Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 31/12/2007

Employment Tax Adjustments

This document contains proposed amendments to regulations relating to employment tax adjustments and employment tax refund claims. These proposed amendments modify the process for making interest-free adjustments for both underpayments and overpayments of Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) taxes and Federal income tax withholding (ITW) under sections 6205(a) and 6413(a), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). These proposed amendments also modify the process for filing claims for refund of overpayments of employment taxes under sections 6402 and 6414. These amendments are proposed in connection with the IRS's development of new forms to report adjustments to employment taxes which will replace the existing process of reporting adjustments of employment taxes on regularly filed employment tax returns. These proposed amendments affect taxpayers that file Form 941, "Employer's QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return," Form 943, "Employer's Annual Tax Return for Agricultural Employees," Form 944, "Employer's ANNUAL Federal Tax Return," Form 945, "Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax," and Form CT-1, "Employer's Annual Railroad Ret