Form Updates - February 4, 2025

Form Updates

Federal

Form 8233 perjury statement updated

Form Title: Exemption From Withholding on Compensation for Independent (and Certain Dependent) Personal Services of a Nonresident Alien Individual
Form version: 2018.09.0

We have made minor adjustments to the perjury statement to match the perjury statement on the form. 

California

Form DE 4(SP) updated

Form Title: Certificado de Retenciones del Empleado
Form version: 2024.12.0

Effective January 1, 2025, form DE 4(SP) has been updated:

• Revision was updated from Rev. 53 (12-23) to Rev. 54 (12-24).
• Dollar amounts within the worksheets and tables have been updated.
• Minor text changes throughout the form and instructions.

Documentation: Employment Development Department of the State of California

Georgia

Form G-4 updated

Form Title: Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, form G-4 has been updated:

• Revision date updated from 4/19/2024 to 08/15/2024.
• Text/font changes throughout the form.

Documentation: G-4 Employee Withholding

Hawaii

Form HW-6 updated

Form Title: Employee's Statement To Employer Concerning Nonresidence In The State Of Hawaii
SPF Form ID: HI103
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective 1 January, 2025, Form HW-6 year has been updated from 2024 to 2025. The revision date has also been updated. 

Documentation: Hawaii Tax Forms

Idaho

Form ID-MS1 updated

Form Title: Employee's Idaho Military Spouse Withholding Exemption Certificate
Form version: 2024.12.0

Effective 1 January, 2025, Form ID-MS1 has been updated:

• The revision date has been updated from 08-23-2023 to 12-05-2024.
• 2024 has been updated at the top right of the form to "Tax Year 20_".
• Minor wording changes throughout the form. 

Documentation: Form ID-MS1

Louisiana

Form L-4 updated

Form Title: Employee's Withholding Certificate
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, Form L-4 has been updated:

• The form title was updated from "Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate" to "Employee's Withholding Certificate".
• The revision date was updated from 1/23 to 1/25.
• The agency has added contact information in the upper right-hand corner for questions.
• Language in Block A for exemptions has been updated throughout, including Exemption "1" which now includes language for married filing separate.
• Section Block B has been removed related to the number of dependents.
• Line 7 of the form was removed, and subsequently the LA.totalDependents tax parameter will no longer be returned.
• The numbers for lines 8, 9, and 10 have been updated to account for the removal of line 7.
• Language in Line 3 of the form has been updated.
• Minor updates to the text and capitalization within the form.
• The perjury statement on the form has been updated. 

Documentation: Form L-4

Form L-4E updated

Form Title: State of Louisiana Exemption from Withholding Louisiana Income Tax
Form version: 2024.12.0

Effective January 1, 2025, Form L-4E has been updated:

• The revision date has been updated from 8/22 to 1/25.
• The agency contact information has been relocated from the bottom of the form to the upper right-hand corner.
• Language has been updated to reflect meeting the exemption requirements.
• The perjury statement on the form has been reformatted. 
• The form title has been added to the last paragraph on page 2 of the form. 

Documentation: Form L-4E

Maine

Form W-4ME updated

Form Title: Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, form W-4ME has been updated:

• Revision date updated from December 2023 to December 2024.
• Minor text changes throughout the form.

Documentation: State of Maine

Mississippi

Form 89-350 updated

Form Title: Mississippi Employee's Withholding Exemption Certificate
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, the form number on the long version of Form 89-350 was updated. Additionally, the revision date was updated from Form 89-350-23-8-1-000 (Rev. 11/23) to Form 89-350-24-8-1-000 (Rev. 08/24).

Documentation: Mississippi Form 89-350

Montana

Tax parameter change for Form MW-4

Form Title: Montana Employee's Withholding Allowance and Exemption Certificate
Form version: 2024.12.0

In alignment with form changes effective 1 January 2025, the existing tax parameter MT.reducedWHAmount has been changed to MT.specifiedWHAmount.

Documentation: Montana W-4

New York

Form IT-2104-SNY updated

Form Title: Certificate of Exemption from Withholding for START-UP NY Program
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, Form IT-2104-SNY year was updated from 2024 to 2025. There are also verbiage and text changes throughout the pages. 

Documentation: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance

NY Form IT-2104.1 finalized PDF format corrected

We've corrected an issue with the finalized PDF download file for the NY Form IT-2104.1. Previously, the file extension was missing when the finalized PDF was downloaded from the application, resulting in the user being unable to view the finalized PDF. The downloaded file now contains the proper file extension giving the user the ability to view the file. 

Oregon

Form Metro/MultCo OPT updated

Form Title: Employee OPT IN/OUT Form Metro Supportive Housing Services Tax (SHS) Multnomah County Preschool for All Tax (PFA), Metro Vivienda De Apoyo – Impuestos Personales(SHS) Multnomah County Preescolar Para Todos – Impuestos Personales(PFA)
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, the revision date in the upper right-hand corner of the form was updated from 1/4/24 to 12/30/24.

Documentation: Oregon Metro

Form Metro OPT updated

Form Title: Employee OPT IN/OUT Form Metro Supportive Housing Services Tax (SHS), Metro Vivienda De Apoyo – Impuestos Personales
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, the revision date in the upper right-hand corner of the form was updated from 1/4/24 to 12/30/24.

Documentation: Oregon Metro

Pennsylvania

Form REV-419 EX updated

Form Title: Employee's Nonwithholding Application Certificate
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, form REV-419 EX has been updated:

• Revision date was updated from 7/2019 to 12/24.
• The city's seal was added to the header along with changes to the formatting of the form name.
• The form year has been updated from text to a dropdown field.

Documentation: City of Pittsburgh

Wisconsin

Form WT-4A updated

Form Title: Worksheet for Employee Withholding Agreement
Form version: 2025.01.0

Effective January 1, 2025, the form WT-4A year and revision date were updated. The Standard Deduction and Tax Rate tables were updated with 2025 amounts.

Documentation: State of Wisconsin Department Of Revenue

Miscellaneous

Country field alphabetized

We've updated the County field ("foreignCountry") so the values ("questionOptions") are returned in alphabetical order. Please note: the values themselves remain unchanged—only the order in which they appear in the user interface.

Regular expression validations updated

We've updated the following regular expressions to be more inclusive of special characters:

• Street address ("streetAddress1", "streetAddress2")
  • Previous regular expression: "^[A-Za-z0-9#\\/,.&'\\(\\)\\- \\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF]+$"
  • Current regular expression: "^[A-Za-z0-9#\\/,.&'\"\\(\\)\\- \u2013-\u2014\u2018-\u2019\u201C-\u201D\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF]+$"
• City ("city")
  • Previous regular expression: "^[A-Za-z.,&'\\- \\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF]+$"
  • Current regular expression: "^[A-Za-z.,&'\"\\- \u2013-\u2014\u2018-\u2019\u201C-\u201D\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF]+$"
• Names ("contactPerson")
  • Previous regular expression: "^[A-Za-z0-9#.', \\-\\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF]{1,}$"
  • Current regular expression: "^[A-Za-z0-9#.', \"\\-\u2013-\u2014\u2018-\u2019\u201C-\u201D\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF]{1,}$"
• Middle initial ("middleInitial")
  • Previous regular expression: "^[A-Za-z\\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF]{0,1}$"
  • Current regular expression: "^[A-Za-z\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF]{0,1}$"
• Text
  • Previous regular expression: "^[a-zA-Z0-9\\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF,.!\\?\\-/' ]*$"
  • Current regular expression: "^[a-zA-Z0-9\u2013-\u2014\u2018-\u2019\u201C-\u201D\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF,.!\\?\\-/'\" ]*$"
• Text area
  • Previous regular expression: "^[a-zA-Z0-9\\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF\\.,\\-\\s]*$"
  • Current regular expression: "^[a-zA-Z0-9\u2013-\u2014\u2018-\u2019\u201C-\u201D\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF,.!\\?\\-/'\"\\s ]*$"
• Company name
  • Previous regular expression: "^[A-Za-z0-9&!.', \\-\\xC0-\\xD6\\xD8-\\xF6\\xF8-\\xFF]{1,}$"
  • Current regular expression: "^[A-Za-z0-9&!.', \"\\-\u2013-\u2014\u2018-\u2019\u201C-\u201D\u00C0-\u00D6\u00D8-\u00F6\u00F8-\u00FF]{1,}$"

These regular expressions use letters with accent marks in the following character set: 00C0 to 00FF, referenced within this list of unicode symbols.

Typo corrected on question 1 of Form M-4

We've corrected a typo on QS1 of Form M-4 (MA101):

• Updated text: Are you a full-time student engaged in seasonal, part-time or temporary employment whose estimated annual income will not exceed $8,000?
• Previous text: Are you are a full-time student engaged in seasonal, part-time or temporary employment whose estimated annual income will not exceed $8,000?