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Additional Notes on Federal Unemployment Tax increase in January 2005 -- Use Federal Form 940

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As an addendum to the Committee on Unemployment Compensation October 26th mailing advising members of the upcoming January 2005 Federal Unemployment Tax Increase, those employers who have filed Federal Form 940-EZ in the past when paying their Federal UC tax to the Federal government [id. est., only employers that timely pay state UC taxes to just 1 state] are reminded that they must use Federal Form 940 in January 2005.

The Internal Revenue Service will be mailing Form 940 and its instructions in mid-December -- in addition to information on their website.  The IRS draft version of Form 940 carries a new line 6 on Part I titled "Additional tax resulting from credit reduction for unrepaid advances to the State of New York" where employers are told to "Enter the wages included on line 5 [total taxable wages] and multiply by .003".

December 13, 2004
   


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