Payroll Checkup: Filling Out Your W-4
You should do a paycheck checkup using the and, if necessary, complete a new W-4 form if you:
- Are a two-income family.
- Have two or more jobs at the same time or only work part of the year.
- Claim credits like the child tax credit.
- Have dependents age 17 or older.
- Itemize deductions on your tax return.
- Have high income or a complex tax return.
- Receive a large tax refund or tax bill.
Tips for using the :
- Have your most recent pay stub and federal tax return on hand.
- The Calculator’s results are only as accurate as the information you enter.
- The Withholding Calculator does not ask you to provide sensitive personally-identifiable information like your name, Social Security number, address or bank account numbers. The IRS does not save or record the information you enter on the Calculator.
Find more information about withholding at .
Important Payroll Information
Payroll Notice – for employees on the new Bi-weekly payroll and their supervisors:
Effective July 1, 2017, all non-exempt staff, students, and hourly employees changed to Bi-Weekly payroll.
Note:
- Employees must know their Self-Service Banner Employee ID# and PIN to input and submit time.
- Timesheets will be ready for entering on the first day of a current pay period. A new hire or a rehired employee should have a timesheet available on his/her first scheduled working day. New or rehired employees should contact their home department first for a missing timesheet.
- No employee will be paid on both bi-weekly payroll and monthly payroll. If you have two positions, you will be required to track and enter hours for both positions on different timesheets.
- The deadline for an employee to submit his or her timesheet is on/before Sunday 11:59 p.m. after each pay period ends. The deadline for an Approver to approve the timesheet is on/before 2:00 p.m. the Monday after.
- Monthly payroll is strictly for paying exempt employees, professors, adjuncts and teaching/graduate students.
Requesting a Paycheck Stub or W-2
Electronic versions of your Paycheck Stub, 1095C, and your W-2 are available under the "Employee" tab in Self-Service Banner via . Visit IT Help and Support or contact the Service Desk at ext. 2222, if you do not have login access.
Steps for getting the pay documents:
- Go to
- Click "" in the top left corner
- Choose either "Students" or "Faculty/Staff"
- Choose "Self Service Banner"
- Sign in with your user ID and pin
- Choose "Employee" under the Main Menu
- Pay stub is under the "Pay Information" tab
- 1095C and W2 are under the "Tax Form" tab