See section 2 of Pub. If section rates apply, see the instructions for lines 19—22 , later. Only transposition or math errors involving the inaccurate reporting of the amount withheld are "administrative errors. You'll report the correct wages on Form X, line 6, column 1.
The amount actually withheld is reflected on payroll information or on Form W-2 which can be used by the employee to claim a credit for withholding for individual income tax return purposes. Wages and tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding are reported on Form , line 5d. Certain errors discovered on a previously filed Form are corrected on Form X, line See the instructions for line 13 , later, for more information on the types of errors that can be corrected and how the correction is reported on Form X.
Schedule R Form is completed only for those clients and customers who have corrections reported on Form X. Schedule R Form is filed as an attachment to Form X. Approved section agents and certified professional employer organizations CPEOs must complete and file Schedule R Form when filing an aggregate Form Aggregate Forms are filed by agents approved by the IRS under section To request approval to act as an agent for an employer, the agent files Form with the IRS.
If you're an other third-party payer that didn't file Schedule R Form with Form because you didn't meet these requirements, but are now filing Form X to report these credits or the deferral of the employer or the employee share of social security tax for your clients, then you must now file Schedule R Form and attach it to Form X.
See the June revision of the Instructions for Form for information about when a third party is considered the person to whom COBRA premium assistance payments are payable. Use Form X to correct errors on a Form that you previously filed. Use Form X to correct:.
Amounts reported on Form for the credit for qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken before April 1, , including adjustments to Form , lines 5a i , 5a ii , 11b, 13c, 19, and 20;. Amounts reported on Form for the credit for qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, , including adjustments to Form , lines 11d, 13e, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28;. Amounts reported on Form for the employee retention credit, including adjustments to Form , lines 11c, 13d, 21, and 22, for the second quarter of , also Form , lines 24 and 25 ; and.
Use Form , Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement, to request a refund or abatement of assessed interest or penalties. We use the terms "correct" and "corrections" on Form X and in these instructions to include interest-free adjustments under sections and and claims for refund and abatement under sections , , and See Rev. You can find Rev. Generally, file Form X separately. Don't file Form X with Form However, if you didn't previously file Form because you mistakenly treated your employees as nonemployees, you may have to file Form X with Form See the instructions for line 42 , later.
Instead, file Form for each of those quarters. Unless otherwise specified in these instructions, an underreported employment tax credit or social security tax deferral should be treated like an overreported tax amount. An overreported employment tax credit or social security tax deferral should be treated like an underreported tax amount. For more information, including which process to select on lines 1 and 2, see Correcting an employment tax credit or social security tax deferral , later.
Follow the chart on page 6 of Form X for help in choosing whether to use the adjustment process or the claim process. Be sure to give us a detailed explanation on line 43 for each correction that you show on Form X.
Continue to report current quarter fractions of cents, third-party sick pay, tips, and group-term life insurance on Form , lines 7—9. For corrections of overreported federal income tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, or Additional Medicare Tax, you must make any certifications that apply to your situation.
For help filing Form X or for questions about federal employment taxes and tax corrections, you can:. Go to IRS. See Pub. The due date for filing Form X depends on when you discover an error and if you underreported or overreported tax. If you underreported tax, see Underreported tax , later. For overreported tax amounts, you may choose to either make an interest-free adjustment or file a claim for refund or abatement.
If any due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, you may file Form X on the next business day. If we receive Form X after the due date, we will treat Form X as filed on time if the envelope containing Form X is properly addressed, contains sufficient postage, and is postmarked by the U. Doing so will generally ensure that your correction is interest free and not subject to failure-to-pay FTP or failure-to-deposit FTD penalties.
See What About Penalties and Interest , later. For details on how to make a payment, see the instructions for line 27 , later. If Form X is filed late after the due date of the return for the return period in which you discovered the error , you must attach an amended Schedule B Form to Form X.
The total tax reported on the "Total liability for the quarter" line of Schedule B Form must match the corrected tax Form , line 12, combined with any correction entered on Form X, line 23 for the quarter, less any previous abatements and interest-free tax assessments.
File Form X and pay the amount you owe by January 31, , because you discovered the error in the fourth quarter of , and January 31, , is the due date for that quarter. If you file Form X before January 31, , pay the amount you owe by the time you file. The due date for filing the adjusted return is determined by the type of return Form or Form being corrected, without regard to your current filing requirements.
Therefore, if you're currently filing Form and you're correcting a previously filed Form , you must file Form X by January 31 of the year following the year you discover the error. If you overreported tax on Form and choose to apply the credit to Form or Form , file an adjusted return on Form X soon after you discover the error but more than 90 days before the period of limitations on the credit or refund for Form expires.
If you overreported tax on Form , you may choose to file a claim for refund or abatement on Form X any time before the period of limitations on credit or refund expires on Form If you also need to correct any underreported tax amounts, you must file another Form X reporting only corrections to the underreported amounts.
You may not file a refund claim to correct federal income tax or Additional Medicare Tax actually withheld from employees. Generally, you may correct overreported taxes on a previously filed Form if you file Form X within 3 years of the date Form was filed or 2 years from the date you paid the tax reported on Form , whichever is later. You may correct underreported taxes on a previously filed Form if you file Form X within 3 years of the date the Form was filed.
We call each of these time frames a "period of limitations. You filed your fourth quarter Form on January 28, , and payments were timely made. The IRS treats the return as if it were filed on April 15, To correct the error, you must file Form X by April 18, , which is the end of the period of limitations for Form , and use the claim process. If you file Form X to correct overreported tax amounts in the last 90 days of a period of limitations, you must use the claim process.
PDSs can't deliver to P. You must use the U. Postal Service to mail an item to a P. For example, if you found errors on your Forms for the third and fourth quarters of , file one Form X to correct the third quarter Form and file a second Form X to correct the fourth quarter Form Enter your EIN, name, and address in the spaces provided.
Also enter your name and EIN on the top of pages 2, 3, 4, and 5, and on any attachments. If your address has changed since you filed your Form , enter the corrected information and the IRS will update your address of record.
Enter the quarter and calendar year on pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. You must enter the date you discovered errors. You discover an error when you have enough information to be able to correct it. Report any subsequent dates and related errors on line You must provide all of the information requested at the top of page 1 of Form X. You must check one box but not both in Part 1. In Part 2, you must check the box on line 3 and any applicable boxes on lines 4 and 5. Complete Parts 4 and 5 as instructed. Form X uses negative numbers to show reductions in tax credits and positive numbers to show additional tax amounts you owe.
When reporting a negative amount in columns 3 and 4, use a minus sign instead of parentheses. For example, enter " Omit dollar signs. You may use commas and decimal points, if desired. Enter dollar amounts to the left of any preprinted decimal point and cents to the right of it. Pay the amount shown on line 27 by the time you file Form X,. No correction will be eligible for interest-free treatment if any of the following apply.
The amounts underreported relate to an issue that was raised in an examination of a prior period. If you receive a notice about a penalty after you file this return, reply to the notice with an explanation and we will determine if you meet the reasonable-cause criteria. To correct a previously filed Form , use Form X to file either an adjusted employment tax return or a claim for refund or abatement.
The adjustment process and the claim process are outlined below. If you underreported the tax on a previously filed Form , check the box on line 1 and pay any additional amount you owe by the time you file Form X.
On December 10, , you discover an error that results in additional tax on your third quarter Form File Form X by January 31, , and pay the amount you owe by the time you file. If you overreported the tax on a previously filed Form , you may choose one of the following options.
Use the adjustment process. Check the box on line 1 to apply any credit negative amount from line 27 to Form for the quarter during which you file Form X. Use the claim process.
Check the box on line 2 to file a claim on Form X requesting a refund or abatement of the amount shown on line For example, if you discover an overreported tax amount in March, June, September, or December, you may want to file Form X in the first 2 months of the next quarter. However, there must be 90 days remaining on the period of limitations when you file Form X. This should ensure that the IRS will have enough time to process Form X so the credit will be posted before you file Form , thus avoiding an erroneous balance due notice from the IRS.
See the example below. Example—You want your overreported tax applied as a credit to Form On September 20, , you discover you overreported your tax on your fourth quarter Form and want to choose the adjustment process. To allow the IRS enough time to process the credit, you file Form X on October 1, , and take the credit on your fourth quarter Form In the year that the period of limitations for the previously filed Form expires, file Form X at least 90 days before the expiration date.
Because Form X may be used to file either an adjusted employment tax return or a claim for refund or abatement, you must check one box on either line 1 or line 2. Correcting an employment tax credit or social security tax deferral. For lines 1 and 2, if you underreported an employment tax credit or the amount of social security tax deferred, treat it like you overreported a tax amount. If you overreported an employment tax credit or the amount of social security tax deferred, treat it like you underreported a tax amount.
See Example—You want your overreported tax applied as a credit to Form , earlier. Pay the amount shown on line 27 by the time you file Form X. You overreported employment taxes you have a negative amount on line 27 and want the IRS to apply the credit to Form or Form for the period during which you filed Form X.
However, the credit you show on Form X, line 27, may not be fully available on your Form or Form if the IRS corrects it during processing or you owe other taxes, penalties, or interest.
The IRS will notify you if your claimed credit changes or if the amount available as a credit on Form or Form was reduced because of unpaid taxes, penalties, or interest. You must check the box on line 2 if you have a credit a negative amount on line 27 and the period of limitations on credit or refund for Form will expire within 90 days of the date you file Form X. The IRS usually processes claims shortly after they are filed. The IRS will notify you if your claim is denied, accepted as filed, or selected to be examined.
Unless the IRS corrects Form X during processing or you owe other taxes, penalties, or interest, the IRS will refund the amount shown on line 27, plus any interest that applies. You must complete all certifications that apply by checking the appropriate boxes.
If all of your corrections relate to underreported tax amounts, complete line 3 only; skip lines 4 and 5 and go to Part 3. If your corrections relate to overreported tax amounts, other than corrections related to underreported employment tax credits and social security tax deferrals, you have a duty to ensure that your employees' rights to recover overpaid employee social security and Medicare taxes that you withheld are protected. The certifications on lines 4 and 5 address the requirement to:.
Repay or reimburse your employees for the overcollection of employee social security and Medicare taxes, or. Obtain consents from your employees to file a claim on their behalf. Check the box on line 3 to certify that you filed or will file Forms W-2 or Forms W-2c with the SSA, as required, showing your employees' correct wage and tax amounts.
See the General Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3 for detailed information about filing requirements. In this situation, you're certifying that you don't need to file Form W-2c because you already filed a correct Form W If you overreported federal income tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, or Additional Medicare Tax and checked the box on line 1, check the appropriate box on line 4.
You may need to check more than one box. Check the box on line 4a if your overreported amount includes each affected employee share of overcollected taxes. Keep them for your records. Generally, all employment tax records must be kept for at least 4 years. Records related to qualified sick leave wages and qualified family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, , should be kept for at least 6 years.
Copies must be submitted to the IRS if requested. Check the box on line 5a if your overreported tax includes each affected employee share of social security and Medicare taxes. Contain the name, address, and social security number or truncated taxpayer identification number, when appropriate of the employee;. Contain the tax period s , type of tax, and the amount of tax for which the consent is provided;.
Affirmatively state that the employee authorizes the employer to claim a refund for the overpayment of the employee share of tax;. The penalties of perjury statement should be located immediately above the required signature. In certain situations, you may not have repaid or reimbursed your employees or obtained their consents prior to filing a claim, such as in cases where the period of limitations on credit or refund is about to expire.
Check the box on line 5c to certify that your overreported tax is only for the employer share of social security and Medicare taxes. If a correction that you report in column 4 includes both underreported and overreported amounts see the instructions for line 41 , later , give us details for each error on line Because special circumstances apply for lines 14—22, 24—26c, and 28—40, read the instructions for each line carefully before entering amounts in the columns.
If you previously adjusted or amended Form by using Form X or because of an IRS examination change, show amounts in column 2 that include those previously reported corrections.
In column 2, enter the amount you originally reported or as previously corrected. In column 3, enter the difference between columns 1 and 2. If you or the IRS previously corrected the amount reported on Form , line 2, enter in column 2 the amount after any previous corrections.
To correct the error, figure the difference on Form X as shown. Example—Auto allowance; wages, tips, and other compensation increased. You correct the error by treating the auto allowance as wages subject to income, social security, and Medicare taxes. The quarterly amount on line 6, column 1, should be used to figure the annual amount to report on your Forms W-2 or Forms W-2c.
This amount should also generally be used for any business expense deduction on your income tax return or amended return for wages paid. Example—Prior year nonadministrative error failure to withhold federal income tax when required. You discovered the error on March 15, Example—Prior year administrative error incorrectly reported amount of federal income tax actually withheld. You had three employees. You discovered the error on March 12, Use Form X to correct the error. Subtract the amount in column 2 from the amount in column 1.
Example—Nonadministrative error reporting federal income tax because of repayment of wages paid in prior year. These amounts were reported on your third quarter Form Jack left employment in October after only 1 month of service.
These amounts were correctly reported on Form Qualified sick leave wages and qualified family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, , were included on Form , line 5a, column 1, and can be adjusted only on Form X, line 8.
Be sure to show your calculations on line Following Example—Wages, tips, and other compensation decreased in the instructions for line 6, the wages that you counted twice were also taxable social security wages. Qualified sick and family leave wages and the related credits for qualified sick and family leave wages are only reported on Form with respect to wages paid for leave taken in quarters beginning after March 31, For more information about the credit for qualified sick and family leave wages, go to IRS.
Qualified sick leave wages paid with respect to leave taken before April 1, , aren't subject to the employer share of social security tax; therefore, the tax rate on these wages is 6. For more information about qualified sick leave wages, see Definition of qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken before April 1, , later, and go to IRS.
If you erroneously reported qualified sick leave wages for leave taken before April 1, , on Form , line 5a, instead of on line 5a i , you'll need to make a correction on Form X, lines 8 and 9, and enter the properly calculated amount in column 4 for each line.
Qualified family leave wages paid with respect to leave taken before April 1, , aren't subject to the employer share of social security tax; therefore, the tax rate on these wages is 6. For more information about qualified family leave wages, see Definition of qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken before April 1, , later, and go to IRS. If you erroneously reported qualified family leave wages for leave taken before April 1, , on Form , line 5a, instead of on line 5a ii , you'll need to make a correction on Form X, lines 8 and 10, and enter the properly calculated amount in column 4 for each line.
Following Example—Wages, tips, and other compensation increased in the instructions for line 6, the tips that you overlooked were also taxable social security tips. Multiply the amount in column 3 by 0. Be sure to explain your calculations on line Following Example—Wages, tips, and other compensation decreased in the instructions for line 6, the wages that you counted twice were also taxable Medicare wages and tips.
Generally, you may correct errors to Additional Medicare Tax withholding only if you discovered the errors in the same calendar year the wages and tips were paid to employees. This type of error is an administrative error. The administrative error adjustment corrects the amount reported on Form to agree with the amount actually withheld from employees.
You may also correct errors to Additional Medicare Tax withholding for prior years if section rates apply. If a prior year error was a nonadministrative error, you may correct only the wages and tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding that were originally reported on Form , line 5d, column 1, or previously corrected on Form X.
Errors discovered in the same calendar year or prior year administrative errors. You discover the error on March 15, Use Form X, line 13, to correct the error as shown below.
You may correct only the taxable wages and tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding that you reported on Form , line 5d, column 1. Enter the total corrected amount in column 1. Leave column 4 blank and explain the reasons for this correction on line File Form X to correct wages and tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding for your fourth quarter Form , but you may not correct the Additional Medicare Tax withheld column 4 because the error involves a previous year and the amount previously reported for Sophie represents the actual amount withheld from Sophie during Combination of prior year administrative and nonadministrative errors.
However, multiply only the amount of wages and tips reported in column 3 that are related to administrative errors by 0. Use line 43 to explain in detail your corrections. The explanation must include the reasons for the corrections and a breakdown of the amount reported in column 3 into the amounts related to administrative errors and nonadministrative errors. You discover both errors on March 15, Use Form X, line 13, to correct the errors as shown below.
Multiply this portion of column 3 by 0. Be sure to explain the reasons for these corrections on line Enter on line 14 any corrections to amounts reported on Form , line 5f, for the tax due from a Section q Notice and Demand.
The IRS issues a Section q Notice and Demand to advise an employer of the amount of tips received by employees who failed to report or underreported tips to the employer. For purposes of these instructions, all references to "sick pay" mean ordinary sick pay, not "qualified sick leave wages.
Use line 15 to correct any adjustments reported on Form , lines 7—9. Enter in column 1 the total corrected amount for Form , lines 7—9. Enter in column 2 the total originally reported or previously corrected amounts from Form , lines 7—9. You may need to report negative numbers in any column. Make sure that the difference you enter in column 3 accurately represents the change to adjustments originally reported or previously corrected on Form , lines 7—9. Copy the amount in column 3 to column 4.
Include any minus sign shown in column 3. On line 43, describe what you misreported on Form Tell us if your adjustment is for fractions of cents, third-party sick pay, tips, or group-term life insurance. You discovered the error in April of Always enter the same amount in column 4 including any minus sign that you enter in column 3.
However, to properly show the amount as a credit or balance due item, enter a positive number in column 3 as a negative number in column 4 or a negative number in column 3 as a positive number in column 4.
You must attach a corrected Form and explain the reasons for this correction on line Form X and these instructions use the terms "nonrefundable" and "refundable" when discussing credits. If these unpaid taxes can't be immediately collected from the employer or business, the trust fund recovery penalty may be imposed on all persons who are determined by the IRS to be responsible for collecting, accounting for, or paying over these taxes, and who acted willfully in not doing so.
You must use electronic fund transfer to make all federal tax deposits. If you do not want to use EFTPS you can arrange for your tax professional, financial institution, payroll service, or other trusted third party, to make deposits on your behalf. Services provided by your tax professional, financial institution, payroll service, or other third party may have a fee.
So how do you file a return to report your payroll taxes? Each calendar quarter almost all employers who pay wages subject to tax withholding must file Form , Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, unless you receive an IRS notification that you are eligible to file Form , Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return instead.
There are some employers however, who do not need to file Form quarterly. If you are a seasonal, household or agricultural employer, there are publications that may help you. Go to www. Now let's look at the payroll reporting requirements for the majority of small businesses by taking a closer look at Form You use Form to report wages paid and the taxes due on those wages quarterly.
A quarter consist of three calendar months starting on the first day of the first month and ending on the last day of the last month of that quarter. Form is due at the end of the following month. This makes the due dates April 30th, July 31st, October 31st, and January 31st. In addition, if you timely deposited all taxes when due, you have 10 additional calendar days from the due date to file.
As we said earlier, depositing and reporting are separate actions. Even though you may pay throughout the quarter, you only file Form once at the end of the quarter. You'll need several pieces of information to complete your Form You'll need to know the number of employees, total wages paid, include tips reported, taxable fringe benefits provided, and other forms of compensation paid to the employees.
Also you'll need to report the amount of withheld income taxes and this means all income taxes withheld from your employees including tax withheld from tips, taxable fringe benefits, and certain other payments.
To complete the include the total of all wages subject to Social Security, Medicare, and additional Medicare taxes. This amount includes any sick pay and taxable fringe benefits subject to Social Security, Medicare, and additional Medicare taxes.
Have records of all tips, this will be added to the wages and other compensation paid. Always remember to have a record of your tax deposits available when you prepare your quarterly returns.
This information helps you accurately report the amounts of your deposits and the type of deposit schedule you are required to use. You may have paid wages but were not required to withhold income taxes. Do not include your contributions to employee plans that are excluded from the employee's wages such as k and cafeteria plans.
Also there is a limit on the amount of wages subject to Social Security taxes called the wage base. Once the amount you have paid to an employee as wages reaches the wage base, do not withhold any more Social Security tax. All wages paid however, are subject to the Medicare tax.
In addition, wages paid over a certain amount are subject to additional Medicare tax. If you owe additional taxes however, and the taxes owed are less than one dollar, then you do not have to pay the amount. If you deposited more than the correct amount for a quarter, you can choose on Form for that quarter to have the overpayment refunded or applied as a credit to your next return.
Form must be signed. If the business is a sole proprietorship the return must be signed by the owner of the business. If a partnership or unincorporated organization by a responsible and duly authorized member, partner, or officer having knowledge of its affairs. If a corporation by the president, vice president, or other principal officer duly authorized to sign. Form may also be signed by a duly authorized agent of the taxpayer if a valid power of attorney has been filed.
In addition you may designate someone else to discuss the Form with the IRS, by completing the third-party designee section of the form.
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