New WMU Employees
All new Western Michigan University employees are automatically added to the Payroll System with a marital status of single. If this is how you want to be taxed for both federal and state income taxes then you do not need to do anything. If you want to change your marital status, number of dependents, or have an additional amount of tax withheld you may do so online through Employee Self Service. Please contact (269) 387-2935 or email payroll-dept@wmich.edu with questions.
- To make the changes please use Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge as your web browser.
- You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader downloaded to your PC in order to submit the form electronically. You can download the free software by visiting Adobe's website: https://get.adobe.com/reader/
The Internal Revenue Service issues new tax withholding tables each year and can be found at their Web site.
Changing your W4 Tax Withholding information
Employees may change their information at anytime. Elections such as:
- Claim exempt.
- Indicate additional amounts to be withheld.
- Marital status.
- Number of dependents
- Other income
- Deductions
All tax withholding documents should be electronically submitted through Employee Self-Service. A step by step tutorial is below to assist you.
Please note: Non-resident and employees here on a F-1 or J-1 visa should not use this process and should stop in to Payroll for possible tax treaty advantages.
Editing W-4 Tax Withholding Information
First, visit goWMU and select the Employee Self-Service from the quick links menu at the top of the page.
After navigating to the Employee Self-Service, select the payroll tile from the homepage of the portal.
Next, select the tax withholding tile.
Next, select the W-4 form you would like to submit from the available options. Please Note: Local city W-4 forms are not available to submit electronic submission. Please contact payroll for assistance.
After that, select the available withholding allowance certificate.
After selecting the withholding certificate, a warning message will appear. Click OK.
After downloading the W-4 form, you will need to locate the file on your computer. Once the file has been located, you will need to open it in Adobe Acrobat/Reader. Submissions can only occur in Adobe, not a web browser.
Adobe Reader can be downloaded for free by visiting: https://get.adobe.com/reader/
After opening the file in Adobe, complete the necessary fields on the form. Instructions on how to complete the W-4 form are on the following pages. Once complete, click the green Submit button.
After clicking the green submit button you will be prompted to enter your network login credentials. This is your Bronco NetID and password. Once your information has been entered, click OK. After that, you will either recieve a confirmation message, or you may recieve an error that will need to be corrected on the form.
