Year-end payroll: W-2s and Form 940, due January 31
Give employees their W-2s, send copies to the Social Security Administration, and file federal unemployment Form 940.
- Agency
- IRS + SSA
- Who has to do it
- Businesses with W-2 employees.
- If it's late
- Per-form penalties that grow the later you file.
Step by step
IRS forms
Confirm year-end payroll totals.
Send W-2s to employees and file them with the SSA.
File Form 940 and pay any FUTA balance.
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