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Paycheck Calculator

This paycheck calculator will provide you with important federal tax withholding information if you are starting a new job or  simply changing your current job tax withholding via Form W-4 or tax withholding form.

Existing Job, Paycheck: Take your latest paycheck or stub from your employer and enter it here. Select a payment period: weekly (52 paychecks), bi-weekly (26 paychecks), semi-monthly (24 paychecks), monthly (12 paychecks) and annual (1 W-2 for the year). 

New Job, Paycheck: If you are starting a new job, enter your income by payment period: weekly (52 paychecks), bi-weekly (26 paychecks), semi-monthly (24 paychecks), monthly (12 paychecks) or annual (1 W-2 for the year). 

Paycheck Calculator or PAYucator: Use the tool below and you can monitor your paycheck results on the right. Plus, you will find instructions on how to increase or decrease that tax withholding amount. 

Your Paycheck and W-4

Estimate your paycheck and create your W-4 based on the paycheck.

Paycheck Calculator or PAYucator and Form W4 Tool  Help
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A
Filling Status and No of Jobs
B
Job Payment Period and Payment Type
C
Pre Tax Health and Retirement
D
Dependents and Deductions
E
Paycheck and Form W4
A1: Select your Filing Status

You can use the Filing Status to increase or decrease your tax withholding. For example, if you select Married Filing jointly if would decrease your tax withholding amount; Single would increase the tax withholding.

A2: Do you and your Spouse together have more than one Job

Start with the job with the highest annual income.
When done, create the next W-4 for the lower paying job.
More details about W-4s for multiple jobs.

A3: How many jobs do you and your spouse have now?
Enter the annual Gross Pay for the job you are completing this W-4 Form for, or job 1
Enter the annual Gross Pay of job 2
Enter the annual Gross Pay of job 3
If more than one job has annual wages of more than $120,000 or there are more than three jobs, see Pub. 505 for additional tables; or, you can use the online withholding estimator at www.irs.gov/W4App.
B1: Select your Pay Period for this Job

The selected pay period does not impact
whether your tax withholding will increase or decrease.
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Annual
B2: Select your Payment Type

The selected payment type does not impact
whether your tax withholding will increase or decrease.

B3: Enter your gross $ Paycheck Amount per Pay Period

Enter the correct pay period Gross Paycheck amount
including FICA, Federal Taxes, State Taxes, Deductions.
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Amount
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B3: Enter Hours, Rate per Pay Period

Enter the correct pay period Gross Paycheck amount
including FICA, Federal Taxes, State Taxes, Deductions.
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Hours
$ Rate per hour
+ Add
C1: Select a Pre-Tax Health Insurance Type and enter the Amount

Enter the exact pre-tax Health Plan Contribution amount here as shown on your pay stub; enter 0 if none.

Insurance Type
Amount
+ Add
C2: Select a Pre-or After-Tax Retirement Plan and enter the Amount

Enter the exact pre-tax Retirement Plan Contribution amount here as shown on your pay stub; enter 0 if none.

Contribution
Type
Amount
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D1: Enter the number of your Dependents or est. Child Tax Credit

Generally, more Dependents will decrease the tax withholding amount and less dependents increases it. Since this is a planning tool, you could add/subtract Dependent(s) here manage your withholding. Tip: Enter a number and monitor the results on the right side.

Dependents
D2: Enter the number of Other Dependents or est. Other Child Tax Credit Amount

See above. The same applies here.

Other Dependents
D3: Enter an Amount for other Tax Credits

If you think you will qualify for other Tax Credits on your next tax return enter the annaul tax credit amount here. Tax Credit details.
Generally, a Tax Credit amount here will decrease your pay period tax withholding.

D4: Total Tax Credits

The entries below can have a significant impact on whether you will increase or decrease your Tax Withholding per pay period, thus they will have an impact on your next Tax Return results (Refund or Taxes owed).
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D5: Enter an Amount for additional Deductions
D6: Enter an Amount for other Income
D7: Enter an Amount for extra Federal Tax Withholding
Your Federal Tax Withholding Calculated Amount is:
D8: Exemption from withholding
E1: Email Address
Optional: Receive your paycheck results via email
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Continue and create your W4 PDF Form
based on these estimated Paycheck results

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E2: Enter the W-4 Form date.
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E3: Name and Address
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E4: Social Security Number: Why is this needed?
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E5: Signature Type or draw your signature
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E6: Email Address Enter your or your employer's email
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Earnings
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Salary
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Hourly
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Other Income
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Benefits
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Medical
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Retirement
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Dependent
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Deduction
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Taxes
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Federal Income Tax
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Medicare Tax
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Social Security Tax
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Disclaimer: eFile.com makes no warranty as to the accuracy of the results of this estimator or calculator tool. The results are estimates and for informational purposes only, and should not be relied on for tax advice.

Paycheck/stub and W-4 Information, Details

What is a Form W-4?

How to complete a W-4?

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  • See how to save on taxes both during the tax year and when you prepare your income tax return.
  • Prepare to tax prepare - learn how to begin planning for your tax return by keeping track of your finances and their tax implications during the year.
  • What is Form W-4? The form is used to adjust your tax withholding; this page gives an overview of the form and how to fill it out and submit it.
  • Use any of these four Form W-4 tools to further optimize your tax withholding based on your individual income situation.
  • Contact an eFile.com Taxpert® to discuss your individual W-4 planning challenges.
    • The generic design of the Form W-4 does not give you the actual tax withholding amount, therefore we have created this paycheck and integrated W-4 calculator tool for you. Now you can easily create a Form W-4 that reflects your planned tax withholding amount. At the end of the paycheck calculator, you will find steps on how to increase or decrease your tax withholding. You might ask yourself, how do you know if you should increase or decrease your per paycheck tax withholding? Why is this W-4 so complicated?
    • We suggest you lean on your latest tax return to make educated withholding changes. For example, if you received a tax refund, e.g. $1,400, take that refund amount and divide it by the number of months remaining this year (if we are in May, you would have 7 months left (June - December): $1,400 divided by 7 = $200. Let's call this the refund based adjust amount. Then, look at your last paycheck's tax withholding amount, e.g. $250, and subtract the refund adjust amount from that: $250 minus $200 = $50. That result is the tax withholding amount you should aim for when you use this tool, in this example, $50.

Sample Paychecks or Pay Stubs

Paycheck Type
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Married Filing Joint
Two Jobs
Sample Paycheck
Single
One Job
Sample Paycheck

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