[OSSSA218] IRS e-News for Payroll Providers

[Karen PARK]

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>>> "Stieber Lori A" <Lori.A.Stieber at irs.gov> 3/16/2011 3:43 PM >>>

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From: e-News for Payroll Providers [mailto:irs at service.govdelivery.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:24 PM
To: Stieber Lori A
Subject: IRS e-News for Payroll Providers


 
e-News for Payroll Providers March 16, 2011 

Useful Links: 
IRS.gov 
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Employment Taxes 
Reporting Agents File 
Employment Tax Forms 
Employment Tax Publications 
Online Ordering 
Draft Tax Forms 
SSA/IRS Reporter 
SSA - Employer Web Page 



Back to top Issue Number:  2011-4 
Inside This Issue 


Business tax forms update 
2011 Form 941 and instructions now online 
Desktop Calendar Tool 
94x XML business e-file - tax year 2011 updates 
March IRS Live focuses on requirements for federal tax return preparers 
Payroll/employment tax returns survey 
SSA/IRS Reporter goes green 
New e-news feature makes sharing easy   


1.  Business tax forms update 


Business taxpayers will no longer receive certain tax packages, including Form 941, in the mail from the IRS. 
There is also new information about filing business forms affected by the extender provisions.   
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2.  2011 Form 941 and instructions now online 


The 2011 Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return and instructions are now available on IRS.gov. 
Form 941 contains a new, line 5e Section 3121(q) Notice and Demand – Tax due on unreported tips. 
This line will be used if the employer receives notice and demand from the IRS regarding unreported tips as described in Headliner 298. 
This headliner is titled New IRS Program Uses Data from Employees' Forms 4137 to Determine the Social Security and Medicare Taxes Owed by the Employers of Tipped Employees.  
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3.  Desktop Calendar Tool 


The IRS has a new online tool to make it easier to remember important tax and deposit deadlines. 
Download the free IRS CalendarConnector and keep it on your computer desktop to check important tax dates on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.  
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4.  94x XML business e-file - tax year 2011 updates 


Please use the current Schema marked Final 2011 Form 94x Schema (version 2.9.2).    
We recommend you complete testing prior to filing 2011 first quarter Forms 941. 
Additionally, software developers should perform Pre-Validation of XML Data. 
Developers should use a validating XML parser to determine if their records are valid XML files.  
For more information on Pre-Validation of XML Data and testing, see Publication 3823.   
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5.  March IRS Live focuses on requirements for federal tax return preparers 


David R. Williams, director of the IRS Return Preparer Office is the main presenter for the free March 30 IRS Live webinar,  Requirements for Federal Tax Return Preparers.   
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6.  Payroll/employment tax returns survey 


The Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee is conducting an anonymous survey of companies and professionals who prepare employment/payroll tax returns. 
Surveys should be completed by March 20. Please complete only one survey per company. 
ETAAC will use the data to provide input to the IRS to encourage increased participation in electronic filing. 
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7.  SSA/IRS Reporter goes green 


The SSA/IRS Reporter is now available exclusively online. 
New editions will be posted on IRS.gov by the middle of March, June, September and December. 
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8.  New e-news feature makes sharing easy 


Look for the “share” icon at the bottom left of this newsletter. This new widget makes it easy to share this e-newsletter with others in online social networks. 
Click to post it on your business’s Facebook wall, tweet it to your followers on Twitter, put it on your blog or share it via any of the more than 300 options listed. 
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