slingshot90
Well-Known Member
Anyone know how to do this through upsers/workday? It says to go into workday under the one help tab....but once there, I see nothing of what it is talking about.
How do I change federal withholdings on checks?
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Redtag
Part on order, ok to drive
It is in workday, if I remember correctly once in workday there is a blue dot or something in the upper right side of the workday page, you click on that.
NAHimGOOD
Nothing to see here.... Move along.
slingshot90
Well-Known Member
I'd like to...but no. I'm having issues with very little federal taxes withheld (which isn't a horrible thing), but it's gonna bite me come tax time next year again when I break even or owe. I'm in my second year as a cover driver. My center manager submitted and inquiry on why I'm only getting $0-$30/week taken out on paychecks over $1,000. They said they dont withhold if I don't make over $1,200 a week (?!?!) When I filled out all my information, clearly I filled the exemptions out wrong. I'm now trying to figure out how the heck to change it...
DriverNerd
Well-Known Member
I found the best way to do it was to go to workday, then just use the search box at the top and type in federal withholding.
DriverNerd
Well-Known Member
Pretty sure that's only for state withholding.
ManInBrown
Well-Known Member
Pretty sure this. It used to be easy where you could go in, once click and it’s changed. When Trump was In they changed the tax laws, now you have to jump thru hoops to change it. It’s definitely not just clicking a button, you have to fill something out and submit it. I know drivers who used to go in and change it to 9 the week they used triple time day. Can’t do it anymore.
SorryLazyPOS
Big Kahuna Burger
I remember it being a real pain to find. If you search w4 on workday it should pop up.
I type in w4 and it pulls it up. I agree with the OP that they do not make it easy to find. I believe if you don’t make enough weekly, in the eyes of the irs you wont pay taxes that year so they don’t take taxes out of your check. So lets say one week you work 2-3 days you might get zero taken out because they assume that’s what you make weekly.
slingshot90
Well-Known Member
How does this work by the way? I'm seeing the "I'm exempt" box....I'm tempted to just click that haha.
But anyway, so I got to the updated information page. This is what my center manager and I filled out, and there was no changes made. It says to enter number of children under 17 for the exemptions, if I put 2 it goes to $4,000, which is what corporate had written back to me on why they only take some out IF I make over $1,200 a week. I'm assuming, if I enter 0 for children, it will change to max withheld? I just don't understand why this is so different than all the other jobs I've had where you either claim 0 for most taken, and as you enter more less and less are taken. But they certainly never took $0 sometimes.
eats packages
Deranged lunatic
In today's enviroment I would just let them withhold the maximum and then have them mail back paper inflation bonds for the whole amount.
SorryLazyPOS
Big Kahuna Burger
Check I’m exempt you shouldn’t have to do any of that. It restarts automatically every year in February.
NAHimGOOD
Nothing to see here.... Move along.
Some people file exempt on their own when they want to see all of their money for a while.
Some do it to balance out the money given to the government so that they aren't waiting for them to give back what's owed.
If you do check it, taxes will not be taken out at all.
Try logging in on a computer instead of your mobile if that's the situation.
That should hopefully open up tabs you aren't seeing.
there is no more 0,1,2,3 etc. They changed it a year or so back
Most got grandfathered in but if you want to make any new changes, you’ll go by the new methodology.
Try to go here
Go to the wage bracket method and go to weekly pay period (page 13)
Here is where you’ll see what would be withheld at say $1205.
They assume a single filer won’t have the child tax deductions and will owe more taxes over the course of the year, so more will be taken out.
There’s basically six categories now instead of the 0-5 system
At $1205 weekly
If you mark:
Married filling jointly, they’ll take out roughly $78 dollars. If you mark the checkbox; they’ll take out $127
Head of household is $95, and $172
Single is $127 and $201.
Do you have kids? The exemptions are basically there to lower your adjusted gross income for the year, meaning they’ll assume you owe less and take less taxes out.
There’s also an area for additional withholds.
Some claim totally exempt and know by years end what they will likely owe come tax time, so they’ll actually enter their own withholding amount.
I think many get confused. You don’t have to be married or have kids to claim 1 or 2 (on the old system), it’s just a quick way for the taxes to be somewhat adjusted and estimates given peoples situations.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
HR should be able to walk you thru it to change.
