Form 940 for 2023: Employer’s Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return 850113 Department of the Treasury — Internal Revenue Service OMB No. 1545-0028 Employer identification number — Type of Return (EIN) (Check all that apply.) Name (not your trade name) a. Amended Trade name (if any) b. Successor employer c. No payments to employees in Address 2023 Number Street Suite or room number d. Final: Business closed or stopped paying wages Go to www.irs.gov/Form940 for instructions and the latest information. City State ZIP code Foreign country name Foreign province/county Foreign postal code Read the separate instructions before you complete this form. Please type or print within the boxes. Part 1: Tell us about your return. If any line does NOT apply, leave it blank. See instructions before completing Part 1. 1a If you had to pay state unemployment tax in one state only, enter the state abbreviation . 1a 1 b If you had to pay state unemployment tax in more than one state, you are a multi-state Check here. employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1b Complete Schedule A (Form 940). 2 If you paid wages in a state that is subject to CREDIT REDUCTION . . . . . . . . 2 Check here. Complete Schedule A (Form 940). Part 2: Determine your FUTA tax before adjustments. If any line does NOT apply, leave it blank. 3 Total payments to all employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 4 Payments exempt from FUTA tax . . . . . . . 4 . Check all that apply: 4a Fringe benefits 4c Retirement/Pension 4e Other 4b Group-term life insurance 4d Dependent care 5 Total of payments made to each employee in excess of $7,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 6 Subtotal (line 4 + line 5 = line 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . 7 Total taxable FUTA wages (line 3 – line 6 = line 7). See instructions . . . . . . . . . 7 . 8 FUTA tax before adjustments (line 7 x 0.006 = line 8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . Part 3: Determine your adjustments. If any line does NOT apply, leave it blank. 9 If ALL of the taxable FUTA wages you paid were excluded from state unemployment tax, multiply line 7 by 0.054 (line 7 × 0.054 = line 9). Go to line 12 . . . . . . . . . . 9 . 10 If SOME of the taxable FUTA wages you paid were excluded from state unemployment tax, OR you paid ANY state unemployment tax late (after the due date for filing Form 940), complete the worksheet in the instructions. Enter the amount from line 7 of the worksheet . . 10 . 11 If credit reduction applies, enter the total from Schedule A (Form 940) . . . . . . . 11 . Part 4: Determine your FUTA tax and balance due or overpayment. If any line does NOT apply, leave it blank. 12 Total FUTA tax after adjustments (lines 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 = line 12) . . . . . . . . . 12 . 13 FUTA tax deposited for the year, including any overpayment applied from a prior year . 13 . 14 Balance due. If line 12 is more than line 13, enter the excess on line 14. • If line 14 is more than $500, you must deposit your tax. • If line 14 is $500 or less, you may pay with this return. See instructions . . . . . . . 14 . 15 Overpayment. If line 13 is more than line 12, enter the excess on line 15 and check a box below 15 . You MUST complete both pages of this form and SIGN it. Check one: Apply to next return. Send a refund. For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the back of the Payment Voucher. Cat. No. 11234O Form 940 (2023) |
850212 Name (not your trade name) Employer identification number (EIN) – Part 5: Report your FUTA tax liability by quarter only if line 12 is more than $500. If not, go to Part 6. 16 Report the amount of your FUTA tax liability for each quarter; do NOT enter the amount you deposited. If you had no liability for a quarter, leave the line blank. 16a 1st quarter (January 1 – March 31) . . . . . . . . . 16a . 16b 2nd quarter (April 1 – June 30) . . . . . . . . . . 16b . 16c 3rd quarter (July 1 – September 30) . . . . . . . . 16c . 16d 4th quarter (October 1 – December 31) . . . . . . . 16d . 17 Total tax liability for the year (lines 16a + 16b + 16c + 16d = line 17) 17 . Total must equal line 12. Part 6: 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 the IRS? See 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 7: Sign here. You MUST complete both pages of this form 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, and that no part of any payment made to a state unemployment fund claimed as a credit was, or is to be, deducted from the payments made to employees. 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 Best daytime phone Date / / Paid Preparer Use Only Check if you are self-employed Preparer’s name PTIN Preparer’s signature Date / / Firm’s name (or yours if self-employed) EIN Address Phone City State ZIP code Page 2 Form 940 (2023) |
Form 940-V, Payment Voucher Purpose of Form Specific Instructions Complete Form 940-V if you’re making a payment with Box 1—Employer identification number (EIN). If you Form 940. We will use the completed voucher to credit don’t have an EIN, you may apply for one online by your payment more promptly and accurately, and to visiting the IRS website at www.irs.gov/EIN. You may also improve our service to you. apply for an EIN by faxing or mailing Form SS-4 to the IRS. If you haven’t received your EIN by the due date of Making Payments With Form 940 Form 940, write “Applied For” and the date you applied in To avoid a penalty, make your payment with your 2023 this entry space. Form 940 only if your FUTA tax for the fourth quarter Box 2—Amount paid. Enter the amount paid with (plus any undeposited amounts from earlier quarters) is Form 940. $500 or less. If your total FUTA tax after adjustments (Form 940, line 12) is more than $500, you must make Box 3—Name and address. Enter your name and deposits by electronic funds transfer. See When Must address as shown on Form 940. You Deposit Your FUTA Tax? in the Instructions for Form • Enclose your check or money order made payable to 940. Also see sections 11 and 14 of Pub. 15 for more “United States Treasury.” Be sure to enter your EIN, information about deposits. “Form 940,” and “2023” on your check or money order. Don’t send cash. Don’t staple Form 940-V or your Use Form 940-V when making any payment with payment to Form 940 (or to each other). Form 940. However, if you pay an amount with ▲! Form 940 that should’ve been deposited, you • Detach Form 940-V and send it with your payment and CAUTION may be subject to a penalty. See Deposit Form 940 to the address provided in the Instructions for Penalties in section 11 of Pub. 15. Form 940. Note: You must also complete the entity information above Part 1 on Form 940. Detach Here and Mail With Your Payment and Form 940. OMB No. 1545-0028 Form 940-V Payment Voucher Department of the Treasury Don’t staple or attach this voucher to your payment. 23 Internal Revenue Service 20 1 Enter your employer identification number (EIN). 2 Dollars Cents 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. |
Form 940 (2023) Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice. your tax information to the Department of Justice for civil We ask for the information on this form to carry out the and criminal litigation, and to cities, states, the District of Internal Revenue laws of the United States. We need it Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and territories to to figure and collect the right amount of tax. Chapter administer their tax laws. We may also disclose this 23, Federal Unemployment Tax Act, of Subtitle C, information to other countries under a tax treaty, to Employment Taxes, of the Internal Revenue Code federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax imposes a tax on employers with respect to employees. criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and This form is used to determine the amount of the tax that intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. you owe. Section 6011 requires you to provide the The time needed to complete and file this form will vary requested information if you are liable for FUTA tax under depending on individual circumstances. The estimated section 3301. Section 6109 requires you to provide your average time is: identification number. If you fail to provide this information in a timely manner or provide a false or Recordkeeping . . . . . . . . . . 9 hr., 19 min. fraudulent form, you may be subject to penalties. Learning about the law or the form . . 1 hr., 23 min. You’re not required to provide the information Preparing, copying, assembling, and requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork sending the form to the IRS . . . . . 1 hr., 36 min. Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB If you have comments concerning the accuracy of control number. Books and records relating to a form or these time estimates or suggestions for making instructions must be retained as long as their contents Form 940 simpler, we would be happy to hear from may become material in the administration of any Internal you. You can send us comments from Revenue law. www.irs.gov/FormComments. Or you can send your Generally, tax returns and return information are comments to Internal Revenue Service, Tax Forms and confidential, as required by section 6103. However, Publications Division, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW, section 6103 allows or requires the IRS to disclose or IR-6526, Washington, DC 20224. Don’t send Form 940 to give the information shown on your tax return to others this address. Instead, see Where Do You File? in the as described in the Code. For example, we may disclose Instructions for Form 940. |