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Money Wednesday, April 1, 1987 " 3 GAMECOCK imiiiiiiiiiiiiM W-4 A I By CANDY M. BARR Money editor Relief is on the way for tax^ payers who thought that filling 9 out tne 1 Vo/ w-4 was too aitficult, said an IRS spokesman. The IRS will release an easier version of the W-4, called the W-4 A, during the middle of April. "It's a slimmcd-down version of the 1987 W-4," Public Relations Officer Michael Quinn. Quinn said the IRS was concerned about the number of complaints they received about the W-4 form. Quinn said they thought if the || first look the public got of the ^ new tax laws were through a "difficult" W-4, it would alarm the public. So on the pink-highlighted W-4 A, the wording is made simplier, some lines are combined nn/1 f KA AA# ?r cVl/tl*#/*** t A ailU llll* 13 3I1UIIVI IVS rcducc the four-page W-4 to a two-page W-4 A, Quinn said. Quinn said people who have already filled out the 1987 W-4 don't need to fill out the W-4 A. Those who haven't have a choice fib to fill out the longer form or the shorter one. The major differences in the forms are the shorter one is easier to fill out, but not necessarily as |$T?r'Nici-iNJ MON-THUR 11-4 Fl J.Spring i8 here. ( ?*t to Burger King on JHeRin eatinK<|k g gg ; right $| OH any $ t a t N i c e n , ' Natrual cost ng more 1 f, WIS! if not prese \ I IFF Expires / I GOT r We urgently need pec to aid in medical rese had mono within the I qualify for $100 per v time. Call 254-6537. nn Serol I 2719 Mic IW! rnli [1 Serologicals ==== h If you ! | Portfolio's 61 ...... ranP I m 1 Bar B u ^ DELICIOUS PORK Z PILED HIGH AND SE ? DELICIOUS COLE SL ^ J| JV^ V" C0UP **$*<** > n ^ ? # 4 i i to ease re accurate, said Quinn. The shorter form doesn't take into account a big bulk of deductions anH rrerhtc that otherwise would be compensated or included in the longer form, Quinn said. For example, the longer form says to divide by $ 1,900 in several places while the newer form says to divide by $2,000. "It's easier to divide by $2,000 than it is by $1,900. The math is simpler, but yet you lose something in the division," Quinn said. Quinn said taxpayers with several deductions, credits and overall activity in their tax returns fill out the long form. He says it may be better than the short. "I think the public is more in clined to go for simplicity as opposed to accuracy," he said. "What good does it do to come up with a really accurate, super fine-toothed form if no one can understand it? What you attempt to gain in accuracy, you're losing in ability to comprehend what it's all about. "This (W-4 A) strikes a happy medium, this will get you close enough but yet the tax-paying public can understand," Quinn said. NATLRAL$i'mj Rl 113 1117 College St. ; USC't Campui) 799-3171 Soup* 0 , . i Salads i andwich or Salad s.ndwichc. 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BAKU Money editor The IRS will waive penalties for taxpayers who honestly tried to fill out their withholding forms correctly, turned them in by June 1 and still ended up short, said an IRS spokesman. J Public Affairs Officcr Michael Quinn said feedback from the public on the, 1987 W-4 form and the change in the 1987 tax law that requires 90 percent of the tax liability to be withheld instead of 80 percent prompted the IRS to waive penalties for those who tried early enough, but did not succeed. Under the 1987 tax law, Southern Womt Servina The A Abortion Services & Counseling Problem Pregnancy Counseling Pregnancy Testing "Personal Contact Wii 24-Hr. Answering Sem 254 4368 o Toll Free 180091 1614 Two'Notch lid. Residence H, All It's Cm Dates for 1987 MARCH 30? \pp at the "I" buihing APRIL 10 ? Apf building. APRIL 13? 7:301 ] datory meeting i represen tati ves. j APRIL 15 ? Elect j dividual residence i APRIL 26? 10 A1 j 303, training for all I CAREi HUMAh SOCIAL SCI Apt 7 8:30 PMG, Jim Reed V Keyn < "Corporate Needs / Scicn Choose 1 < What Can I Do With . What Skills Do I Devi | Who In The World W > How Can I Market At I * Resumes I I ? roblems Three of every four South Carolina taxpayers got refunds in 1986. Quinn said both the W-4 and the W-4 A will cause the taxpayers withholdings to be closer to the actual amount he owes the government than last year's forms. The W-4 will cause the fit to be even more tighter than the W-4 A. waive penalties workers have to have at least 90 percent of what they owe the IRS paid by money withheld from their paychecks. "If you don't meet the criteria, the IRS can penalize you," Quinn laid. In the past, the amount required to be withheld was only ! 80 percent. - "You could write a personal check (under the old law) for the other 20 percent to pay the government what you owe. Mau/ uaii i?on rtnlu nov f A tur. 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