Withholding Information & Resources

Wage Withholding Information

The information below is provided to employees for informational purposes only. Anyone seeking personal tax advise should seek consultation outside NYU.

2018 Tax Rates and Wage Base Limits

2018 Social Security and Medicare Information

	Wage Base	Rate	Maximum Tax	Additional Tax
Social Security	$128,400	6.20%	$7,960.80	N/A
Medicare	None	1.45%	None	0.90% over $200k

2018 Supplemental Tax Rates

	Rate
Federal	22.00%
Federal (in excess of $1m)	37%
New York State	9.62%
New York City	4.25%

State Wage Withholding and Tax Rates

For 2018 payroll tax by state, please visit this website.

Wage Withholding Forms

You can find your Federal Form W-4 on PeopleSync. Login to NYUHome and search for PeopleSync card or visit the PeopleSync page for more info.

State of New York

IT-2104 Form (PDF) NYS Employee's Witholding Allowance Certificate and Instructions

More information on New York Form IT-2104

Employees may claim as many exemptions as they deem appropriate on Form IT-2104 however if the employee claims more than 14 exemptions NYU is required to file a copy of the Form IT-2104 with New York State Tax Department, who may require the employee to justify your claim for more than 14 exemptions.

An employee whose residence is outside New York City/Yonkers may be automatically exempted from New York City/Yonkers tax.

New York Form IT-2104.1 is the New York State, City of New York, and City of Yonkers Certificate of Nonresidence and Allocation of Withholding Tax.

IT-2104-E Form (PDF) NYS Certificate of Exemption from Witholding and Instructions

More information: New York Form IT-2104-E

Form IT-2104-E requires:

The employee must be under age 18 or over age 65, or a full-time student under age

AND

Did not have a NY tax liability for the prior year.

AND

You do not expect to have a NY tax liability for the current year.

Annually on February 1 of each year, employees claiming exemption from tax must submit new forms to Tax Services and Payroll, or the elections will default to Single, 0 exemptions.

IT-2104.1 Form (PDF) NYS, City of New York, and City of Yonkers Certificate of Nonresidence and Allocation of Witholding Tax

IT-2104-IND Form (PDF) New York State Certificate of Exemption from Withholding

IT-2104-MS Form (PDF) New York State Withholding Exemption Certificate for Military Service Personnel

IT-2104-P Form (PDF) Annuitant’s Request for Income Tax Withholding

State of New Jersey

NJ W4 [Form NJ-W4] (PDF) Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate

District of Columbia

DC Individual Tax Forms For District of Columbia Withholding Allowance Certificate

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