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Department of the Treasury
Notice 1036 Internal Revenue Service
(Rev. January 2018)

Early Release Copies of the 2018 cents to the next higher dollar. For example, $2.30
becomes $2 and $2.50 becomes $3.
Percentage Method Tables for
Income Tax Withholding Withholding Adjustment for
Nonresident Aliens
Future Developments
For 2018, apply the procedure discussed below to figure
For the latest information about developments related to the amount of income tax to withhold from the wages of
Notice 1036, such as legislation enacted after it was nonresident alien employees performing services within
published, go to IRS.gov/Notice1036. the United States.

Note. Nonresident alien students from India and
2018 Withholding Tables business apprentices from India aren't subject to this
procedure.
This notice includes the 2018 Percentage Method
Tables for Income Tax Withholding. Employers should Instructions. To figure how much income tax to
implement the 2018 withholding tables as soon as withhold from the wages paid to a nonresident alien
possible, but not later than February 15, 2018. Continue employee performing services in the United States, use
to use the 2017 withholding tables until you implement the following steps.
the 2018 withholding tables.
Step 1. Add to the wages paid to the nonresident
alien employee for the payroll period the amount shown
Percentage Method Tables for
in the chart below for the applicable payroll period.
Income Tax Withholding
Amount to Add to Nonresident Alien Employee's
Attached are early release copies of the Percentage Wages for Calculating Income Tax Withholding
Method Tables for Income Tax Withholding that will Only
appear in Pub. 15, Employer's Tax Guide (For use in
2018). Pub. 15 will be posted on IRS.gov in January Payroll Period Add Additional
2018. Weekly $ 151.00
The wage amounts shown in the Percentage Method Biweekly 301.90
Tables for Income Tax Withholding are net wages after Semimonthly 327.10
the deduction for total withholding allowances. The
withholding allowance amounts by payroll period have Monthly 654.20
changed. For 2018, they are: Quarterly 1,962.50
One Withholding Semiannually 3,925.00
Payroll Period Allowance
Annually 7,850.00
Weekly $ 79.80
Daily or Miscellaneous 30.20
Biweekly 159.60 (each day of the payroll period)
Semimonthly 172.90
Step 2. Use the amount figured in Step 1 and the
Monthly 345.80 number of withholding allowances claimed (generally
Quarterly 1,037.50 limited to one allowance) to figure income tax
Semiannually 2,075.00 withholding. Determine the value of withholding
allowances by multiplying the number of withholding
Annually 4,150.00 allowances claimed by the appropriate amount in the
Daily or Miscellaneous 16.00 table shown earlier. Reduce the amount figured in Step
(each day of the payroll period) 1 by the value of withholding allowances and use that
reduced amount to determine the wages subject to
income tax withholding. Figure the income tax
When employers use the Percentage Method Tables for
withholding using the Percentage Method Tables for
Income Tax Withholding, the tax for the pay period may
Income Tax Withholding provided on pages 3 and 4.
be rounded to the nearest dollar. If rounding is used, it
Alternatively, you can figure the income tax withholding
must be used consistently. Withheld tax amounts should
using the Wage Bracket Method Tables for Income Tax
be rounded to the nearest dollar by dropping amounts
Withholding included in Pub. 15 (For use in 2018).
under 50 cents and increasing amounts from 50 to 99

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Social Security and Medicare Tax for calendar year, you can use one of the following methods
for the supplemental wages.
2018
a. Withhold a flat 22% (no other percentage
For social security, the tax rate is 6.2% each for the allowed).
employee and employer, unchanged from 2017. The b. If the supplemental wages are paid concurrently
social security wage base limit is $128,400. The with regular wages, add the supplemental wages to the
Medicare tax rate is 1.45% each for the employee and concurrently paid regular wages. If there are no
employer, unchanged from 2017. There is no wage base concurrently paid regular wages, add the supplemental
limit for Medicare tax. wages to alternatively, either the regular wages paid or
to be paid for the current payroll period or the regular
Additional Medicare Tax Withholding wages paid for the preceding payroll period. Figure the
income tax withholding as if the total of the regular
In addition to withholding Medicare tax at 1.45%, you wages and supplemental wages is a single payment.
must withhold a 0.9% Additional Medicare Tax from Subtract the tax already withheld or to be withheld from
wages you pay to an employee in excess of $200,000 in the regular wages. Withhold the remaining tax from the
a calendar year. You’re required to begin withholding supplemental wages. If there were other payments of
Additional Medicare Tax in the pay period in which you supplemental wages paid during the payroll period
pay wages in excess of $200,000 to an employee and made before the current payment of supplemental
continue to withhold it each pay period until the end of wages, aggregate all the payments of supplemental
the calendar year. Additional Medicare Tax is only wages paid during the payroll period with the regular
imposed on the employee. There is no employer share wages paid during the payroll period, calculate the tax
of Additional Medicare Tax. All wages that are subject to on the total, subtract the tax already withheld from the
Medicare tax are subject to Additional Medicare Tax regular wages and the previous supplemental wage
withholding if paid in excess of the $200,000 withholding payments, and withhold the remaining tax.
threshold. For more information on what wages are 2. If you didn't withhold income tax from the
subject to Medicare tax, see the chart, Special Rules for employee's regular wages in the current or immediately
Various Types of Services and Payments, in section 15 preceding calendar year, use method 1-b. This would
of Pub. 15. For more information on Additional Medicare occur, for example, when the value of the employee's
Tax, go to IRS.gov/AdMT. withholding allowances claimed on Form W-4 is more
than the wages.
Withholding on Supplemental
Wages Withholding on supplemental wages when an
employee receives more than $1 million of
See section 7 of Pub. 15 for the definition of supplemental wages during the calendar year. If a
supplemental wages. supplemental wage payment, together with other
supplemental wage payments made to the employee
Withholding on supplemental wages when an during the calendar year, exceeds $1 million, the excess
employee receives $1 million or less of is subject to withholding at 37% (or the highest rate of
supplemental wages during the calendar year. If income tax for the year). Withhold using the 37% rate
the supplemental wages paid to the employee during the without regard to the employee's Form W-4.
calendar year are less than or equal to $1 million, the Regardless of the method you use to withhold income
following rules apply in determining the amount of tax on supplemental wages, they are subject to social
income tax to be withheld. security, Medicare, and FUTA taxes. Examples of
withholding on supplemental wage payments are
Supplemental wages combined with regular
included in section 7 of Pub. 15.
wages. If you pay supplemental wages with regular
wages but don't specify the amount of each, withhold
federal income tax as if the total were a single payment Backup Withholding Rate
for a regular payroll period.
You generally must withhold 24% of certain taxable
Supplemental wages identified separately from payments if the payee fails to furnish you with his or her
regular wages. If you pay supplemental wages correct taxpayer identification number (TIN). This
separately (or combine them in a single payment and withholding is referred to as “backup withholding.”
specify the amount of each), the federal income tax
withholding method depends partly on whether you For more information on backup withholding,
withhold income tax from your employee's regular including the types of payments subject to backup
wages. withholding, see Nonpayroll Income Tax Withholding in
Pub. 15.
1. If you withheld income tax from an employee's
regular wages in the current or immediately preceding

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                                  Percentage Method Tables for Income Tax Withholding

                                                        (For Wages Paid in 2018)

                                                   TABLE 1—WEEKLY Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages 
(after subtracting             The amount of income tax          (after subtracting           The amount of income tax
withholding allowances) is:    to withhold is:                   withholding allowances) is:  to withhold is:
Not over $71. . . . . . . .    $0                                Not over $222 . . . . . . .  $0
Over—    But not over—                             of excess over— Over— But not over—                            of excess over—
$71                —$254. .    $0.00 plus 10%           —$71     $222            —$588. .     $0.00 plus 10%             —$222
$254               —$815. .    $18.30 plus 12%          —$254    $588           —$1,711. .    $36.60 plus 12%            —$588
$815          —$1,658. .       $85.62 plus 22%          —$815    $1,711         —$3,395. .    $171.36 plus 22%           —$1,711
$1,658        —$3,100. .       $271.08 plus 24%         —$1,658  $3,395         —$6,280. .    $541.84 plus 24%           —$3,395
$3,100        —$3,917. .       $617.16 plus 32%         —$3,100  $6,280         —$7,914. .    $1,234.24 plus 32%         —$6,280
$3,917        —$9,687. .       $878.60 plus 35%         —$3,917  $7,914     —$11,761. .       $1,757.12 plus 35%         —$7,914
$9,687. . . . . . . . . . . .  $2,898.10 plus 37%       —$9,687  $11,761. . . . . . . . . . . $3,103.57 plus 37%         —$11,761
                                                   TABLE 2—BIWEEKLY Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages 
(after subtracting             The amount of income tax          (after subtracting           The amount of income tax
withholding allowances) is:    to withhold is:                   withholding allowances) is:  to withhold is:
Not over $142 . . . . . . .    $0                                Not over $444 . . . . . . .  $0
 Over—   But not over—                             of excess over— Over— But not over—                            of excess over—
$142               —$509. .    $0.00 plus 10%           —$142    $444           —$1,177. .    $0.00 plus 10%             —$444
$509          —$1,631. .       $36.70 plus 12%          —$509    $1,177         —$3,421. .    $73.30 plus 12%            —$1,177
$1,631        —$3,315. .       $171.34 plus 22%         —$1,631  $3,421         —$6,790. .    $342.58 plus 22%           —$3,421
$3,315        —$6,200. .       $541.82 plus 24%         —$3,315  $6,790      —$12,560. .      $1,083.76 plus 24%         —$6,790
$6,200        —$7,835. .       $1,234.22 plus 32%       —$6,200  $12,560    —$15,829. .       $2,468.56 plus 32%         —$12,560
$7,835       —$19,373. .       $1,757.42 plus 35%       —$7,835  $15,829    —$23,521. .       $3,514.64 plus 35%         —$15,829
$19,373. . . . . . . . . . . . $5,795.72 plus 37%       —$19,373 $23,521. . . . . . . . . . . $6,206.84 plus 37%         —$23,521
                                                  TABLE 3—SEMIMONTHLY Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages
(after subtracting             The amount of income tax           (after subtracting          The amount of income tax
withholding allowances) is:    to withhold is:                   withholding allowances) is:  to withhold is:
Not over $154 . . . . . . .    $0                                Not over $481 . . . . . . .  $0
 Over—   But not over—                             of excess over— Over— But not over—                            of excess over—
$154               —$551. .    $0.00 plus 10%           —$154    $481           —$1,275. .    $0.00 plus 10%             —$481
$551          —$1,767. .       $39.70 plus 12%          —$551    $1,275         —$3,706. .    $79.40 plus 12%            —$1,275
$1,767        —$3,592. .       $185.62 plus 22%         —$1,767  $3,706         —$7,356. .    $371.12 plus 22%           —$3,706
$3,592        —$6,717. .       $587.12 plus 24%         —$3,592  $7,356      —$13,606. .      $1,174.12 plus 24%         —$7,356
$6,717        —$8,488. .       $1,337.12 plus 32%       —$6,717  $13,606    —$17,148. .       $2,674.12 plus 32%         —$13,606
$8,488       —$20,988. .       $1,903.84 plus 35%       —$8,488  $17,148    —$25,481. .       $3,807.56 plus 35%         —$17,148
$20,988. . . . . . . . . . . . $6,278.84 plus 37%       —$20,988 $25,481. . . . . . . . . . . $6,724.11 plus 37%         —$25,481
                                                   TABLE 4—MONTHLY Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages 
(after subtracting             The amount of income tax          (after subtracting           The amount of income tax
withholding allowances) is:    to withhold is:                   withholding allowances) is:  to withhold is:
Not over $308 . . . . . . .    $0                                Not over $963 . . . . . . .  $0
 Over—   But not over—                             of excess over— Over— But not over—                            of excess over—
$308          —$1,102. .       $0.00 plus 10%           —$308    $963           —$2,550. .    $0.00 plus 10%             —$963
$1,102        —$3,533. .       $79.40 plus 12%          —$1,102  $2,550         —$7,413. .    $158.70 plus 12%           —$2,550
$3,533        —$7,183. .       $371.12 plus 22%         —$3,533  $7,413     —$14,713. .       $742.26 plus 22%           —$7,413
$7,183       —$13,433. .       $1,174.12 plus 24%       —$7,183  $14,713     —$27,213. .      $2,348.26 plus 24%         —$14,713
$13,433      —$16,975. .       $2,674.12 plus 32%       —$13,433 $27,213    —$34,296. .       $5,348.26 plus 32%         —$27,213
$16,975      —$41,975. .       $3,807.56 plus 35%       —$16,975 $34,296    —$50,963. .       $7,614.82 plus 35%         —$34,296
$41,975. . . . . . . . . . . . $12,557.56 plus 37%      —$41,975 $50,963. . . . . . . . . . . $13,448.27 plus 37%        —$50,963

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                               Percentage Method Tables for Income Tax Withholding (continued)

                                                        (For Wages Paid in 2018)

                                                       TABLE 5—QUARTERLY Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages 
(after subtracting             The amount of income tax          (after subtracting               The amount of income tax
withholding allowances) is:    to withhold is:                   withholding allowances) is:      to withhold is:
Not over $925 . . . . . . .    $0                                Not over $2,888. . . . . .       $0
Over—    But not over—                                 of excess over— Over— But not over—                             of excess over—
$925           —$3,306. .      $0.00 plus 10%           —$925    $2,888           —$7,650. .      $0.00 plus 10%          —$2,888
$3,306       —$10,600. .       $238.10 plus 12%         —$3,306  $7,650         —$22,238. .       $476.20 plus 12%        —$7,650
$10,600      —$21,550. .       $1,113.38 plus 22%       —$10,600 $22,238         —$44,138. .      $2,226.76 plus 22%      —$22,238
$21,550      —$40,300. .       $3,522.38 plus 24%       —$21,550 $44,138        —$81,638. .       $7,044.76 plus 24%      —$44,138
$40,300      —$50,925. .       $8,022.38 plus 32%       —$40,300 $81,638      —$102,888. .        $16,044.76 plus 32%     —$81,638
$50,925    —$125,925. .        $11,422.38 plus 35%      —$50,925 $102,888     —$152,888. .        $22,844.76 plus 35%     —$102,888
$125,925. . . . . . . . . . .  $37,672.38 plus 37%      —$125,925 $152,888. . . . . . . . . . .   $40,344.76 plus 37%     —$152,888
                                                       TABLE 6—SEMIANNUAL Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages 
(after subtracting             The amount of income tax          (after subtracting               The amount of income tax
withholding allowances) is:    to withhold is:                   withholding allowances) is:      to withhold is:
Not over $1,850. . . . . .     $0                                Not over $5,775. . . . . .       $0
Over—    But not over—                                 of excess over— Over— But not over—                             of excess over—
$1,850         —$6,613. .      $0.00 plus 10%           —$1,850  $5,775         —$15,300. .       $0.00 plus 10%          —$5,775
$6,613       —$21,200. .       $476.30 plus 12%         —$6,613  $15,300        —$44,475. .       $952.50 plus 12%        —$15,300
$21,200      —$43,100. .       $2,226.74 plus 22%       —$21,200 $44,475        —$88,275. .       $4,453.50 plus 22%      —$44,475
$43,100      —$80,600. .       $7,044.74 plus 24%       —$43,100 $88,275       —$163,275. .       $14,089.50 plus 24%     —$88,275
$80,600    —$101,850. .        $16,044.74 plus 32%      —$80,600 $163,275      —$205,775. .       $32,089.50 plus 32%     —$163,275
$101,850   —$251,850. .        $22,844.74 plus 35%      —$101,850 $205,775     —$305,775. .       $45,689.50 plus 35%     —$205,775
$251,850. . . . . . . . . . .  $75,344.74 plus 37%      —$251,850 $305,775. . . . . . . . . . .   $80,689.50 plus 37%     —$305,775
                                                       TABLE 7—ANNUAL Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages 
(after subtracting             The amount of income tax          (after subtracting               The amount of income tax
withholding allowances) is:    to withhold is:                   withholding allowances) is:      to withhold is:
Not over $3,700. . . . . .     $0                                Not over $11,550 . . . . .       $0
Over—    But not over—                                 of excess over— Over— But not over—                             of excess over—
$3,700       —$13,225. .       $0.00 plus 10%           —$3,700  $11,550        —$30,600. .       $0.00 plus 10%          —$11,550
$13,225      —$42,400. .       $952.50 plus 12%         —$13,225 $30,600        —$88,950. .       $1,905.00 plus 12%      —$30,600
$42,400      —$86,200. .       $4,453.50 plus 22%       —$42,400 $88,950      —$176,550. .        $8,907.00 plus 22%      —$88,950
$86,200    —$161,200. .        $14,089.50 plus 24%      —$86,200 $176,550      —$326,550. .       $28,179.00 plus 24%     —$176,550
$161,200   —$203,700. .        $32,089.50 plus 32%      —$161,200 $326,550    —$411,550. .        $64,179.00 plus 32%     —$326,550
$203,700   —$503,700. .        $45,689.50 plus 35%      —$203,700 $411,550    —$611,550. .        $91,379.00 plus 35%     —$411,550
$503,700. . . . . . . . . . .  $150,689.50 plus 37%     —$503,700 $611,550. . . . . . . . . . .   $161,379.00 plus 37%    —$611,550
                                               TABLE 8—DAILY or MISCELLANEOUS Payroll Period

(a) SINGLE person (including head of household)—                 (b) MARRIED person—
If the amount of wages                                           If the amount of wages
(after subtracting                                                (after subtracting 
withholding allowances)                                          withholding allowances) 
divided by the number of       The amount of income tax          divided by the number of         The amount of income tax
days in the payroll period is: to withhold per day is:           days in the payroll period is: to withhold per day is:
Not over $14.20. . . . . .     $0                                Not over $44.40. . . . . .       $0
Over—    But not over—                                 of excess over— Over— But not over—                             of excess over—
$14.20         —$50.90. .      $0.00 plus 10%           —$14.20  $44.40         —$117.70. .       $0.00 plus 10%          —$44.40
$50.90       —$163.10. .       $3.67 plus 12%           —$50.90  $117.70        —$342.10. .       $7.33 plus 12%          —$117.70
$163.10      —$331.50. .       $17.13 plus 22%          —$163.10 $342.10        —$679.00. .       $34.26 plus 22%         —$342.10
$331.50      —$620.00. .       $54.18 plus 24%          —$331.50 $679.00  —$1,256.00. .           $108.38 plus 24%        —$679.00
$620.00      —$783.50. .       $123.42 plus 32%         —$620.00 $1,256.00 —$1,582.90. .          $246.86 plus 32%        —$1,256.00
$783.50 —$1,937.30. .          $175.74 plus 35%         —$783.50 $1,582.90 —$2,352.10. .          $351.47 plus 35%        —$1,582.90
$1,937.30. . . . . . . . . . . $579.57 plus 37%         —$1,937.30 $2,352.10. . . . . . . . . . . $620.69 plus 37%        —$2,352.10

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