Enlarge image | 860312 Schedule A (Form 940) for 2024: Multi-State Employer and Credit Reduction Information OMB No. 1545-0029 Department of the Treasury — Internal Revenue Service See the Employer identification number (EIN) — instructions on page 2. File this schedule with Name (not your trade name) Form 940. Place an “X” in the box of EVERY state in which you had to pay state unemployment tax this year. For each state with a credit reduction rate greater than zero, enter the FUTA taxable wages, multiply by the reduction rate, and enter the credit reduction amount. Don’t include in the FUTA Taxable Wages box wages that were excluded from state unemployment tax (see the instructions for Step 2). If any states don’t apply to you, leave them blank. Postal FUTA Reduction Credit Reduction Postal FUTA Reduction Credit Reduction Abbreviation Taxable Wages Rate Abbreviation Taxable Wages Rate AK . . NC . . AL . . ND . . AR . . NE . . AZ . . NH . . CA . . NJ . . CO . . NM . . CT . . NV . . DC . . NY . . DE . . OH . . FL . . OK . . GA . . OR . . HI . . PA . . IA . . RI . . ID . . SC . . IL . . SD . . IN . . TN . . KS . . TX . . KY . . UT . . LA . . VA . . MA . . VT . . MD . . WA . . ME . . WI . . MI . . WV . . MN . . WY . . MO . . PR . . MS . . VI . . MT . . Total Credit Reduction. Add all amounts shown in the Credit Reduction boxes. Enter the total here and on Form 940, line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see Page 2. Cat. No. 16997C Schedule A (Form 940) 2024 |
Enlarge image | 860412 Instructions for Schedule A (Form 940) for 2024: Multi-State Employer and Credit Reduction Information Specific Instructions: Completing Schedule A Step 1. Place an “X” in the box of every state (including the Step 3. Total credit reduction District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) in To calculate the total credit reduction, add up all of the Credit which you had to pay state unemployment taxes this year, even Reduction boxes and enter the amount in the Total Credit if the state’s credit reduction rate is zero. Reduction box. Then enter the total credit reduction on Form 940, Note: Make sure that you have applied for a state reporting number line 11. for your business. If you don’t have an unemployment account in a state in which you paid wages, contact the state unemployment Example 1 agency to receive one. For a list of state unemployment agencies, You paid $20,000 in wages to each of three employees in State A. visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s website at State A is subject to credit reduction at a rate of 0.009 (0.9%). https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/agencies.asp. Because you paid wages in a state that is subject to credit The table below provides the two-letter postal abbreviations used reduction, you must complete Schedule A and file it with Form 940. on Schedule A. Total payments to all employees in State A . . . . . . $60,000 Postal Postal Payments exempt from FUTA tax State Abbreviation State Abbreviation (see the Instructions for Form 940) . . . . . . . . . . $0 Alabama AL Montana MT Total payments made to each employee in Alaska AK Nebraska NE excess of $7,000 (3 x ($20,000 - $7,000)) . . . . . . . $39,000 Arizona AZ Nevada NV Total FUTA taxable wages you paid in State A entered in Arkansas AR New Hampshire NH the FUTA Taxable Wages box ($60,000 - $0 - $39,000) . . . $21,000 California CA New Jersey NJ Credit reduction rate for State A . . . . . . . . . 0.009 Colorado CO New Mexico NM Total credit reduction for State A ($21,000 x 0.009) . . . . $189.00 Connecticut CT New York NY Delaware DE North Carolina NC Don’t include in the FUTA Taxable Wages box wages in District of Columbia DC North Dakota ND excess of the $7,000 wage base for each employee ▲! subject to state unemployment insurance in the credit CAUTION Florida FL Ohio OH reduction state. The credit reduction applies only to Georgia GA Oklahoma OK FUTA taxable wages that were also subject to state unemployment tax. Hawaii HI Oregon OR Idaho ID Pennsylvania PA In this case, you would enter $189.00 in the Total Credit Reduction box and then enter that amount on Form 940, line 11. Illinois IL Rhode Island RI Indiana IN South Carolina SC Example 2 Iowa IA South Dakota SD You paid $48,000 ($4,000 a month) in wages to Mary Smith and no Kansas KS Tennessee TN payments were exempt from FUTA tax. Mary worked in State B (not Kentucky KY Texas TX subject to credit reduction) in January and then transferred to State C (subject to credit reduction) on February 1. Because you paid Louisiana LA Utah UT wages in more than one state, you must complete Schedule A and Maine ME Vermont VT file it with Form 940. Maryland MD Virginia VA The total payments in State B that aren’t exempt from FUTA tax are Massachusetts MA Washington WA $4,000. Because this payment to Mary doesn’t exceed the $7,000 Michigan MI West Virginia WV FUTA wage base, the total FUTA taxable wages paid in State B are Minnesota MN Wisconsin WI $4,000. Mississippi MS Wyoming WY The total payments in State C that aren’t exempt from FUTA tax are Missouri MO Puerto Rico PR $44,000. However, $4,000 of FUTA taxable wages was paid in State B with respect to Mary. Therefore, the total FUTA taxable wages U.S. Virgin Islands VI with respect to Mary in State C are $3,000 ($7,000 (FUTA wage Credit reduction states for 2024. The credit reduction rate for base) - $4,000 (total FUTA taxable wages paid in State B)). Enter California and New York is 0.009 (0.9%). The credit reduction rate $3,000 in the FUTA Taxable Wages box, multiply it by the reduction for the U.S. Virgin Islands is 0.042 (4.2%). rate, and then enter the result in the Credit Reduction box. Step 2. You’re subject to credit reduction if you paid FUTA Attach Schedule A to Form 940 when you file your return. taxable wages that were also subject to state unemployment taxes in any state listed that has a credit reduction rate greater Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on than zero. Schedule A to carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You’re required to give us the information. We need it to In the FUTA Taxable Wages box, enter the total FUTA taxable ensure that you are complying with these laws and to allow us to wages that you paid in any state that is subject to credit reduction. figure and collect the right amount of tax. You’re not required to (The FUTA wage base for all states is $7,000.) However, don’t provide the information requested on a form that is subject to the include in the FUTA Taxable Wages box wages that were excluded Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB from state unemployment tax. For example, if you paid $5,000 in control number. Books or records relating to a form or its FUTA taxable wages in a credit reduction state but $1,000 of those instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become wages was excluded from state unemployment tax, report $4,000 in material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. the FUTA Taxable Wages box. Generally, tax returns and return information are confidential, as Note: Don’t enter your state unemployment wages in the FUTA required by section 6103. The time needed to complete and file Taxable Wages box. Schedule A will vary depending on individual circumstances. The Enter the reduction rate and then multiply the total FUTA taxable estimated burden for employers filing Schedule A is approved under wages by the reduction rate. Enter your total in the Credit Reduction OMB control number 1545-0029 and is included in the estimates box at the end of the line. shown in the instructions for their employment tax return. Page 2 |