Question

Merry Soy, married, earns a weekly salary of $830 and claims one withholding allowance. By the percentage method, how much income tax will be withheld?

Answer 1

You need to find the amount subject to withholding, subtracting from the weekly salary the amount for one withholding allowance for weekly salaries, which is 77.90$:

830 - 77.90 = 752.1 $.

Then, look in the Fed Tax tables (
http://www.opers.ok.gov/Websites/opers/images/pdfs/2016-Fed-Tax-Tables.pdf ) for a married person with a weekly payroll.

You previously found an amount of  752.1 which is greater than 521 but less than 1613$: therefore the income tax to withhold is 35.70$ + 15% of excess over $521.

Therefore, calculate the income tax due: 35.70 + (752.1 - 521) × 15 ÷ 100 = 70.37$

The total amount of income tax that will be withheld is 70.37$