The state of Massachusetts has updated their Form M-4 "Massachusetts Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate." The form indicates that employees shall file Form M-4 with their employers. Since Massachusetts no longer accepts the Federal Form W-4, Massachusetts will now default to Single Zero for withholding calculations in instances where an employee does not remit Form M-4 (previously, the Federal elections were used in that scenario).
ADP will be making system changes to comply with this change. As a result, Massachusetts employees may see a change to their Massachusetts State income tax withholding amounts beginning with payrolls processed on or about December 5, 2019.
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