Give this form to your payer. Do not send it to the IRS. For unemployment compensation and certain Federal government payments. If you receive any government payment on form, you may use Form W-4V to ask the payer to withhold Federal income tax: Unemployment compensation (including Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) payments), Social security benefits, Social security equivalent Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits, Commodity Credit Corporation loans, or Certain crop disaster payments under the Agricultural Act of 1949 or under Title II of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988. You are not required to have Federal income tax withheld from these payments. Your request is voluntary. |