How to reset w4 exempt for more than just the prior year
We ran the process this year that resets the W-4 exactly as described in the explanation below. Since we ran it as of 02/15/2019, it took care of all of those from last year.
My concern is, that there are still some lingering out there from previous years that still need to be reset. Can the reset process be ran to reset rows that are not just from the previous year?
Has anybody else ran into this and if so, how has it been handled?
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From IRS 2015 Publication 15 (Circular E) under the Calendar section:
On February 16 Forms W-4 claiming exemption from withholding expire. Any Form W-4 claiming exemption from withholding for the previous year has now expired. Begin withholding for any employee who previously claimed exemption from withholding but has not given you a new Form W-4 for the current year. If the employee does not give you a new Form W-4, withhold tax based on the last valid Form W-4 you have for the employee that does not claim exemption from withholding or, if one does not exist, as if he or she is single with zero withholding allowances. See section 9