3. Wage Bracket Method Tables for Manual Payroll Systems With Forms W-4 From 2019 or Earlier

If you compute payroll manually and your employee has not submitted a Form W-4 for 2020 or later, use the worksheet below and the Wage Bracket Method tables that follow to figure federal income tax withholding.

These Wage Bracket Method tables cover a limited amount of annual wages (generally, less than $100,000) and up to 10 allowances. If you can’t use the Wage Bracket Method tables because taxable wages exceed the amount from the last bracket of the table (based on marital status and pay period) or the employee claimed more than 10 allowances, use the Percentage Method tables in section 5 .

Periodic payments of pensions or annuities with a 2021 or earlier Form W-4P.

In lieu of Worksheet 1B and the Percentage Method tables in section 1 , you may use Worksheet 3 and the Wage Bracket Method tables in this section to figure federal income tax withholding on periodic payments of pensions or annuities with a 2021 or earlier Form W-4P. As an alternative, if you prefer to use the Percentage Method of withholding, you may use Worksheet 5 and the Percentage Method tables in section 5 to figure federal income tax withholding on periodic payments of pensions or annuities with a 2021 or earlier Form W-4P.