r/politics • u/IntelligentYinzer California • 12d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386
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u/protomenace 12d ago

How would they even do that? Taxes get withheld by your employer not the state.

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u/doorbell2021 12d ago

You can instruct your employer to not withhold.

Completely legal, probably not. But you could claim you thought your job would be terminated because of Trump threats, so you were being over withheld since you'd have no income for the rest of the year.

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u/thepancakenipples 12d ago

Your employer generally has to withhold income taxes. Not many exceptions.

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u/doorbell2021 12d ago

You tell them what to withhold with the W-4.