Get 42a900 2020-2025

2022 Kentucky Tax Rate: 5% of taxable income.

The ​Kentucky Withholding Tax rate will be 4.5% for tax year 2023.

You may be exempt from withholding for 2021 if both the following apply: • For 2020, you had a right to a refund of all Kentucky income tax withheld because you had no Kentucky income tax. liability, and. • For 2021, you expect a refund of all your Kentucky income tax withheld.

​​​​​​​Kentucky Revised Statute Chapter 141 requires employers to withhold income tax for both residents and nonresidents employees (unless exempted by law). Employers must withhold the income tax of the employees receiving "wages" as defined in Section 3401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Register online with the KY Dept of Revenue to receive a Withholding Account Number. Registration may also be completed via the Kentucky Registration Application (10A100). Please visit the Kentucky DOR Tax Registration Information page or additional resources or call the KY DOR at (502) 564-4581.

You may be exempt from withholding for 2021 if both the following apply: • For 2020, you had a right to a refund of all Kentucky income tax withheld because you had no Kentucky income tax. liability, and. • For 2021, you expect a refund of all your Kentucky income tax withheld.

You may be exempt from withholding if you work in Kentucky but reside in one of the following reciprocal states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia and you commute daily or Ohio and you are not a shareholder-employee who is a “twenty (20) percent or greater” direct or indirect equity ...

Form K-4 is the standard certificate and authorizes the employer to withhold Kentucky income tax based on the exemptions claimed. The number of withholding exemptions claimed by the employee shall not exceed the number to which he or she is entitled.