version of Departmental Notice #1, which includes a change to their state withholding calculation effective Oct. 1, 2022. To accommodate the change to the withholding calculation, the DOR has revised the Indiana “Employee’s Withholding Exemption and County Status Certificate” commonly known as Form WH-4.
The details:
The calculation includes a new additional annual exemption amount for adopted qualifying dependents that can now be claimed on an employee’s Form WH-4. Most employees are entitled to deduct an additional $3,000 per year per qualifying adopted dependent claimed on line 7 of their Form WH-4.
For a copy of the revised WH-4 and Instructions, please click here.
Next steps:
We are in the process of updating your payroll system for the revised Form WH-4 and will let you know as soon as possible when your practitioner and employee self-service updates will be available. In the meantime, if an employee needs to update their Form WH-4 to claim a qualifying adopted dependent