Enlarge image | OMB No. 1545-0074 Uncollected Social Security and Form 8919 Medicare Tax on Wages Department of the Treasury Go to www.irs.gov/Form8919 for the latest information. 2022 Attachment Internal Revenue Service Attach to your tax return. Sequence No. 61 Name of person who must file this form. If married, complete a separate Form 8919 for each spouse who must file this form. Social security number Who must file. You must file Form 8919 if all of the following apply. • You performed services for a firm. • You believe your pay from the firm wasn’t for services as an independent contractor. • The firm didn’t withhold your share of social security and Medicare taxes from your pay. • One of the reasons listed below under Reason codes applies to you. Reason codes. For each firm listed below, enter in column (c) the applicable reason code for filing this form. If none of the reason codes apply to you, but you believe you should have been treated as an employee, enter reason code G, and file Form SS-8 on or before the date you file your tax return. A I filed Form SS-8 and received a determination letter stating that I am an employee of this firm. C I received other correspondence from the IRS that states I am an employee. G I filed Form SS-8 with the IRS and haven’t received a reply. H I received a Form W-2 and a Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC from this firm for 2022. The amount on Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC should have been included as wages on Form W-2. (Don’t file Form SS-8 if you select reason code H.) (b) Firm’s federal (d) Date of IRS (e) Check (f) Total wages (a) Name of firm identification (c) Enter determination or if Form received with number reason code correspondence 1099-MISC no social security (see instructions) from above. (MM/DD/YYYY) and/or or Medicare tax (see instructions) 1099-NEC withholding and not was received. reported on Form W-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total wages. Combine lines 1 through 5 in column (f). Enter here and on Form 1040, 1040-SR, or 1040-NR, line 1g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 Maximum amount of wages subject to social security tax . . . . . . . 7 147,000 8 Total social security wages and social security tips (total of boxes 3 and 7 on Form(s) W-2), railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation (subject to the 6.2% rate), and unreported tips subject to social security tax from Form 4137, line 10. See instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 Subtract line 8 from line 7. If line 8 is more than line 7, enter -0- here and on line 10 . . . . . . 9 10 Wages subject to social security tax. Enter the smaller of line 6 or line 9 . . . . . . . . . . 10 11 Multiply line 10 by 0.062 (social security tax rate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 Multiply line 6 by 0.0145 (Medicare tax rate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 13 Add lines 11 and 12. Enter here. Include as tax on your annual tax return (Schedule 2 (Form 1040), line 6; Form 1040-PR, Part I, line 6; or Form 1040-SS, Part I, line 6). See the instructions there . . . . . . 13 For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see your tax return instructions. Cat. No. 37730B Form 8919 (2022) |
Enlarge image | Form 8919 (2022) Page 2 Future Developments Column (a). Enter the name of the firm for which you worked. If you received a Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC For the latest information about developments related to Form from the firm, enter the firm’s name exactly as it is entered on 8919 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC. were published, go to www.irs.gov/Form8919. Column (b). The federal identification number for a firm What’s New can be an employer identification number (EIN) or a social security number (SSN) (if the firm is an individual). An EIN is Increase in wage amount subject to social security tax. On a nine-digit number assigned by the IRS to a business. Enter line 7, the maximum amount of wages subject to social security an EIN like this: XX-XXXXXXX. Enter an SSN like this: XXX-XX- tax has increased from $142,800 to $147,000 for 2022. XXXX. If you received a Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC from the firm, enter the firm’s federal identification number that General Instructions is entered on Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC. If you don’t Purpose of form. Use Form 8919 to figure and report your know the firm’s federal identification number, you can use Form share of the uncollected social security and Medicare taxes W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and due on your compensation if you were an employee but were Certification, to request it from the firm. If you are unable to treated as an independent contractor by your employer. By obtain the number, enter “unknown.” filing this form, your social security earnings will be credited to Column (c). Enter the reason code for why you are filing this your social security record. See www.irs.gov/ICorEE for more form. Enter only one reason code on each line. If none of the information. reason codes apply to you, but you believe you should have been treated as an employee, enter reason code G, and file Don’t use this form: Form SS-8 on or before the date you file your tax return. ▲! • For services you performed as an independent Don’t attach Form SS-8 to your tax return. Form SS-8 must CAUTION contractor. Instead, use Schedule C (Form 1040), be filed separately. Profit or Loss From Business, to report the income. And use Enter reason code C if you were designated as a “section 530 Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax, to figure the employee” by the IRS. You are a section 530 employee, for tax on net earnings from self-employment. these purposes, if you were determined to be an employee by • To figure the social security and Medicare tax owed on tips the IRS prior to January 1, 1997, but your employer was granted you didn’t report to your employer, including any allocated tips relief from payment of employment taxes under section 530 of shown on your Form(s) W-2 that you must report as income. the Revenue Act of 1978. Instead, use Form 4137, Social Security and Medicare Tax on Enter reason code H if you received both a Form W-2 and a Unreported Tip Income. Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC from the firm and the Firm. For purposes of this form, the term “firm” means any amount on the Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC should have individual, business enterprise, company, nonprofit been included as wages on Form W-2 as an amount you organization, state, or other entity for which you performed received for services you provided as an employee. If reason services. This firm may or may not have paid you directly for code H applies to your situation, don’t file Form SS-8. these services. Examples of amounts that are sometimes erroneously included Form SS-8, Determination of Worker Status for Purposes of on Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC that should be reported Federal Employment Taxes and Income Tax Withholding. as wages on Form W-2 include employee bonuses, awards, File Form SS-8 if you want the IRS to determine whether you are travel expense reimbursements not paid under an accountable an independent contractor or an employee. See the form plan, scholarships, and signing bonuses. Generally, amounts instructions for information on completing the form. If you paid by an employer to an employee aren’t reported on Form select reason code G, you must file Form SS-8 on or before 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC. Form 1099-MISC and/or the date you file Form 8919. Don’t attach Form SS-8 to your 1099-NEC is used for reporting nonemployee compensation, tax return. Form SS-8 must be filed separately. rents, royalties, and certain other payments. Form 8959, Additional Medicare Tax. A 0.9% Additional If you enter reason code G, you or the firm that paid Medicare Tax applies to Medicare wages, Railroad Retirement you may be contacted for additional information. Use Tax Act compensation, and self-employment income over a ▲! of this reason code isn’t a guarantee that the IRS will CAUTION threshold amount based on your filing status. Use Form 8959 to agree with your worker status determination. If the figure this tax. See www.irs.gov/ADMTfaqs for more information. IRS doesn’t agree that you are an employee, you may be billed for the additional tax, penalties, and interest resulting from the change to your worker status. Specific Instructions Column (d).Complete only if reason code A or C is entered in Lines 1 through 5. Complete a separate line for each firm. If column (c). you worked as an employee for more than five firms in 2022, attach additional Form(s) 8919 with lines 1 through 5 Line 6. Also enter this amount on Form 8959, line 3, if you are completed. Complete lines 6 through 13 on only one Form required to file that form. 8919. The line 6 amount on that Form 8919 should be the Line 8. For railroad retirement (RRTA) compensation, don’t combined totals of all lines 1 through 5 of all your Forms 8919. include an amount greater than $147,000, which is the amount subject to the 6.2% rate for 2022. |