What is Form 944?

Form 944 is the Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return. Starting with calendar year 2006, certain employers must file Form 944 instead of Form 941 (the Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return).

Important: You must file the annual Form 944 instead of the quarterly Form 941 only if the IRS notified you in writing.

It is a tax form on which you report:

Employee wages you have paid
Tips your employees have received
Federal income tax you withheld
Both the employer's and the employee's share of Social Security (FICA) and Medicare taxes
Advance earned income tax credit (EIC) payments

You file these returns annually, on a calendar-year basis, even if your fiscal year is different from the calendar year.

These tax returns are due on January 31, even if you have no taxes to report.

You can prepare and print your Form 944s through Intuit Online Payroll. How?

What is Form 944?

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