Hello.

I live in NJ and start a job in NJ on April 6th. I have been unemployed for the past year.

I am trying to calculate how to fill out the W4 so that I come close to breaking even. I'm not sure if the new withholding rules effect how many deductions I should claim to achieve that break even goal.

I have no deductions (ie: mortgage) and will be filing single, and will be paid biweekly. More than likely I'll take the standard deduction.

Is there a tax table I can use to calculate the federal and NJ withholding rates?

Thanks.

Just fill out the W4 form following the directions and you should be fine. For a single person with one job that means taking two "allowances" on the form. The new withholding rates that just went into effect are designed to basically give you a "pre-rebate" on a credit that will be in the 2009 tax forms, so you don't need to do anything special.

As for federal tax withholding rates, the IRS has a "withholding calculator" here:

IRS Withholding Calculator (http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96196,00.html)