Form IW-4 Instructions 
  
Purpose:  Complete form IW-4 so your employer can withhold the correct amount of city income taxes from your pay. 
  
Dependents:  To qualify as your dependent (line 4 below), a person  
     (a)  Must receive more than one-half of his or her support from you for the year, and 
(b)  Must have less than $600 gross income during the year (except your child who is a student or who is under 19 
          years of age, and 
     (c)  Must not be claimed as an exemption by such person’s husband or wife, and 
     (d)  Must be a citizen or resident of the United States, and 
(e)  Must have your home as his/her principal residence and be a member of your household for the entire year, or 
          Must be related to you as follows:  Your son or daughter, grandchild, step-son/daughter, son/daughter-in-law, 
          father, mother, grandparent, step-father/mother, father/mother-in-law, brother, sister, stepbrother/sister, half 
          brother/sister, brother/sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece (but only if related by blood)                                     . 
  
Changes in exemptions:  You must file a new certificate within 10 days if the number of exemptions previously claimed 
by you decreases for any of the following reasons: 
(a)  Your wife/husband for whom you have been claiming exemption is divorced or legally separated, or claims 
          her/his own exemption on a separate certificate. 
     (b)  The support of a dependent for whom you claimed exemption is taken over by someone else. 
     (c)  You find that a dependent for whom you claimed exemption will receive $600 or more income of his/her own 
          during the year (except your child who is a student and who is under 19 years of age). 
Other Decreases: Such as the death of a wife, husband, or a dependent, do not affect your withholding until the next 
year, but require the filing of a new certificate by December 1 of the year in which they occur.  
  
Change of Residence:  You must file a new certificate within 10 days after you change your residence from or to a 
taxing city. 
  
Employee: File this form with your employer.  Otherwise your employer must withhold City of Ionia income tax from your 
earnings without exemptions. 
  
Employer: Keep this certificate with your record. If the information submitted by the employee is not believed to be true, 
correct and complete the City of Ionia must be advised. 
  
  FORM IW-4                      EMPLOYEE’S WITHHOLDING CERTIFICATE FOR  
                                           CITY OF IONIA INCOME TAX 

                                                                    Your Social Security Number: 
          City Resident    or              Non-City Resident         
   
  Full Name: (First, Middle and Last Name)                   Home Address:  (Number & Street) 
   
  City:                                                      State:                         Zip Code:

  1. Exemptions for yourself:                              2. Exemptions for your spouse:                                                        3. Enter Total number of 
                                                                                                                                                 boxes checked in 1& 2: 
          Yourself          age 65 or over           Blind        Yourself          age 65 or over         Blind                                  
  4. Other Exemptions:                                                                      5.  Enter total number of Other Exemptions 
                 Number of exemptions                      Number of exemptions             in box 4 below:  
                 for your children                                for your other dependents 
  6. Add the number of exemptions which you have     7. Write the additional amounts you want withheld from each    
  claimed in box 3 & 5 and write the total below:            paycheck, if any: 

  Employer’s Name and Address: 
   
  I certify that the information submitted on this certificate is true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief. 
   
  SIGNATURE:                                                                                                                               DATE: