IRS Issues Updated 2018 Withholding Tables

In the wake of passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) late last year, the IRS has taken one of the first critical steps to institute the law's overhaul of the federal income tax regime. The IRS has released updated withholding tables that indicate how much employers should hold back from their employees' paychecks to satisfy workers' tax obligations. The new tables may provide the correct amount of tax withholding for individuals with simple tax situations, but they'll likely cause other taxpayers to not have enough withheld to pay their ultimate tax liabilities under the TCJA.

New Withholding Tables

The revised IRS withholding tables reflect the TCJA's increase in the standard deduction, suspension of personal exemptions and changes in tax rates and brackets.