New York State Income Tax Withholding Information

State Abbreviation:

NY

State Tax Withholding State Code:

36

Acceptable Exemption Form:

IT-2014 or W-4

Basis for Withholding:

State Exemptions

Acceptable Exemption Data:

S, M/Number of Exemptions

TSP Deferred:

Yes

Special Coding:

None

Additional Information:

None

Additional Resources:

TAXES 15-13, New York State Income Tax Withholding

Withholding Formula (Effective Pay Period 06, 2015)

  1. Subtract the nontaxable biweekly Thrift Savings Plan contribution from the gross biweekly wages.
  2. Subtract the nontaxable biweekly Federal Health Benefits Plan payments(s) (includes dental and vision insurance program and Flexible Spending Account - health care and dependent care deductions) from the amount computed in step 1.
  3. Add the taxable biweekly fringe benefits (i.e, taxable life insurance) to the amount computed in step 2 to obtain the adjusted gross biweekly wages.
  4. Multiply the adjusted gross biweekly wages by 26 to obtain the annual wages.
  5. Determine the standard deduction allowance by applying the following guideline and subtract this amount from the annual wages.

    Single/Head of Household

    Married

    $7,350

    $7,850

  6. Determine the exemption allowance by applying the following guideline and subtract this amount from the result of step 5 to obtain the taxable income.

    Exemption Allowance = $1,000 x Number of Exemption

  7. Apply the taxable income computed in step 6 to the following table to determine the annual New York tax withholdings.

    Tax Withholding Table

    Single or Head of Household

    If the Amount of
    Taxable Income Is:

    The Amount of New York
    Tax Withholding Should Be:

    Over:

    But Not Over:

     

    Of Excess Over:

    $0

    $8,400

     

    $0

    plus

    4.00%

    $0

    8,400

    11,600

     

    336

    plus

    4.50%

    8,400

    11,600

    13,750

     

    480

    plus

    5.25%

    11,600

    13,750

    21,150

     

    593

    plus

    5.90%

    13,750

    21,150

    79,600

     

    1,029

    plus

    6.45%

    21,150

    79,600

    95,550

     

    4,800

    plus

    6.65%

    79,600

    95,550

    106,200

     

    5,860

    plus

    7.58%

    95,550

    106,200

    159,350

     

    6,667

    plus

    8.08%

    106,200

    159,350

    212,500

     

    10,962

    plus

    7.15%

    159,350

    212,500

    265,600

     

    14,762

    plus

    8.15%

    212,500

    265,600

    1,062,650

     

    19,090

    plus

    7.35%

    265,600

    1,062,650

    1,115,850

     

    77,673

    plus

    49.02%

    1,062,650

    1,115,850

    and over

     

    103,752

    plus

    9.62%

    1,115,850

    Married

    If the Amount of
    Taxable Income Is:

    The Amount of New York
    Tax Withholding Should Be:

    Over:

    But Not Over:

     

    Of Excess Over:

    $0

    $8,400

     

    $0

    plus

    4.00%

    $0

    8,400

    11,600

     

    336

    plus

    4.50%

    8,400

    11,600

    13,750

     

    480

    plus

    5.25%

    11,600

    13,750

    21,150

     

    593

    plus

    5.90%

    13,750

    21,150

    79,600

     

    1,029

    plus

    6.45%

    21,150

    79,600

    95,550

     

    4,800

    plus

    6.65%

    79,600

    95,550

    106,200

     

    5,860

    plus

    7.28%

    95,550

    106,200

    159,350

     

    6,635

    plus

    7.78%

    106,200

    159,350

    212,500

     

    10,771

    plus

    8.08%

    159,350

    212,500

    318,750

     

    15,065

    plus

    7.15%

    212,500

    318,750

    371,900

     

    22,662

    plus

    8.15%

    318,750

    371,900

    1,062,650

     

    26,994

    plus

    7.35%

    371,900

    1,062,650

    2,125,450

     

    77,764

    plus

    7.65%

    1,062,650

    2,125,450

    2,178,650

     

    159,068

    plus

    88.42%

    2,125,450

    2,178,650

    and over

     

    206,107

    plus

    9.62%

    2,178,650

  8. Divide the annual New York tax withholding by 26 to obtain the biweekly New York tax withholding.