( Email, Massachusetts DOR news, December 2019.) TheFederal Form W-4 can no longer be used as a substitute for the Massachusetts Form M-4.

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue announced that since personal exemptions have been removed from the federal Form W-4 for calendar year 2020, new employees hired in 2020 and current employees who wish to change their state withholding allowances for 2020 must file the 2020 state Form M-4, Massachusetts Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has also announced that new employees hired in 2020 and those who wish to change their state withholding allowances must file a Massachusetts Form M-4, Massachusetts Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate. ( Circular M, Massachusetts income tax withholding tables, effective January 1, 2020.)īecause the state has a flat income tax rate, the supplemental withholding rate for 2020 is also reduced to 5%. As a result, the Department issued revised income tax withholding tables for calendar year 2020. Massachusetts announced that due to meeting a target revenue trigger, the state's flat income tax rate drops on Januto 5.00%, down from 5.05% for 2019. Massachusetts flat income tax rate lowered for 2020, revised income tax withholding tables released state Form M-4 required in 2020

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