Enlarge image | Form 944 for 2024: Employer’s ANNUAL Federal Tax Return Department of the Treasury — Internal Revenue Service OMB No. 1545-0029 Employer identification number (EIN) — Who Must File Form 944 You must file annual Form 944 Name (not your trade name) instead of filing quarterly Forms 941 only if the IRS notified you in writing. Trade name (if any) Go to www.irs.gov/Form944 for instructions and the latest Address information. Number Street Suite or room number City State ZIP code Foreign country name Foreign province/county Foreign postal code Read the separate instructions before you complete Form 944. Type or print within the boxes. Answer these questions for this year. Employers in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Part 1: Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico can skip lines 1 and 2, unless you have employees who are subject to U.S. income tax withholding. 1 Wages, tips, and other compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . 2 Federal income tax withheld from wages, tips, and other compensation . . . . . . 2 . 3 If no wages, tips, and other compensation are subject to social security or Medicare tax 3 Check here and go to line 5. 4 Taxable social security and Medicare wages and tips: Column 1 Column 2 4a Taxable social security wages . × 0.124 = . 4b Taxable social security tips . × 0.124 = . 4c Taxable Medicare wages & tips . × 0.029 = . 4d Taxable wages & tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding . . . . . . . × 0.009 = . 4e Total social security and Medicare taxes. Add Column 2 from lines 4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d . 4e . 5 Total taxes before adjustments. Add lines 2 and 4e . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 6 Current year’s adjustments (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . 7 Total taxes after adjustments. Combine lines 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . 8 Qualified small business payroll tax credit for increasing research activities. Attach Form 8974 8 . 9 Total taxes after adjustments and nonrefundable credits. Subtract line 8 from line 7 . . . 9 . 10 Total deposits for this year, including overpayment applied from a prior year and overpayments applied from Form 944-X, 941-X, or 941-X (PR) . . . . . . . . . 10 . 11 Balance due. If line 9 is more than line 10, enter the difference and see instructions . . . . 11 . 12 Overpayment. If line 10 is more than line 9, enter the difference . Check one: Apply to next return. Send a refund. You MUST complete both pages of Form 944 and SIGN it. For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions. Cat. No. 39316N Form 944 (2024) |
Enlarge image | Name (not your trade name) Employer identification number (EIN) – Part 2: Tell us about your deposit schedule and tax liability for this year. 13 Check one: Line 9 is less than $2,500. Go to Part 3. Line 9 is $2,500 or more. Enter your tax liability for each month. If you’re a semiweekly schedule depositor or you became one because you accumulated $100,000 or more of liability on any day during a deposit period, you must complete Form 945-A instead of the boxes below. Jan. Apr. July Oct. 13a . 13d . 13g . 13j . Feb. May Aug. Nov. 13b . 13e . 13h . 13k . Mar. June Sept. Dec. 13c . 13f . 13i . 13l . Total liability for year. Add lines 13a through 13l. Total must equal line 9. 13m . Part 3: Tell us about your business. If question 14 does NOT apply to your business, leave it blank. 14 If your business has closed or you stopped paying wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Check here, and enter the final date you paid wages / / ; also attach a statement to your return. See instructions. Part 4: May we speak with your third-party designee? Do you want to allow an employee, a paid tax preparer, or another person to discuss this return with theSeeIRS?the instructions for details. Yes. Designee’s name and phone number Select a 5-digit personal identification number (PIN) to use when talking to the IRS. No. Part 5: Sign here. You MUST complete both pages of Form 944 and SIGN it. Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than taxpayer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge. Print your Sign your name here name here Print your title here Date Best daytime phone Paid Preparer Use Only Check if you’re self-employed Preparer’s name PTIN Preparer’s signature Date Firm’s name (or yours EIN if self-employed) Address Phone City State ZIP code Page 2 Form 944 (2024) |
Enlarge image | Form 944-V, Payment Voucher Purpose of Form Use Form 944-V when making any payment with Form 944. However, if you pay an amount with Complete Form 944-V if you’re making a payment with ▲! Form 944 that should’ve been deposited, you Form 944. We will use the completed voucher to credit CAUTION may be subject to a penalty. See section 11 of your payment more promptly and accurately, and to Pub. 15. improve our service to you. Specific Instructions Making Payments With Form 944 Box 1—Employer identification number (EIN). If you To avoid a penalty, make your payment with your 2024 don’t have an EIN, you may apply for one online by going Form 944 only if one of the following applies. to www.irs.gov/EIN. You may also apply for an EIN by • Your net taxes for the year (Form 944, line 9) are less faxing or mailing Form SS-4 to the IRS. If you haven’t than $2,500 and you’re paying in full with a timely filed received your EIN by the due date of Form 944, write return. “Applied For” and the date you applied in this entry • Your net taxes for the year (Form 944, line 9) are $2,500 space. or more and you already deposited the taxes you owed Box 2—Amount paid.Enter the amount paid with Form for the first, second, and third quarters of 2024; your net 944. taxes for the fourth quarter are less than $2,500; and Box 3—Name and address. Enter your name and you’re paying, in full, the tax you owe for the fourth address as shown on Form 944. quarter of 2024 with a timely filed return. • Enclose your check or money order made payable to • You’re a monthly schedule depositor making a payment “United States Treasury.” Be sure to enter your EIN, in accordance with the Accuracy of Deposits Rule. See “Form 944,” and “2024” on your check or money order. section 11 of Pub. 15. In this case, the amount of your Don’t send cash. Don’t staple Form 944-V or your payment may be $2,500 or more. payment to Form 944 (or to each other). Otherwise, you must make deposits by electronic funds • Detach Form 944-V and send it with your payment and transfer. See section 11 of Pub. 15 for deposit Form 944 to the address provided in the Instructions for instructions. Don’t use Form 944-V to make federal tax Form 944. deposits. Note: You must also complete the entity information above Part 1 on Form 944. Detach Here and Mail With Your Payment and Form 944. OMB No. 1545-0029 Payment Voucher Form 944-V Department of the Treasury Don’t staple this voucher or your payment to Form 944. 24 Internal Revenue Service 20 1 Enter your employer identification 2 Dollars Cents number (EIN). Enter the amount of your payment. – Make your check or money order payable to “ United States Treasury.” 3 Enter your business name (individual name if sole proprietor). Enter your address. Enter your city, state, and ZIP code; or your city, foreign country name, foreign province/county, and foreign postal code. |