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State tax exemption adjusted again?

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August 13, 2019
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This is the second year in a row that I have received a letter stating that my Kansas state taxes have been adjusted and I owe more money. It states that my exemption allowance is too much and so they adjust it and add money to total taxable income. Why is federal exemptions correct but the state is saying there are too many? Now I'm being asked to pay than I already and this is the second year. What is going wrong? Appreciate any help.

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BillM223

What I believe that you are asking is, "Why is my withheld tax for Kansas not enough to cover my Kansas state income tax due at the end of the year?" Is that correct?

This is really more of a payroll question than a tax question. Do note, however, that the IRS adjusted their withholding tables for 2018 to withhold less federal tax because of the recent tax "reform"; I don't know if Kansas went through a similar exercise.

I don't live in a state that has a state income tax so I am not clear on how the W-4 application (how you claim exemptions with your employer to determine how much federal withholding you will have) works for your state. However, I have to assume that you can go to your payroll department and ask them to increase the amount of withholding on your Kansas income without affecting your federal return. Go ask them.

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VolvoGirl

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@BillM223 I don't think that's it. This is after they file. Then the state sends them a letter.

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BillM223

@VolvoGirlyou may be right. The taxpayer said "It states that my exemption allowance is too much and so they adjust it ", so the word "exemption" suggests their W-4 exemption...or the taxpayer may have meant that letter said that the exemption amount on the K-40 on line 5 ($2,250 times the number of exemptions) was too high...in which case, we would need to find out what the letter actually says and what the taxpayer reported on both the federal and the state returns.

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