TAXES 22-23, Utah State Income Tax Withholding
Published: June 7, 2022
Effective: Pay Period 11, 2022
Summary
The income tax withholding formula for the State of Utah includes the following changes:
- The income tax rate has changed from 4.95 percent to 4.85 percent.
- The base allowance for Single filers have changed from $360 to $390.
- The base allowance for Married filers have changed from $720 to $780.
- The wages exempt from tax credit reduction for Single filers have changed from $7,128 to $7,774.
- The wages exempt from tax credit reduction for Married filers have changed from $14,256 to $15,548.
No action on the part of the employee or the personnel office is necessary.
Tax Formula
State Abbreviation: |
UT |
State Tax Withholding State Code: |
49 |
Acceptable Exemption Form: |
W-4 (see Additional Information section) |
Basis for Withholding: |
Federal marital status |
Acceptable Exemption Data: |
S/M, prior to 2020 Federal Form W-4. |
TSP Deferred: |
Yes |
Special Coding: |
The , , and marital status will be treated as Single. The and marital status will be treated as Married. |
Additional Information: |
A State tax certificate is not required since the Federal Marital Status is used in the computation of the State formula. Employees who have not previously submitted a 2020 or later Federal Form W-4 or a prior to 2020 Federal Form W-4, will be withheld at the flat rate of 4.85 percent without benefit of the annual withholding allowance. |
Withholding Formula (Effective Pay Period 11, 2022)
- Subtract the nontaxable biweekly Thrift Savings Plan contribution from the gross biweekly wages.
- Subtract the nontaxable biweekly Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan payment(s) (includes dental and vision insurance program, and Flexible Spending Account — health care and dependent care deductions) from the adjusted gross biweekly wages.
- Add taxable biweekly fringe benefits (e.g., taxable life insurance) to the amount computed in step 2 to obtain the adjusted gross biweekly wages.
- Multiply the adjusted gross biweekly wages by the number of pay dates in the tax year to obtain the gross annual wages.
- Multiply the annual taxable wages by 4.85 percent to determine the annual gross tax amount.
- Calculate the annual withholding allowance. If the employee has not filed a W-4, then the annual withholding allowance is zero.
- Subtract the following amount from the employee's annual taxable wages, but not less than zero:
Marital Status:
Amount:
Single
$7,774
Married
$15,548
- Multiply the amount calculated in step 6a by 1.3 percent to determine the annual withholding allowance reduction.
- Subtract the annual withholding allowance reduction from the following Base Allowance, but not less than zero; the result is the annual withholding allowance:
Marital Status:
Base Allowance:
Single
$390
Married
$780
- Subtract the following amount from the employee's annual taxable wages, but not less than zero:
- Subtract the annual net withholding allowance in step 6c from the annual gross tax amount to determine the employee's annual net tax.
- Divide the annual Utah tax withholding calculated in step 7 by the number of pay dates in the tax year to obtain the biweekly Utah tax withholding.
Resources
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