Form 941

E35021

Form 941 is a quarterly IRS tax return that employers use to report wages paid, income tax withheld, and Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes.

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Form 941 (Rev. 2023) 1
Form 941 (Rev. 2024) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IRS tax form
U.S. federal tax return
administeredBy Small Business/Self-Employed Division
surface form: IRS Small Business and Self-Employed Division
appliesTo most U.S. employers with employees
withholding agents for federal employment taxes
country United States of America
surface form: United States
documentType information return
tax return
filingFrequency quarterly
filingMethod electronic filing
paper filing by mail
hasVersion Form 941 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Form 941 (Rev. 2023)

Form 941 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Form 941 (Rev. 2024)
includes Schedule B for semiweekly depositors (when required)
Schedule R for aggregate filers (when required)
issuedBy Internal Revenue Service
jurisdiction federal
language English
officialName Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return
relatedTo FICA taxes
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes
surface form: Federal Insurance Contributions Act

Form 940
Form 944
Form W-2
Form W-3
Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes
surface form: Medicare payroll tax

Social Security payroll tax
reports current quarter’s adjustments for fractions of cents
current quarter’s adjustments for group-term life insurance
current quarter’s adjustments for sick pay
current quarter’s adjustments for tips
federal income tax withheld from employees
number of employees
taxable Social Security tips
taxable group-term life insurance
total wages subject to Medicare tax
total wages subject to Social Security tax
subjectArea employment taxes
payroll reporting
usedBy employers
usedFor reconciling payroll tax deposits with tax liability
reporting Medicare tax
reporting Social Security tax
reporting adjustments to employment taxes
reporting employer’s share of Medicare tax
reporting employer’s share of Social Security tax
reporting federal income tax withheld
reporting wages paid to employees

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Form 941 hasVersion Form 941 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Form 941 (Rev. 2024)
Form 941 hasVersion Form 941 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Form 941 (Rev. 2023)
Form W-2 relatedForm Form 941