imightbechad
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So,
I got married in June of this year. I also just accepted a new job offer, so I'm filing out a new W-4.
Problem is, I'm the first one to fill it out as "Married Filing Jointly" and I'm totally confused. Mainly because my wife makes nearly 3x as much as I do, and my suggested "additional witholdings" are way way way too high. Like, 85% of my check each pay period.
Now, the reason it's so high is that it asks me to divide by the remaining pay periods in 2010, which is 4. If I were filing this out in December, I would be dividing by 24.
So what's the proper way to go about this? I'm not getting something...
I'm an idiot, so, apologies in advance.
Chad
I got married in June of this year. I also just accepted a new job offer, so I'm filing out a new W-4.
Problem is, I'm the first one to fill it out as "Married Filing Jointly" and I'm totally confused. Mainly because my wife makes nearly 3x as much as I do, and my suggested "additional witholdings" are way way way too high. Like, 85% of my check each pay period.
Now, the reason it's so high is that it asks me to divide by the remaining pay periods in 2010, which is 4. If I were filing this out in December, I would be dividing by 24.
So what's the proper way to go about this? I'm not getting something...
I'm an idiot, so, apologies in advance.
Chad
