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Question: Can you help me out fill the form W 4 2009?

Call me stupid or whatever, but I get confused with this part:

5
Total number of allowances you are claiming (from line H above or from the applicable worksheet on page 2)
6 $
6
Additional amount, if any, you want withheld from each paycheck
7
I claim exemption from withholding for 2009, and I certify that I meet both of the following conditions for exemption.
c Last year I had a right to a refund of all federal income tax withheld bec ause I had no tax liability and
c This year I expect a refund of all federal income tax withheld because I expect to have no tax liab ility.
7
If you meet both conditions, write “Exempt” here

What numbers should I input there? Please help, this is the first time I fill one of these forms.

Website: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf (The part I’m asking for is almost at the bottom of the first page.

Answer: On line 5 you put down whatever number you have on line H, unless you needed to do the worksheet, in which case you take the number off the worksheet. You haven’t asked anything about how to do the worksheet or how to fill out lines A-H.

Leave line 6 blank unless you used the second worksheet or you have lots of income from sources other than wages.

You don’t say how much you expect to earn in 2009 from all jobs and other sources. Unless we know that we can’t begin to tell you whether you are exempt.

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Recovery: Making Work Pay – Married – August 2009 (ASL, Captions & Voice Over)