What should married couples completing W4 forms when one makes more than the other?

Married couple one works full time the other part time. Who files as head of the household and husband only works part time?


Plus there are 2 toddlers both ours?


We want to get the most for our hard time working.


Please help.What should married couples completing W4 forms when one makes more than the other?
Your husband will automatically be head of household - the government still likes to think the man rules the roost. Doesn't matter really who makes what. It doesn't really make a difference anyway when you get your return.What should married couples completing W4 forms when one makes more than the other?
If you are married and you live together, neither of you is ';Head of Household';.





As a general rule of thumb, the spouse with the lower income should claim ';0'; but, as with everything, there are exceptions.
The W-4 is what the employer uses to set withholding from tables. On the reverse of the W-4 is a section for two wage earner households; fill out one for each to determine withholding.

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