A step-by-step guide to help you fill out a W-4 Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez IRS Form W-4 dictates how much money is withheld from your gross pay for taxes. Step 1 requires you to input personal ...

Employers complete form W-2 annually to report employee earnings and tax withholdings. Employees complete form W-4 when starting a new job to tell employers how much to withhold from their paychecks.

Each year, employees receive a Form W-2 that provides details of the prior year’s earnings, taxes withheld, and other miscellaneous data (such as the taxable cost of group term life insurance, the ...