Employers using electronic systems for employee submissions of Forms W-4 Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, substitute return developers, and software programmers must update their products to reflect the new employee signature certification ("jurat") that appears on the 2005 Form W-4.

The revised jurat reads as follows:

"Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this certificate and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete."

No variances from the specified text are allowed.

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Further information:
www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=109875,00.html
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf