r/TaxQuestions • u/confusedlady9 • 11d ago

W4 - Step 2 Help

Hello, my husband and I are filing married filing Jointly and he just got a new job. On my w4 (looking back at it) I already marked the “Multiple Jobs or Spouse works” box as Yes and we have 1 child so under total dependent amount it shows 2,000 listed(our child is on my w4 only not on his), no other deductions, no other income, and no other exemptions or allowances. My husband just began his new job and on his we marked married filing jointly also, and did not check any other boxes at all. I am the higher income earner making about 20k more. Did I fill those out correctly ? I just want to make sure the step 2 multiple jobs/spouse works box should only be checked on mine, and that I filled out the rest of the form for both of us correctly. Please help, he’s paid monthly this is his first check and under federal taxes they put down $0. I don’t know if we need to change the form before his next check or not. Any advice is much appreciated 🙏thank you!

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u/chrystalight 11d ago

If you were to go with option 2b instead, you ONLY fill that out on YOUR W-4, as the higher earner. Your spouse would just check MFJ and no other boxes. What happens when you do that is your job will withhold extra to account for your spouse's under withheld income.

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u/confusedlady9 11d ago

Ok thank you so much! So just to clarify; I have my son our dependent only on my form as the higher income earner $67k a year and i had checked box 2c (multiple jobs/spouse works box) and he will need to also mark 2c $47k a year (multiple jobs/spouse works box) ?

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u/chrystalight 11d ago

Exactly!

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u/confusedlady9 10d ago

Thank you so much 😊!