First, I recommend reaching out to your employer's human resources or payroll department immediately. Inform them about the error in your W-4 form and the subsequent over-withholding of federal taxes. They should be able to assist you in rectifying the situation.
Categories of workers that are exempt from Ohio withholding taxes include agricultural workers, domestic service workers, providers of low-income services, foreign government services, underage paper deliverers, and non-trade services.
Tax Withholding Table If the Amount of Taxable Income Is:The Amount of Tax Withholding Should Be: Over $0 but not over $5,000 0.501% Over $5,000 but not over $10,000 $25.05 plus 1.001% of excess over $5,000 Over $10,000 but not over $15,000 $75.10 plus 2.005% of excess over $10,0003 more rows •
To request a refund of your withholdings for previous tax years, please contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 for Federal tax withholding refund and your State Revenue Office for state tax withholding refund. If we are not currently withholding State tax, you must call your State Tax office for a refund.
An employee can also use Form W-4 to tell you not to withhold any federal income tax. 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.
Courtesy withholding is an optional service some Ohio employers choose to provide as a convenience to their employees. The employer withholds and pays an employee's local tax based on the employee's residence. This is not the same as a local tax required to be withheld based on the company worksite.
Q. What can I do if my employer makes an illegal deduction from my paycheck? A. You can either file a wage claim with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the Labor Commissioner's Office), or file a lawsuit in court against your employer to recover the lost wages.
If the amount under/over withheld is deemed too excessive, the IRS can send a lock-in letter notifying the employer how to adjust withholding regardless of the employee's W4 requests. If a W-4 error is caught before filing, individuals can correct this relatively easily by refiling a W-4 with their employer.
Employers generally must withhold federal income tax from employees' wages. To figure out how much tax to withhold, use the employee's Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Certificate, the appropriate method and the appropriate withholding table described in Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods.