Internal Revenue Service · 2026
Form W-4
Employee's Withholding Certificate
Tell your employer how much federal income tax to withhold from your pay.
- Free to fill in and free to download. No account, no checkout
- The IRS's own file, unchanged (2026)
- Opens in the editor with its 48 fields ready to type in
- Filled in your browser; nothing is uploaded
Who fills it in
An employee fills it in when starting a job, or to change their withholding, and gives it to their employer. It goes to the employer, not to the IRS.
About the file
- Agency
- Internal Revenue Service
- Revision
- 2026
- Pages
- Page 1 is the certificate. The rest are the IRS's instructions and worksheets.
- Size
- 5 pages, 204 KB, 48 fillable fields
- Checked
- Compared with the agency's copy on October 3, 2026
Where it comes from
Copied unchanged from the IRS's website. For the latest version, the instructions and where to send it, see the agency's own page.
Make Creati is not part of, or endorsed by, the Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency. This form is free from the IRS too. Nothing here is tax, legal or immigration advice.
