Employer not allowing me to change exemptions?

Just fill out the form yourself and hand it to your boss. He doesn't have a right to question this in any way or form; make sure he knows you have a copy of the form as well and you expect this resolved in a timely fashion.

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/fw4--2014.pdf

Or, there might be a lock-in situation, but you would handle that directly with the IRS:

http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Withholding-Complia...

Do some reading.

Your employer does not have a choice in the matter. They must accept your W-4. Tell him to read IRS Pub 15. Hell, tell him to read the instructions printed right on Form W-4. Two kids is enough to claim 7 withholding allowances.

If he legitimately feels that you are making a false declaration, your signature by the jurat on the bottom of the W-4 protects him. He can also file a Form 3949-A with the IRS (he'll look like an idiot in this case) if he feels that it is fraudulent.

I'd suggest that you start polishing up your resume as well. You're working for an idiot and it will only get worse with time.

You have no financial loss because of your W-4 so suing your employer will not be productive.

If your employer knows, as you state, that you have changed your W-4 "many times" in the past, he likely believes you are claiming more allowances than you should. Your employer is required to withhold a correct amount of income tax so he should not accept what he believes is an inaccurate W-4.

Review your W-4 for accuracy and submit your request in writing, with annotated explanations of your allowances.

Do not provide the SSN of your dependents, but there is no harm in disclosing to your employer the number of dependents you have without disclosing any personal information about your dependents.

Tell your bonehead boss to READ the instructions printed right on Form W-4 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf . If you have 2 kids who are under age 17 as of the end of the year you can claim as many as NINE allowances. Fill it out first and show him the whole thing, not just the tear off portion on the bottom.

Then tell him to open IRS Pub 15 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p15.pdf and turn to page 22 and read the section on Invalid Forms W-4. Those are the ONLY ones that he is allowed to reject. Unless you essentially tell him that it's a false W-4, he MUST accept it.

Nowhere in IRS Pub 15 is he required -- or even allowed -- to ask for the SSNs for your dependents.

The employer does not need to accept a W4, if they think you have fraudulently completed it.

The easiest way to correct this problem would be to complete the W4 worksheet on the back of the W4 form or completed the IRS online W4 worksheet and provide your employer the screen shot results.

He's wrong, and has no right to ss info on your dependents - and you don't need a separate person for each allowance you claim. Ask him to read the W-4 instructions, or to ask his accountant - unless his accountant is clueless about taxes (some are) he or she will set him straight.

no he doesn't need to see the SSN's of all your dependents

he does not understand that for every $3900 of deductions and credits you are allowed to claim this means another exemption on your W-4--and those credits and deductions do not have SSN's

Yeah sue them. I'm sure you will still have your job after doing that.