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From: joepwro@ihopa.UUCP (Joe Wroblewski)
Newsgroups: net.taxes
Subject: Re: Increasing deductions because of a mortgage
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 12:42:10 EST
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> [}{]
>  Is it
> legal to increase the number of deductions on a W-4 so that we won't have
> to have a huge tax refund at the end of the year? 
> how do I go about figuring how many deductions to take
> 

Definitely,

The W-4 usually comes with a work sheet to help you figure out how
many deductions you should take.  I personally claim 10 deductions
(which was calcualted using the work sheet) and I usually come
very close to paying the right amount (+/- $100).

				Joe P. Wro