Enlarge image | Contract Coverage Under Title II OMB No. 1545-0029 Form 2032 of the Social Security Act (Rev. November 2024) For use by an American employer to extend social security coverage to File three copies Department of the Treasury U.S. citizens and resident aliens employed by its foreign affiliates. of this form Internal Revenue Service Go to www.irs.gov/Form2032 for the latest information. Name of American employer Employer identification number Address number and street (P.O. box if no mail delivery to street address) Apt. or suite no. City, state, and ZIP code This Form 2032 is filed as (check applicable box(es)): 1 An original (new) agreement. This agreement is effective for services performed on and after (for original agreements only, check one): a The first day of the calendar quarter in which the submission processing field director signs this agreement. b The first day of the calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which the submission processing field director signs this agreement. 2 An amendment to an agreement previously entered into. 3 An election to apply the rules in effect after April 20, 1983, to agreements in effect on that date. By making this election, U.S. resident aliens as well as U.S. citizens will be covered by social security. If this is an amended election or agreement, provide the following information: on (Location where previous Form 2032 was filed) (Date submission processing field director signed original agreement on Form 2032) 4 This agreement extends the federal insurance system under Title II of the Social Security Act to certain services performed outside the United States by U.S. citizens and resident aliens employed by any of the foreign affiliates listed below. If you checked the box on line 2 and did not check the box on line 3 above, this amendment extends Title II social security coverage to certain services performed outside the United States by U.S. citizens employed by any of the foreign affiliates listed below. Note. Enter foreign affiliate addresses below in the following order: city, province or state, and country. Do not abbreviate the country name, and follow the country’s practice for entering the postal code. If this agreement includes more than four foreign affiliates, attach a separate sheet of paper identified as part of this agreement with the name and address of each additional foreign affiliate. a Name and address of foreign affiliate c Name and address of foreign affiliate b Name and address of foreign affiliate d Name and address of foreign affiliate 5 Estimated number of employees to be initially covered by this agreement, amendment, or election: Nonagricultural employees Agricultural employees This agreement applies to all services performed outside the United States by each U.S. citizen or resident alien employed by any of the foreign affiliates named above. However, the agreement applies only to the extent that payments to each employee for the services would be considered wages if paid by the employer for services performed in the United States. This agreement does not apply to any service that is considered employment for purposes of the employee tax and the employer tax under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. For an original agreement, an amendment to an agreement that was entered into after April 20, 1983, or an election to apply the rules in effect after April 20, 1983, to agreements in effect on that date, the American employer declares that it owns at least a 10% interest (directly or through one or more entities) in the voting stock or profits of each foreign entity named above. It also declares that section 3121(l) does not prevent this agreement. For an amendment to an agreement in effect on April 20, 1983, without making the election to apply the new rules in effect after that date, the domestic corporation declares that (a ) it owns at least 20% of the voting stock of each foreign corporation named above, or ( )b it owns at least 20% of the voting stock of a foreign corporation that owns more than 50% of the voting stock of each foreign corporation named above. It also declares that section 3121(l) does not prevent this agreement. The American employer agrees: 1. To pay amounts equal to the taxes that would be imposed by sections 3101 and 3111 if the payment for the services was considered wages; 2. To pay, on written notification and demand, amounts equal to the interest, additions to taxes, and penalties that would apply if the payment for the services were considered wages; and 3. To comply with the applicable regulations under section 3121(l). This agreement (or amended agreement or election) is entered into under the provisions of section 3121(l) of the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable regulations. Signature of individual authorized to enter into this Title Date agreement for the American employer Field Director, Submission Processing Location Date For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see back of form. Cat. No. 49954D Form 2032 (Rev. 11-2024) |
Enlarge image | Form 2032 (Rev. 11-2024) Page 2 General Instructions • A partnership if two-thirds or more of the If you make this election, it will be effective partners are residents of the United States, for all foreign entities covered by the Section references are to the Internal Revenue agreement. By making the election, U.S. Code. • A trust if all the trustees are residents of the United States, or resident alien employees as well as U.S. Before April 21, 1983, only domestic citizen employees will be covered by the corporations could enter into this agreement • A corporation organized under the laws of agreement. to cover only U.S. citizens employed by the United States or of any state. To extend coverage to any foreign affiliate foreign subsidiaries. For this agreement, a Where To File not covered by an agreement, indicate the foreign subsidiary was defined as a foreign name and address of the foreign affiliate on corporation in which: Send three copies of this form to: line 4 and check the box on line 2 for the • at least 20% of the voting stock was owned Internal Revenue Service amended agreement, and the box on line 3 for by the domestic corporation, or Ogden, UT 84201-0023 the election. • more than 50% of the voting stock was Enter on Form 2032 the employer Effective date. Generally, the election will owned by another foreign corporation in identification number as shown on your be effective on the day following the quarter in which the domestic corporation owned at employment tax return. This will help the IRS which the election is signed by the field least 20% of the voting stock. process your form faster. director. After April 20, 1983, any American employer Completing Form 2032 No Termination of Agreement (no longer limited to a domestic corporation) can enter into this agreement to cover U.S. Complete Form 2032 in triplicate. Each copy Once you enter into an agreement, you resident aliens as well as U.S. citizens of the form must be signed and dated by the cannot terminate it, either in its entirety or employed by a foreign affiliate. For this individual authorized to enter into the with respect to any foreign affiliate. However, agreement, a foreign affiliate is any foreign agreement, amendment, or election. Attach to the agreement will terminate for a foreign entity (no longer limited to a foreign each form evidence showing the authority for entity at the end of any quarter in which the corporation) in which the American employer such individual to sign the form. For example, foreign entity, at any time in that quarter, owns at least a 10% interest in the voting corporations must include a certified copy of ceased to be your foreign affiliate. stock or profits. This interest must be owned the minutes of the board of directors’ directly or through one or more entities. meeting. Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act A domestic corporation having an After the director signs and dates the form, Notice. We ask for the information on this agreement in effect that was entered into it constitutes the agreement, amendment, or form to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of before April 21, 1983, can elect to apply the election authorized by section 3121(l). The the United States. We need it to figure and post-April 20,1983, rules to such agreements. IRS will return one copy of Form 2032 to the collect the right amount of tax. Section 6109 If a domestic corporation makes this election, American employer, send one copy to the requires you to provide your taxpayer social security coverage will be extended to Social Security Administration, and keep one identification number (SSN or EIN). Section U.S. resident alien employees of any foreign copy with all related papers. 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code allows subsidiary for which U.S. citizens are currently Original agreements. Check the box on line employees of foreign affiliates to be covered covered by an existing agreement. In addition, 1. Also check the applicable box on line 1a or under social security. Routine uses of this the election allows a domestic corporation to 1b to designate when the agreement will take information include giving it to the Social extend social security and Medicare coverage effect. Security Administration for use in calculating social security benefits, the Department of to U.S. citizens and resident aliens employed Amending agreements. You may amend an Justice for civil and criminal litigation, and by a foreign entity that did not qualify for agreement at any time to extend coverage to cities, states, and the District of Columbia for coverage under the old 20% ownership rules, any foreign affiliate not covered by an existing use in administering their tax laws. We may but that now qualifies under the 10% agreement. File Form 2032 in triplicate, and also disclose this information to federal and ownership rules. check the box on line 2. If you amend an state agencies to enforce federal nontax Note. The United States has social security agreement entered into on or before April 20, criminal laws and to combat terrorism. We (totalization) agreements with specific 1983, without making the election to apply the may also give the information to foreign countries. These agreements ensure that rules in effect after that date, the agreement countries under tax treaties. If you want this social security taxes are paid to only one and amendments will continue to be governed coverage, you are required to give us this country. However, these agreements may by the rules in effect before April 21, 1983. information. If you fail to provide this affect the withholding requirements resulting Effective date. If you file an amendment to information in a timely manner, or you provide from filing Form 2032. For more information, an agreement on Form 2032 to include incorrect or fraudulent information, you may see Social Security and Medicare Taxes in foreign affiliates not previously covered, and if be denied this coverage and you may be Pub. 54, Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and the field director signs the amendment during liable for penalties and interest. Resident Aliens Abroad. the quarter for which the original agreement is You’re not required to provide the Purpose of Form first effective or during the first month information requested on a form that is following that quarter, the amendment will be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act An American employer uses this form to: effective as of the effective date of the original unless the form displays a valid OMB control • Enter into the agreement specified in agreement. But if the amendment is signed by number. Books or records relating to a form section 3121(l) to extend coverage under Title the field director after the end of the fourth or its instructions must be retained as long as II of the Social Security Act to U.S. citizens month for which the original agreement is in their contents may become material in the and resident aliens abroad by foreign effect, the amendment won’t be effective until administration of any Internal Revenue law. affiliates, the first day of the quarter following the one in Generally, tax returns and return information which the field director signed the • Amend a previous agreement, or are confidential, as required by section 6103. amendment. The time needed to complete and file Form • Elect to apply the rules in effect after April Election to apply post-April 20, 1983, rules. 2032 will vary depending on individual 20, 1983, to agreements in effect on that date. A domestic corporation having an agreement circumstances. The estimated burden for For this agreement, an American employer in effect that was entered into before April 21, employers filing Form 2032 is approved under is an employer that is: 1983 (old agreement), may elect to have the OMB control number 1545-0029 and is • The United States or any instrumentality rules in effect after April 20, 1983, apply to the included in the estimates shown in the thereof, old agreement. File Form 2032 in triplicate, Instructions for your employment tax return. and check the box on line 3. • An individual who is a resident of the United States, |