Michele is single with no dependents and earns $23,000 thisyear. Michele claims sixteen allowances on her Form W-4. Which ofthe following is correct concerning her Form W-4?
a.Michele may not under any circumstances claim sixteenallowances. b.Michele's employer will require her to verify herright to claim sixteen allowances. c.Michele's employer will submita copy of her W-4 to the IRS if directed to do so by writtennotice. d.Michele's employer should ask her to prepare a correctedForm W-4. If Michele is unwilling to update her Form W-4, then heremployer should disregard her Form W-4 and withhold at the singletaxpayer rate with no allowances. e.None of these choices arecorrect.
The process for employee withholding involves:
a.the employee provides wage information and the employercompletes Form W-4 and withholds based on employee instruction
b.the employee provides filing status and the employer completesthe Form W-4 and submits to the IRS for proper withholding
c.the employee completes most of the Form W-4 and the employersubmits the form to the IRS and awaits withholding instructions
d.the employee computes the number of allowances on Form W-4 andthe employer uses the W-4 information to calculate income taxwithholding