Texas W-4 Forms

Summer’s just around the corner, school’s almost out for the year, and many families across the nation can look forward to settling into a new home before the summer’s over. Moving can be an exciting adventure, a bittersweet separation, or a dismal nightmare, depending on which member of a family you talk to. Frazzled parents juggling responsibilities that range from packing family belongings, leaving and starting jobs, and corralling excited children can easily overlook details that might cause headaches later on.

One detail often overlooked is submitting revised Texas W-4 forms for every person in your household that has a job. Many moves entail new jobs where this form will be presented the first day on the job but many more moves don’t involve a change of employment. Everyone needs to let their employer’s personnel department know the new address so they can keep their records current at all times.

Having current Texas W-4 forms on file with your employer will minimize any delays that might show up around next year’s income tax time. The information listed on the W-4 is the information your employer will use to mail your earnings records to you in time to file income tax returns in a timely manner.

One sure way to remember to update Texas W-4 forms for the workers in your family begins at the web site for the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Find blank W-4 forms on this web site and print one copy for each working family member. Make this one of the last things to do before moving.

When you disassemble and pack away your computer equipment, place these blank W-4s in the box with your printer. This way, they will be handy when you unpack and reassemble your computer system in your new home. Just complete the forms and take them with you to work the next time you go.

Whether your summertime moving experience is a joyous adventure or a muscle-straining chore, you don’t have to worry about future move-related problems at tax time if you take just a moment or two now to turn in this very short, simple form.