{"id":53630,"date":"2022-10-19T09:42:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53630"},"modified":"2022-10-19T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T16:42:52","slug":"employers-urged-to-electronically-file-payroll-tax-returns-by-oct-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=53630","title":{"rendered":"Employers urged to electronically file payroll tax returns by Oct. 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2022-184, <strong>Oct. 19, 2022,\u00a0WASHINGTON<\/strong> \u2014 The Internal Revenue Service today reminded employers to file the next quarterly payroll tax return by the approaching Oct. 31, 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small-businesses-self-employed\/employment-tax-due-dates\">due<\/a> date, and urged them to do so electronically.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While paper filing is available, the IRS strongly encourages e-filing. E-filing is the most secure, accurate method to file returns and saves taxpayers\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>E-filing is easy with auto-populating forms and schedules with a step-by-step process that performs calculations for the employer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The IRS acknowledges receipt of e-filed returns within 24 hours, giving taxpayers reassurance that their return was not misplaced or lost in the mail. E-file users also receive missing information alerts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two options to electronically file payroll tax returns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employers can choose to self-file by purchasing IRS-approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/e-file-providers\/94x-mef-providers\">software<\/a> that meets their specific needs. There may be a fee to electronically file returns through the software, and the software will require a signature to e-file the returns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the software they choose, taxpayers will have one or both of the following options:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small-businesses-self-employed\/use-an-on-line-signature-pin-to-e-file-employment-tax-forms\">Apply for an online signature PIN<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Scan and attach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-8453-emp\">Form 8453-EMP, Employment Tax Declaration for an IRS e-file Return<\/a>, for the required signature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second option for employers is to hire a tax professional to prepare and file their employment tax returns. Taxpayers can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/e-file-providers\/authorized-irs-e-file-provider-locator-service-for-tax-professionals\">Authorized IRS e-file Provider Locator Service<\/a>\u00a0to find a tax professional who can file on behalf of the business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on electronic filing of payroll tax returns, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/e-file-employment-tax-forms\">E-file Employment Tax Forms<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tax relief in disaster situations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employers can find information on the most recent tax relief provisions for taxpayers affected by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/tax-relief-in-disaster-situations\">disaster<\/a> situations on IRS.gov. See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/small-businesses-self-employed\/faqs-for-disaster-victims\">FAQs for Disaster Victims\u00a0<\/a>for information about the definition of an affected taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/around-the-nation\">IRS News from Around the Nation\u00a0<\/a>provides IRS news specific to local areas, primarily disaster relief or tax provisions that affect certain states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2022-184, Oct. 19, 2022,\u00a0WASHINGTON \u2014 The&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53631,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53630\/revisions\/53631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}