California to Require Use of State Withholding Certificate

Jan. 10, 2020, 6:28 PM UTC

New California employees and those making changes to their withholding must fill out the state withholding certificate starting in 2020, the state’s Employment Development Department said Jan. 10.

New employees and other employees making withholding changes must fill out the federal Form W-4 and California’s Form DE 4, Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate, the department said on its website. When employees who must submit Form DE 4 do not do so, withholding must be calculated as if they were single and claimed zero allowances, the department said.

Employees that submitted a federal Form W-4 in 2019 or earlier do not ...

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