I'm here to clear things out for you, pipeman.

When you enter the Step3: Claim Dependents from 2020 W-4 into QuickBooks, we'll have to enter the dollar amount. As what they mentioned to this thread, QuickBooks Desktop mirrors the fields from the form.

Your employees no longer declare the number of dependents, but instead the total amount. It's your employees who calculate it for you. Based on the details from the form they provided, that's what you'll enter into QuickBooks.

Also, here are some of the articles you can check if the federal taxes still not calculating:

• QuickBooks Desktop calculates wages and/or payroll taxes incorrectly

• How QuickBooks calculates payroll taxes

• Payroll items on paycheck are not calculating or are calculating incorrectly

Reply again and tag my name if you have more clarifications. I'll be happy to help.