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Conference nyoss1::market_investing

Title:Market Investing
Moderator:2155::michaud
Created:Thu Jan 23 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1060
Total number of notes:10477

133.0. "pay tax at the end of the year, not each week?" by CSC32::S_MAUFE (society needs a cat proof keyboard.) Sun Mar 29 1992 20:31

    Is this legal?
    
    Instead of paying Uncle Sam X dollars a week towards my tax, could I
    auotmagically pay the same amount into a savings account(netting me the
    interest), and pay the tax bill in its entirety at the end of the year?
    
    Of course, this relies on my self-control in not spending the money.
    
    Thanx, Simon
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133.1MR4DEC::GREENSun Mar 29 1992 22:136
    
    no, you must be up-to-date on a quarterly basis. Employers must
    make your tax payments ever quarter. If you claim enough on the 
    W-4 to have no taxes withheld, you would still have to make quarterly
    payments to the IRS or face underpayment penalties; Form 2210 explains
    
133.2LoopholeAKOCOA::GLANTZMon Mar 30 1992 13:478
    It is my understanding that withholding tax is treated as if it were
    withheld uniformly over the year.
    
    So you could underwithhold, then file a massive change to take effect
    the last week of the year, then change back.
    
    Given the time it takes for internal mail, sign-off's etc., don't wait
    till the last week of the year if you pursue this strategy.
133.3NOTIME::SACKSGerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085Mon Mar 30 1992 14:331
See note 65.
133.4Re: .4 and signoff timesSTAR::PARKETrue Engineers Combat ObfuscationMon Mar 30 1992 17:208
WHen I delt with the "Bush" adjustment, it showed up in my following Thursday's
check (i.e. 2 week turn around).

Basiclly, going straight to your PSA, they can modify the records directly and
it will take effect on the check for the week you do the modification in). (Do it
before Wednsday and the Week from Thursday check will show the change).

Bill
133.5Don't overdo itSTOKES::NEVINThu Apr 16 1992 13:257
    Don't forget that significantly overclaiming exemptions on the W-4 can
    land you in jail.  While it would make sense to put in enough
    exemptions so that you owe something at the end of the year, if you
    overdo it (particularly to the point of paying all of your taxes in one
    week), my guess is that you'll raise a few eyebrows at the IRS.
    
    Bob