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e-News for Payroll Providers June 15, 2011

Useful Links:

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Payroll Professionals
Tax Center

Employment Taxes

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Employment Tax Forms

Employment Tax Publications

Online Ordering

Draft Tax Forms

SSA/IRS Reporter

SSA - Employer Web Page

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Issue Number:  2011-7

Inside This Issue


  1. Looking for information on health care reporting?
  2. SSA/IRS Reporter
  3. IRS Live webinar: The Examination Process for Employment Tax Returns
  4. Non-conforming schedules slow processing
  5. Draft employment tax forms on IRS.gov
  6. The IRS Return Preparer Office now on Facebook
  7. Struggling to pay taxes? Get a Fresh Start  
1.  Looking for information on health care reporting?
The IRS talks about reporting health insurance coverage on W-2s in this new YouTube video. Feel free to share with clients and employees.

Watch this and other videos on the IRS YouTube Channel.

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2.  SSA/IRS Reporter
The Summer 2011 issue of SSA/IRS Reporter is now available online in English and Spanish. 

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3.  IRS Live webinar: The Examination Process for Employment Tax Returns
The June 22 IRS Live broadcast will cover the employment tax examination process, taxpayer rights, settlement agreements and payment options.

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4.  Non-conforming schedules slow processing

Please submit only “conforming” Schedule Rs with Forms 940 and 941. Do not add lines, create spreadsheets, or attempt to overfill a single sheet with more information than is on an official Schedule R. 

Non-conforming Schedule R’s cannot be scanned electronically so the data is transcribed manually, slowing processing and introducing a higher error rate.

The IRS’s goal is to process your customers’ information quickly and accurately.  Please help us meet this goal by only submitting conforming Schedule R’s.

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5.  Draft employment tax forms on IRS.gov
  • Form 944-X, Adjusted Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return or Claim for Refund  
  • Form 944, Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return     
  • Form 945, Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax  
  • Form 943, Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Employees  

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6.  The IRS Return Preparer Office now on Facebook
The IRS Return Preparer Office Facebook page is for people interested in issues affecting federal tax professionals.

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7.  Struggling to pay taxes? Get a Fresh Start
Visit the updated Collection Procedures and Fresh Start pages. 

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