Get Form 4va

FORM VA-4 INSTRUCTIONS Use this form to notify your employer whether you are subject to Virginia income tax withholding and how many exemptions you are allowed to claim. You must file this form with your employer when your employment begins.

The Virginia Form VA-4, Employee's Virginia Income Tax Withholding Exemption Certificate, must be completed so that you know how much state income tax to withhold from your new employee's wages.

As in all other states, Virginia employers must withhold FICA taxes from their employee's paychecks. FICA taxes consist of Social Security and Medicare taxes. Social Security withholding is 6.2% of your income, while Medicare withholding is 1.45% of your income each pay period.

Additional Withholding If an employee wants to have an additional amount of tax withheld from each paycheck, and you agree to do so, the employee must indicate the additional amount on Form VA-4 or Form VA-4P. If you do not agree to withhold additional tax, the employee may need to make estimated tax payments.

You may not claim more personal exemptions on form VA-4 than you are allowed to claim on your income tax return unless you have received written permission to do so from the Department of Taxation. Line 1. You may claim an exemption for yourself.

Yes. You MUST file Form VA-4P with your pension or annuity payer before your payments begin. If you do not file Form VA-4P, your payer is required to withhold Virginia income tax from your payments as if you had claimed zero exemptions.

The Virginia Form VA-4, Employee's Virginia Income Tax Withholding Exemption Certificate, must be completed so that you know how much state income tax to withhold from your new employee's wages.

Virginia allows an exemption of $930* for each of the following: Yourself (and Spouse): Each filer is allowed one personal exemption. For married couples, each spouse is entitled to an exemption. When using the Spouse Tax Adjustment, each spouse must claim his or her own personal exemption.