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Form 940-B Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (Rev. May 2010) Name and address of employer Request for Verification of Credit Information Shown on Form 940 Date Calendar year Employer

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How to fill out form 940?

1. Obtain form 940: You can download form 940 from the official website of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or request a copy to be mailed to you.
2. Gather necessary information: Before filling out the form, you will need to have certain information on hand, such as your employer identification number (EIN), total payroll expenses, and any relevant tax credits.
3. Provide employer details: Begin by filling in your employer's name, address, and EIN in the designated sections of the form.
4. Calculate payroll taxes: Enter the total wages paid to employees during the tax year and calculate the federal unemployment tax (FUTA) owed. This involves multiplying the taxable wages by the FUTA tax rate, which may vary from year to year.
5. Determine any credits: Assess whether you qualify for any FUTA tax credits, such as the credit for state unemployment taxes paid or the credit for small employer compensation.
6. Complete payment details: Fill out the payment information section, including the total FUTA tax liability and any previously paid amounts.
7. Finalize and submit: Verify all the information provided, attach any necessary schedules or documentation, and sign the form. Retain a copy for your records and send the completed form to the appropriate IRS address provided in the instructions.

Who needs form 940?

1. Employers: Form 940 is generally required to be filed by employers who paid wages of $1,500 or more to employees during any calendar quarter of the current or previous year. This includes nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and agricultural employers.
2. Individuals subject to FUTA tax: If you are an employer subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), you will need to file form 940 to report and pay your FUTA tax liability.
3. Exempt organizations: Some tax-exempt organizations, such as religious organizations and certain governmental entities, may also be required to file form 940 if they meet the wage payment threshold outlined by the IRS. It is recommended to consult the IRS guidelines or a tax professional to determine your specific filing obligations.

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Hi welcome to easy payroll guide my name is Karen Hutchinson and in this video we're going to be completing the IRS form 940 this is the federal unemployment tax that is owed at the end of each year it's also known as FTA which is the federal unemployment tax act we are going to complete the IRS 940 using a fictitious example this example kind of piggybacks off of the example that I did in my earlier video at the beginning of this page as we were calculating the food a liability we have three employees in this business and the employees are all paid wages that are taxable for food a' employee an is a resident of Maryland and has been paid a total wage of $16,000 employee B is a resident of Maryland as well and has been paid wages of $13,000 an employee's C is a resident of Delaware and has been paid total wages of $8,000 this is a total of 37 thousand dollars paid and wages I wanted to give you an example of a multi-state 940 as well, so that's why I have one employee here who is a resident of Delaware, so this means that the employer would be playing state unemployment taxes to Maryland and to Delaware for its respective employees so what this means is that I owe as the employer food or wages on the first twenty-one thousand dollars because each of my employees have met the minimum requirement of or the maximum requirement of seven thousand, so FDA is paid on the first seven thousand dollars in wages for each employee since they all made over seven thousand dollars I'm responsible for paying the full amount of food a wage for each employee, so that's twenty-one thousand dollars seven thousand times three employees I have excess wages of sixteen thousand dollars if I take my total wages thirty-seven thousand and subtract my food Oh ages which is 21 thousand you'll see that I've paid excess wages of sixteen thousand these are the amount of wages that are not subject to food attacks because they these are the wages that are over the seven thousand dollar threshold for each employee, so we're going to use this information to complete the IRS form 940 now the beginning of the 940 the top portion is your business information you would complete this with all the information for your particular business, and you won't really probably need to check anything in this box unless you're amending, or you're completing closing your business and this is your final 940 if you did not make any payments to employees, and you still need to file this return, and you'll want to check box C, so we're going to start with Part one and Part one says that if you had to pay state unemployment tax in only one state then you would enter the state abbreviation and 1a so if all of my employees were from Maryland then I would enter MD for Maryland's here but since I have an employee from Delaware I am considered a multi-state employer, so that means that for line B I'm going to check the box because I'm a multi-state employer which means that I've employed employees from more...

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