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</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Chris Durham <<a href="mailto:cfdurham@mit.edu">cfdurham@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Subject: [AOs] [Ao-fo] [Hrpayroll_communications] Impact of New Tax Law on Paychecks - IRS Releases 2018 W-4 Form and Tax Withholding Calculator</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Date: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">March 5, 2018 at 4:00:27 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">To: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">hrpayroll_communications <<a href="mailto:hrpayroll_communications@mit.edu">hrpayroll_communications@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good afternoon MIT administrative community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released the 2018 <a href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf"><span style="color:windowtext">W-4 form</span></a> and <a href="https://www.irs.gov/individuals/irs-withholding-calculator"><span style="color:windowtext">Tax
Withholding Calculator</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><u> </u></span>based on the new tax law. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">MIT employees and students can use these tools to help ensure the accuracy of federal tax withholding from paychecks. Please see this<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vpf.mit.edu/irs-releases-2018-form-w-4-and-tax-withholding-calculator-based-on-new-tax-law"><span style="color:windowtext">article
on the VPF website</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for MIT-specific details on updating federal tax withholding or visit the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/updated-withholding-calculator-form-w-4-released-calculator-helps-taxpayers-review-withholding-following-new-tax-law"><span style="color:windowtext">IRS
website</span></a> to learn more.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A link to the VPF news article is now on the Atlas homepage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please share this information within your department. If you or your staff have questions, please contact <a href="mailto:payroll@mit.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">payroll@mit.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chris Durham | Assistant Director HR/Payroll & Merchant Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">MIT | Office of the Vice President for Finance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">617-324-1137 |<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cfdurham@mit.edu"><span style="color:windowtext">cfdurham@mit.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chris
Durham<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, January 26, 2018 11:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>hrpayroll_communications <<a href="mailto:hrpayroll_communications@mit.edu"><span style="color:purple">hrpayroll_communications@mit.edu</span></a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:hrpscstaff@mit.edu"><span style="color:purple">hrpscstaff@mit.edu</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Impact of New Tax Law on Paychecks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Good morning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In early January, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released updated income tax withholding tables for 2018 based on the new tax reform law. These tables are used by employers
to determine how much federal income tax to withhold from employees’ paychecks.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The updated tables will result in changes to the amount of federal income taxes withheld from your paycheck. For MIT’s monthly-paid employees, the change will first take effect
in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>January 31, 2018</b>,<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>paycheck</b>; for MIT’s weekly-paid employees, the change will first take effect in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>February
2, 2018</b>,<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>paycheck</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The IRS has indicated that the 2018 withholding table will work with employees’ existing W-4 tax withholding form. The IRS has not yet released the 2018 W-4 tax withholding
election form and IRS online tax withholding calculator, though both are expected in late February. Once the 2018 W-4 tax withholding election information is available, the IRS advises all taxpayers to review their tax withholding elections to determine if
they need to adjust their withholding elections by updating the W-4 form on file with their employer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">All MIT employees can adjust tax withholding elections online via Atlas. (Go to <a href="http://atlas.mit.edu/"><span style="color:purple">Atlas</span></a>, <b>About Me</b> and
choose <b>Tax Withholding</b> from the menu on the left.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can learn more about tax withholding and the new tax law by reviewing the <a href="https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-withholding-tables-frequently-asked-questions"><span style="color:purple">IRS
website FAQ</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We will be posting information about these changes on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://atlas.mit.edu/"><span style="color:purple">Atlas</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vpf.mit.edu/"><span style="color:purple">VPF website</span></a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please feel free to forward this information to employees in your area. If you or your staff have questions please contact <a href="mailto:payroll@mit.edu"><span style="color:purple">payroll@mit.edu</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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