Form 943 X PDF Details

Employers who have discovered inaccuracies in their previously filed Form 943, specifically for agricultural employees, find a solution in Form 943-X, which stands for Adjusted Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Employees or Claim for Refund. As of its revision in February 2012, this particular form provides a structured manner for employers to rectify both underreported and overreported amounts, albeit through different processes delineated within the form. It's crucial that for each tax year needing correction, a separate Form 943-X must be utilized, ensuring errors are appropriately addressed without attaching it to the original Form 943. The form not only involves checking specific boxes to indicate the type of correction needed—whether an adjustment of the tax return or a claim for refund—but also mandates the completion of all its three pages along with detailed explanations for the corrections. Moreover, certifications play a significant role, especially in the context of overreported amounts, requiring detailed documentation like written statements from affected employees. This form acts as the bridge between unintended payroll tax discrepancies and their resolution, ensuring compliance and accuracy in reporting to the Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service.

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Form 943-X: Adjusted Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Employees or Claim for Refund

(Rev. February 2012)

 

 

Department of the Treasury — Internal Revenue Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Use this form to correct errors you made on Form 943, Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Employees. Use a separate Form 943-X for each year that needs correction. Please type or print within the boxes. Do not attach this form to Form 943.

OMB No. 1545-0035

Return You Are Correcting ...

Enter the Calendar Year of the return you are correcting:

(YYYY)

Enter the date you discovered errors:

(MM / DD / YYYY)

You MUST complete all three pages. Read the separate instructions before you complete this form.

Part 1: Select ONLY one process.

1. Adjusted employment tax return. Check this box if you underreported amounts. Also check this box if you overreported amounts and

you would like to use the adjustment process to correct the errors. You must check this box if you are correcting both underreported and overreported amounts on this form. The amount shown on line 18, if less than zero, may only be applied as a credit to your Form 943 for the tax period in which you are filing this form.

2.Claim. Check this box if you overreported amounts only and you would like to use the claim process to ask for a refund or abatement of the amount shown on line 18. Do not check this box if you are correcting ANY underreported amounts on this form.

Part 2: Complete the certifications.

3.I certify that I have filed or will file Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, or Forms W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, as required.

Note. If you are correcting underreported amounts only, go to Part 3 (skip lines 4 and 5).

4.If you checked line 1 because you are adjusting overreported amounts, check all that apply. (You must check at least one box.) I certify that:

a. I repaid or reimbursed each affected employee for the social security and Medicare tax overcollected in prior years. I have a written statement from each employee stating that he or she has not claimed (or the claim was rejected) and will not claim a refund or credit for the overcollection.

b. The adjustment of social security tax and Medicare tax is for the employer’s share only. I could not find the affected employees or each employee did not give me a written statement that he or she has not claimed (or the claim was rejected) and will not claim a refund or credit for the overcollection.

c. The adjustment is for federal income tax, social security tax, and Medicare tax that I did not withhold from employee wages.

5.If you checked line 2 because you are claiming a refund or abatement of overreported employment taxes, check all that apply.

(You must check at least one box.) I certify that:

a. I repaid or reimbursed each affected employee for the social security and Medicare tax overcollected in prior years. I have a written statement from each employee stating that he or she has not claimed (or the claim was rejected) and will not claim a refund or credit for the overcollection.

b. I have a written consent from each affected employee stating that I may file this claim for the employee’s share of social security and Medicare tax overcollected in prior years. I also have a written statement from each employee stating that he or she has not claimed (or the claim was rejected) and will not claim a refund or credit for the overcollection.

c. The claim for social security tax and Medicare tax is for the employer’s share only. I could not find the affected employees; or each employee did not give me a written consent to file a refund claim for the employee’s share of social security and Medicare tax; or each employee did not give me a written statement that he or she has not claimed (or the claim was rejected) and will not claim a refund or credit for the overcollection.

d. The claim is for federal income tax, social security tax, and Medicare tax that I did not withhold from employee wages.

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For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate instructions.

Cat. No. 20332F

Form 943-X (Rev. 2-2012)

Name (not your trade name)

Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Calendar Year (YYYY)

Part 3: Enter the corrections for the calendar year you are correcting. If any line does not apply, leave it blank.

Column 1

Total corrected amount (for ALL employees)

6. Total wages subject to social

 

security tax

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(from line 2 of Form 943)

Column 2

Amount originally

—reported or as previously corrected (for ALL employees)

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Column 3

Column 4

Difference

=(If this amount is a negative number, use

 

a minus sign.)

 

Tax correction

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× .124* =

 

 

 

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*If you are correcting a 2011 return , use .104. If you are correcting your employer share only, use .062. See instructions.

7. Total wages subject to

 

Medicare tax

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(from line 4 of Form 943)

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× .029* =

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*If you are correcting your employer share only, use .0145. See instructions.

8.

Federal income tax withheld

 

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(from line 6 of Form 943)

 

9a.

 

 

 

 

 

Number of qualified

 

 

 

employees paid exempt

 

 

 

 

 

 

wages April 1 – December 31,

 

 

 

2010 (from line 7a of Form 943)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

9b.

Exempt wages paid to

 

 

 

qualified employees April 1 –

 

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December 31, 2010 (from line 7b of Form 943)*

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*Complete lines 9a and 9b only for corrections to the 2010 Form 943.

× .062 = .

10.Tax adjustments

(from line 8 of Form 943)

11.Special addition to wages for federal income tax

12.Special addition to wages for social security taxes

13.Special addition to wages for Medicare taxes

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14. Subtotal: Combine the amounts in lines 6–13 of Column 4 . . . . . . .

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15.Advance earned income credit (EIC) payments made to employees (from line 10 of Form 943; only for years ending before January 1, 2011)

16a. COBRA premium assistance payments (from line 11a of Form 943 (line 13a for years ending before January 1, 2011))

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Number of individuals provided

 

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COBRA premium assistance (from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

line 11b of Form 943 (line 13b for

 

 

 

 

 

years ending before January 1, 2011))

 

 

 

 

16c.

 

 

 

 

 

Number of qualified

 

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employees paid exempt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wages March 19–31, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

(from line 13c of Form 943)*

 

 

 

 

*Complete lines

16c and 16d

only for

corrections to

the 2010

Form 943.

16d. Exempt wages paid to

 

 

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qualified employees March

 

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19–31, 2010 (from line 13d of

 

 

 

 

 

 

Form 943)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.Total. Combine the amounts in lines 14–16d of Column 4. Continue to next page.

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Form 943-X (Rev. 2-2012)
Phone
EIN
Date
PTIN
Address
Firm’s name (or yours if self-employed)
Preparer’s signature
Preparer’s name
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have filed an original Form 943 and that I have examined this adjusted return or claim and any schedules or statements that are attached, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, they are true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than taxpayer)
is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge.
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Best daytime phone
Date
Print your title here
Sign your name here
Print your name here
Sign here. You must complete all three pages of this form and sign it.

Name (not your trade name)

Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Calendar Year (YYYY)

Part 3: Continued

18. Total. Amount from line 17 on page 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

If line 18 is less than zero:

•If you checked line 1, this is the amount you want applied as a credit to your Form 943 for the tax period in which you are filing this form.

•If you checked line 2, this is the amount you want refunded or abated.

If line 18 is more than zero, this is the amount you owe. Pay this amount when you file this return. For information on how to pay, see Amount you owe in the instructions for line 18.

Part 4: Explain your corrections for the calendar year you are correcting.

19. Check here if any corrections you entered on a line include both underreported and overreported amounts. Explain both your underreported and overreported amounts on line 21.

20. Check here if any corrections involve reclassified workers. Explain on line 21.

21.You must give us a detailed explanation for how you determined your corrections. See the separate instructions.

Part 5:

Paid Preparer Use Only

Check if you are self-employed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Form 943-X (Rev. 2-2012)

Type of errors you are correcting

Form 943-X: Which process should you use?

Underreported

Use the adjustment process to correct underreported amounts.

amounts ONLY

• Check the box on line 1.

 

• Pay the amount you owe from line 18 when you file Form 943-X.

 

 

Overreported

The process you

amounts ONLY

use depends on

 

when you file

 

Form 943-X.

If you are filing Form 943-X MORE THAN 90 days before the period of limitations on credit or refund for Form 943 expires . . .

Choose either process to correct the overreported amounts.

Choose the adjustment process if you want the amount shown on line 18 credited to your Form 943 for the period in which you file Form 943-X. Check the box on line 1.

OR

Choose the claim process if you want the amount shown on line 18 refunded to you or abated. Check the box on line 2.

If you are filing Form 943-X

You must use the claim process to correct the

WITHIN 90 days of the

overreported amounts. Check the box on line 2.

expiration of the period of

 

limitations on credit or

 

refund for Form 943 . . .

 

BOTH

The process you

underreported

use depends on

and

when you file

overreported

Form 943-X.

amounts

 

If you are filing Form 943-X MORE THAN 90 days before the period of limitations on credit or refund for Form 943 expires . . .

Choose either the adjustment process or both the adjustment process and the claim process when you correct both underreported and overreported amounts.

Choose the adjustment process if you want to offset your underreported amounts with your overreported amounts.

•File one Form 943-X, and

•Check the box on line 1 and follow the instructions on line 18.

OR

Choose both the adjustment process and claim process if you want the overreported amount refunded to you.

File two separate forms.

1.For the adjustment process, file one Form 943-X to correct the underreported amounts. Check the box on line 1. Pay the amount you owe from line 18 when you file Form 943-X.

2.For the claim process, file a second Form 943-X to correct the overreported amounts. Check the box on line 2.

If you are filing Form 943-X WITHIN 90 days of the expiration of the period of limitations on credit or refund for Form 943 . . .

You must use both the adjustment process and claim process.

File two separate forms:

1.For the adjustment process, file one Form 943-X to correct the underreported amounts. Check the box on line 1. Pay the amount you owe from line 18 when you file Form 943-X.

2.For the claim process, file a second Form 943-X to correct the overreported amounts. Check the box on line 2.

Form 943-X (Rev. 2-2012)

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