Irs Form 8850 – Fill Out and Use

Your name

Social security number ▶

County

Telephone number

Job applicant’s signature ▶

Date

For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 2.

Cat. No. 22851L

Form 8850 (Rev. 3-2016)

Form 8850 (Rev. 3-2016)

Page 2

For Employer’s Use Only

Employer’s name

Telephone no.

EIN ▶

Person to contact, if different from above

Telephone no.

Targeted Groups in the separate instructions), enter that group number (4 or 6) . . .

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Date applicant:

Gave

Was

Was

Started

information

offered job

hired

job

Employer’s signature ▶

Title

Date

Privacy Act and

criminal litigation, to the Department of

The time needed to complete and file

Labor for oversight of the certifications

this form will vary depending on

Paperwork Reduction

performed by the SWA, and to cities,

individual circumstances. The estimated

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states, and the District of Columbia for

average time is:

use in administering their tax laws. We

Recordkeeping

. .

6 hr., 27 min.

Section references are to the Internal

may also disclose this information to

Revenue Code.

other countries under a tax treaty, to

Learning about the law

Section 51(d)(13) permits a prospective

federal and state agencies to enforce

or the form

.

. 24 min.

federal nontax criminal laws, or to

employer to request the applicant to

Preparing and sending this form

federal law enforcement and intelligence

complete this form and give it to the

to the SWA

.

. 31 min.

agencies to combat terrorism.

prospective employer. The information

If you have comments concerning the

will be used by the employer to

You are not required to provide the

accuracy of these time estimates or

complete the employer’s federal tax

information requested on a form that is

suggestions for making this form

return. Completion of this form is

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act

simpler, we would be happy to hear from

voluntary and may assist members of

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you. You can send us comments from

targeted groups in securing employment.

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