If an employee qualifies for exemption from withholding, the employee can use Form W-4 to tell the employer not to deduct any federal income tax from wages. This applies only to income tax, not to Social Security or Medicare tax.
Ing to the IRS Tax Topic 751 on withholding, to claim exempt, you must have had no federal income tax liability last year and expect to have no federal income tax liability this year.
Reciprocity Exemption: If you are a resident of Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Michigan or West Virginia and you work in Ohio, you do not owe Ohio income tax on your compensation. Instead, you should have your employer withhold income tax for your resident state.
If your business is making sales to charitable organizations organized for similar purposes, they are most likely exempt from tax. Sales of services are generally exempt from tax unless Ohio specifically identifies the services as taxable.
Exemption from withholding 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.
In general, if a person expects to have no tax liability, claiming exempt from federal withholding is usually a good idea. For an individual who can be claimed as a dependent on someone else's income tax return, this generally means the person's earned income is less than $12,400 during the year.
Basically -- you cannot completely stop your employer from withholding ALL taxes. You can usually REDUCE the amount that is withheld, by filling out a brief simple one page form that you have already filled out (a W-4 form ) and handing it to your boss. But, you cannot reduce that amount to zero...
To claim exempt, write EXEMPT under line 4c. You may claim EXEMPT from withholding if: o Last year you had a right to a full refund of All federal tax income and o This year you expect a full refund of ALL federal income tax. NOTE: if you claim EXEMPT you must complete a new W-4 annually in February.
Line 1: If you can be claimed on someone else's Ohio income tax return as a dependent, then you are to enter “0” on this line. Everyone else may enter “1”.
Note: The W-4 form 2024 steps are the same as the W-4 form 2025 steps. Step 1: Enter your personal information. Step 2: Account for all jobs you and your spouse have. Step 3: Claim your children and other dependents. Step 4: Make other adjustments. Step 5: Sign and date your form.