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@rbynaker wrote:

Rick's updated W-4 instructions:

Check "Single" in box 1(c) and the 2(c) box.  Send me an updated paystub next month, if I don't like the numbers we'll add something to 4(c) then.

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That's pretty much my response too.  But the client often doesn't send me their paystub, so I look at the numbers when I file their next tax return.

I don't know how other states do it, but Minnesota still uses the 'old' W-4 method.  So it gets even more annoying if clients need to fill out two W-4s (although I suspect many employers/payroll companies just guess for the state, such as using the Federal filing status and then zero "allowances").