Get Form K4e Commonwealth Of Kentucky Department Of Revenue 2008 Special Withholding Exemption

​​​​​​​Kentucky Revised Statute Chapter 141 requires employers to withhold income tax for both residents and nonresidents employees (unless exempted by law). Employers must withhold the income tax of the employees receiving "wages" as defined in Section 3401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Who Should Be Filing Exempt on Taxes? As noted above, you can claim an exemption from federal withholdings if you expect a refund of all federal income tax withheld because you expect to have no tax liability and had no tax liability in the previous tax year.

Filing for exemption from withholding won't cause you to pay any less in taxes. If you owe taxes but file as exempt, you'll have to pay the full tax bill when you file your taxes next year. Not only that, but the IRS can charge you additional penalties for failing to withhold.

Up to $31,110 of income from private, government, and military retirement plans (including IRAs and 401(k) plans) is exempt. However, government retirement income attributable to service credits earned before 1998 is fully exempt without limits. Railroad Retirement benefits are also exempt.

​​Individual Income Tax is due on all income earned by Kentucky residents and all income earned by nonresidents from Kentucky sources. Kentucky's individual income tax law is based on the Internal Revenue Code in effect as of December 31, 2021​​​​​.

You may be exempt from withholding if you work in Kentucky but reside in one of the following reciprocal states: Illi- nois, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia and you commute daily or Ohio and you are not a sharehold- er–employee who is a “twenty (20) percent or greater” direct or indirect equity ...

To be exempt from withholding, both of the following must be true: You owed no federal income tax in the prior tax year, and. You expect to owe no federal income tax in the current tax year.

You may be exempt from withholding for 2021 if both the following apply: • For 2020, you had a right to a refund of all Kentucky income tax withheld because you had no Kentucky income tax. liability, and. • For 2021, you expect a refund of all your Kentucky income tax withheld.

Exemption From Withholding If an employee qualifies, he or she can also use Form W-4 to tell you not to deduct any federal income tax from his or her wages. To qualify for this exempt status, the employee must have had no tax liability for the previous year and must expect to have no tax liability for the current year.