheet, Lines j

allowances by completing

If you are not liable for DC income taxes because you are a

through n. However, if you claim too many allowances, you may

nonresident or military spouse, you must ﬁ le Form D-4A, Certiﬁ cate

owe additional taxes at the end of the year.

of Nonresidence in the District of Columbia, with your employer.

Should I have an additional amount deducted from my pay-

When should you ﬁ le?

check?

File Form D-4 whenever you start new employment. Once ﬁ led

In some instances, even if you claim zero withholding allowances,

with your employer, it will remain in effect until you ﬁ le a new

you may not have enough tax withheld. You may, upon agreement

certiﬁ cate. You may ﬁ le a new withholding allowance certiﬁ cate

with your employer, have more tax withheld by entering on Line 3,

any time the number of withholding allowances you are entitled to

a dollar amount of your choosing.

increases. You must ﬁ le a new certiﬁ cate within 10 days if the number

What to ﬁ le

of withholding allowances you claimed decreases.

After completing Form D-4, detach the top portion and ﬁ le it with

your employer. Keep the bottom portion for your records.

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