FinanceRegs.com » Forms and filing http://www.financeregs.com Breaking news & updates for Finance and Accounting pros Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:11:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc SSA allows e-submission of special wages, eliminates disks http://www.financeregs.com/ssa-allows-e-submission-of-special-wages-eliminates-disks/ http://www.financeregs.com/ssa-allows-e-submission-of-special-wages-eliminates-disks/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:00:53 +0000 Carol Katarsky http://www.financeregs.com/?p=725 If you have any special wage payments (SWPs) to submit, make sure you know which options are still available to you. SSA now accepts SWP information via its Business Services Online program.

You can still submit the information on a paper Form SSA-131 or cartridge models 3490 and 3480. But diskettes and all other cartridges are no longer accepted.

SWP refers to wages paid to employees after they’ve retired or back pay awarded by a court or government agency.

]]> http://www.financeregs.com/ssa-allows-e-submission-of-special-wages-eliminates-disks/feed/ 0 New instructions for ’09 Forms W-2, W-3 http://www.financeregs.com/new-instructions-for-09-forms-w-2-w-3/ http://www.financeregs.com/new-instructions-for-09-forms-w-2-w-3/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:00:16 +0000 Carol Katarsky http://www.financeregs.com/?p=722 Here’s the latest update on how to handle filing of these key forms.The instructions for TY ’09 review changes made in the past year that will affect your filing process. They include:

  • Military differential pay
  • Online filing of W-2s and W-3s, as well as extended due dates for e-filers
  • Undeliverable W-2s, and
  • Reporting nonqualified deferred compensation.

Click to download the entire set of instructions.

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IRS’ new calendar with ’09 due dates is out. But you may not have the right version. Publication 509, Tax Calendars for 2009 was released recently. If you downloaded your copy before Nov. 26, you have a version with important mistakes.

The publication has been reissued with the following corrections:

  • Page 3 — the date for observing Independence Day has been changed to July 3, and
  • Page 11 — in table 2, the due date for payroll dates June 27-30 has been changed to July 6.

Publication 509 provides employers with the deadlines for filing returns and making deposits for employees’ withheld income taxes as well as Social Security, FICA, and FUTA taxes. For information on the rules regarding when you must make deposits, check out IRS’s Publication 15.

]]> http://www.financeregs.com/09-tax-calendar-released-with-corrections/feed/ 1 No. 1 way to get more paper off your desk http://www.financeregs.com/no-1-way-to-get-more-paper-off-your-desk/ http://www.financeregs.com/no-1-way-to-get-more-paper-off-your-desk/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:00:38 +0000 Carol Katarsky http://www.financeregs.com/?p=81 Tax time usually means paper a-plenty for Accounting pros, but more of your peers are finding a way to reduce that burden.

IRS is seeing record lows in the number of businesses filing paper forms. Most companies are moving to e-filing, even if it isn’t yet mandated for them.

As a result, instead of mailing out key tax packets, IRS is moving toward a system where you can download your own copies (Forms 941, 1120S and 1065 are key among them.)

Have you made the switch to downloading and e-filing optional tax forms yet? If so, how’s it working for you? Sound off in the comments.

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