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  Employer’s Instructions for the                                                                          Arizona Form 
  Employee’s        Arizona Withholding Election                                                                     A-4 
For information or help, call one of the numbers listed:              updated Form A-4 by February 15th, the employer will  
Phoenix                                      (602) 255-3381           withhold Arizona income tax at the default rate, 2.0% 
From area codes 520 and 928, toll-free       (800) 352-4090           until the  employee provides the employer with an 
Tax forms, instructions, and other tax information                    updated Form A-4. 
If you need tax forms, instructions, and other tax information, go •  A qualifying  nonresident employee  may use Form  A-4 to 
                                                                      elect to have a percentage of his/her wages withheld to be 
to the department’s website atwww.azdor.gov. 
                                                                      applied to his/her Arizona income tax liability.   
Withholding Tax Procedures and Rulings                              
These instructions  may refer to the department’s  withholding     EMPLOYMENT       REQUIRING WITHHOLDING 
tax procedures and rulings for more information.  To view or       Withholding tax shall be deducted from the compensation of: 
print these,  go to our  website and  select     Reports  & Legal  •  Wages paid to an Arizona resident whose compensation is 
Research from the  main  menu, then click on     Legal Research       for services performed within this state.  
and select a Document Type and a Category  from the drop           •  Wages paid to a nonresident employee who is in this state 
down menus.                                                           solely for athletic or entertainment purposes. 
Publications                                                       •  Wages paid to part-time or seasonal agricultural employees 
To  view or print the department’s publications, go to  our           whose principal duties are  operating any  mechanically-
website, select Reports & Legal Research from the main menu,          driven device in such operations.  
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and click on Publications in the left hand column.                    Wages paid to a non-resident who is in this state for 60 or 
Arizona employers are  required  to make  Arizona  Form A-4           more days in a calendar year for the purpose of performing 
available to employees at all times and to inform  them  of           a service that will benefit the employer or a related entity.   
Arizona’s  withholding election options.                           EMPLOYMENT FOR  WHICH WITHHOLDING  MAY 
Arizona  income tax  withholding  is  a  percentage  of  gross     BE ELECTED 
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taxable wages. "Gross taxable wages" is the amount that meets         A nonresident Arizona employee in this state for less than 
the federal definition of "wages." Generally, it is the amount        60 days  may elect  to have  Arizona  withholding amounts 
included in box 1 of the employee’s federal Form W-2 at the           subtracted from  his/her  paycheck and the employer  must 
                                                                      withhold tax based on the employee’s election to do so. 
end of the calendar year.   
                                                                   •  An out of state business may elect to withhold tax from the 
Employees elect the percentage of their gross taxable  wages 
                                                                      nonresident employee before the 60 day limitation has 
they wish to be withheld.  They may also elect to have an extra 
                                                                      elapsed.   
amount withheld from each paycheck. 
                                                                   EMPLOYMENT       EXCLUDED FROM WITHHOLDING 
NOTE:      Arizona  tax  rates  are  lower.    As  a result,  the 
department revised the withholding percentages and is              NOTE:  An employee exempted from withholding tax may not 
                                                                   be exempted from paying Arizona income tax.    
requiring  all individuals to complete a new Form A-4 for 2023. 
                                                                   No withholding amount shall be deducted from: 
COMPLETING ARIZONA FORM A-4 
                                                                   •  Wages paid to an employee of a common carrier when that 
•  All employees are required to complete Form A-4.   
                                                                      employee is a nonresident of Arizona and regularly 
•  New employees must complete Form A-4 within 5 days of              performs services inside and outside the state. 
   employment.  If the employee fails to complete the form,        •  Wages paid for domestic service in a private home. 
   the employer  must withhold  Arizona income tax  at the default  rate,  2.0%  of  the  employee’s  wages  until  the       Wages  paid  for  casual  labor  not  in  the  course  of  the 
                                                                      employer’s trade or business. 
   employer receives a completed Form A-4 from that employee.                                                          Wages paid for part-time or seasonal agricultural labor 
                                                                      whose services to the employer consist solely of labor in 
•  Current employees must complete an updated Form A-4 to 
                                                                      connection with the planting, cultivating, harvesting or field 
   elect  a different  Arizona  withholding  percentage  or to 
                                                                      packing of seasonal agricultural crops.   
   change  any extra  amount to  be withheld from  his/her 
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   paycheck.                                                          Wages paid to a nonresident of Arizona who is solely in this 
                                                                      state on a temporary basis for the purpose  of performing 
•  An employee may elect an Arizona withholding percentage 
                                                                      disaster recovery from a declared disaster during a disaster 
   of zero if that employee expects to have no Arizona income 
                                                                      period.   
   tax liability for the current taxable year.   
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   o  If an employee  makes this  election,  his/her employer         Wages paid to a nonresident of Arizona engaged in any 
       will not withhold Arizona tax from his/her paycheck for        phase of motion picture production, if the employer applies 
       all payroll periods beginning after the date of the            for an exemption from the withholding provisions, and the 
       employee’s election.                                           department determines that the nonresident  would be 
   o  Each employee claiming to be exempt from  Arizona               allowed a credit for taxes paid to his/her state of residency 
       withholding  must renew this election annually.  Each          or domicile. 
       employee who wishes to keep this election in the next       •  Wages paid to a nonresident of Arizona who is: 
       taxable year must  complete and  provide  to  his/her          o  An employee of an individual, fiduciary, partnership, 
       employer a new  Form  A-4 by  February 15th  of the            corporation, or limited liability company  having 
       following  year.    If the employee fails to provide an        property, payroll and sales in this state, or of a related 



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                                                                                               Arizona Form A-4 
     entity  having  more than  fifty percent direct or indirect   Example   1: 
     common ownership.                                             Corporation A is the U.S. domestic parent of Corporation B, a 
  o  Physically present in this state for less than  sixty (60)    wholly owned foreign subsidiary corporation. Corporation A 
     days in a calendar year for the purpose of performing a       has property, payroll and  sales in  Arizona.  Corporation B 
     service  that  will benefit the employer or the related       operates in China.  It has no Arizona property, payroll  and 
     entity.  For purposes of determining the number of days       sales.  R is an employee of B and is not a resident of Arizona.  
     of service in this  state, days spent in the  following       R performs  services for B in  Arizona  for 45 days during 
     activities are not included:                                   calendar year 2023.   
       In transit                                                  Example 2:  
       Engaging in personal activities 
       Participating     in      training or     professional     Corporation F, based in California, is the common parent of 
        development activities or attending  meetings that         Corporation W. Corporation F does not have property, payroll 
        are not directly connected to the Arizona operations       and sales in Arizona. Corporation W has property, payroll, and 
        of the employer or related entity.                         sales in Arizona. L is an employee of F and is not an Arizona 
A “related entity having more than 50 percent direct or indirect   resident.    L performs  services for F in  Arizona  for 55 days 
common ownership”  means that the related entities are  more       during calendar year 2023.  
than 50 percent owned by the same interests.  The following        Example   3: 
examples demonstrate three different situations in  which the      D  owns  60  percent  of  Corporation  K  and  51  percent  of 
nonresident employee performs  services in  Arizona  for less      Corporation S. N owns 40 percent of Corporation K and 49 
than 60 days during the calendar year.                             percent of Corporation S. Corporation S has property, payroll 
                                                                   and sales in Arizona. Corporation K is based in California and 
                                                                   has no Arizona property, payroll, and sales.  T is an employee 
                                                                   of K and is not a resident of Arizona.  T performs services for 
                                                                   K in Arizona for 35 days during calendar year 2023.  
                                                                    
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