2025 Percentage Method Tables for automated Payroll discrepancy

[bmrouse]

When updating our 2025 federal withholding tax tables, I noticed an anomaly affecting only Single or Married Filing Separately (W-4 2020+, step 2 box checked). Powerchurch reports a different tentative withholding amount from amount in IRS 15-T. I tried to add a new tax table to see if the original table might be corrupted but the same numbers appear. We do not round to whole numbers for withholding amount, and I realize this discrepancy may only affect a small class of employees. Please advise corrective action.

Form W-4, Step 2 Checkbox Withholding Rate Schedules, Single or Married Filing Separately Column C: The tentative amount to withhold:

Pub 15-T/Powerchurch 14
$0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00
$596.25 $596.30
$2789.25 $2746.10
$8825.50 $8861.44
$20099.50 $20135.44
$28615.50 $28651.60
$94384.88 $94420.80

[NeilZ]

When updating our 2025 federal withholding tax tables, I noticed an anomaly affecting only Single or Married Filing Separately (W-4 2020+, step 2 box checked). Powerchurch reports a different tentative withholding amount from amount in IRS 15-T. I tried to add a new tax table to see if the original table might be corrupted but the same numbers appear. We do not round to whole numbers for withholding amount, and I realize this discrepancy may only affect a small class of employees. Please advise corrective action.

Form W-4, Step 2 Checkbox Withholding Rate Schedules, Single or Married Filing Separately Column C: The tentative amount to withhold:

Pub 15-T/Powerchurch 14
$0.00 $0.00
$0.00 $0.00
$596.25 $596.30
$2789.25 $2746.10
$8825.50 $8861.44
$20099.50 $20135.44
$28615.50 $28651.60
$94384.88 $94420.80

Um ... I just entered the tables in my test system with the latest MR dated 12/30/24, and the calculated numbers are:

0.00
0.00
596.30
2789.30
8825.44
20099.44
28615.60
94384.80

The differing cent amounts are minor as these are annual figures, but the whole numbers are the same as the IRS.
Do you have the latest MR installed ??

[bmrouse]

Yes. Running 14.4, 12/30/2024

[Zorak]

I'm pretty sure it is a typo in the official documentation. We have seen that before in prior years.

The numbers in PowerChurch are actually generated by doing the math in the table.

[sgbani]

I looked at my tax table calculations in PC+, and my values of tentative amount to withholding match amounts to what NeilZ posted, and I am also using v14.4 latest MR.