Need help with W-4 form please

[missicy 87]

Hi, I'm filing out my first W-4 and need help with W-4. I'm married and my husband has a job.

A Enter "1" for yourself if no one else can claim you as a dependent. - my husband can't claim me as a dependent so I enter 1, correct?

C Enter "1" for your spouse. But, you may choose to enter "0" if you are married and have either a working spouse or more than one job. (Entering "0" may help you avoid having too little tax withheld). - should I enter 0 or 1?

[tfcrew 0]

If you file jointly, you claim yourselves ..two dependents [if there are no children].

If both spouses work [and there are no children] best to claim one dependent on the larger paycheck and zero on the smaller and to overpay somewhat rather than under-deduct. Then take a refund at filing time.

This is what we do here.

Cheers

[missicy 87]

Appreciate your answer but I'm new to all this US tax stuff so I don't know what that means when it comes to filling out the form.

We file jointly, have no children and my husband has the larger paycheck. So do I put A - 1 and C - 0?

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I would put zero on that line, because your spouse has another job. You can do it however you want, though. The form you are filling out helps determine how much to take out for taxes each paycheck. At the end of the year you will file your taxes and see if your estimates were right - either you get some tax back or pay some. By putting zero on that line, you are trying to make sure that you don't underpay taxes now and don't owe more at the end of the year.

[missicy 87]

Okay, I will put zero then. Thank you!