Complete California State DE-4 Form Select Form DE-4 tab. Review your Full Name and Home Address. Select your Filing Status. Enter the Number of allowances you wish to claim in Section 1. Enter any Additional amount you want withheld from each paycheck in Section 2.
In order to claim exemption from state income tax withholding, employees must submit a W-4 or DE-4 certifying that they did not have any federal tax liability for the preceding year and that they do not anticipate any tax liability for the current taxable year.
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.
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.
How to claim exempt status on a W-4. To claim an exemption, you must complete only lines 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 and sign the form to validate it. (In Box 7, write “EXEMPT”. Writing this will guarantee that withholdings are not taken from your future paychecks.)
Step 3: Claim Dependents Your number of qualifying children under age 17 multiplied by $2,000 will go into the first box. The number of other dependents multiplied by $500 will go in the second box.
Nonresident income types Your payer must withhold 7% from your CA source income that exceeds $1,500 in a calendar year.
Use Form 587, Nonresident Withholding Allocation Worksheet, to determine if withholding is required and the amount of California source income subject to withholding. Withholding is not required if payees are residents or have a permanent place of business in California. Get FTB Pub.
Claim your nonwage withholding credit on one of the following: Form 540, California Resident Income Tax Return. Form 540NR, California Nonresident or Part-Year Resident Income Tax Return. Form 541, California Fiduciary Income Tax Return.