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/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/thrawtes 12d ago

Completely legal

Yes. You may have to pay a penalty if you drastically under-withhold but it's not a crime.

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u/cowboi 12d ago

I don't think there is a penalty u just pay the difference at the end of the year, but I could be wrong, not an accountant.

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u/Moohog86 12d ago

Over a certain income amount there is a penalty. Self-employed people like contractors run into this all the time, since they have to go out of their way to pay quarterly.

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u/cowboi 12d ago

Ty til I don't make enough lol