The 941 is for employers withholding income tax, social security tax, or Medicare tax from an employee's paycheck — or an employer who must pay the employer's portion of those taxes. Use the 941 Form to report those taxes on a quarterly basis. This report makes filing quarterly 941 Federal Tax Returns easy.
Report Description
Related: 941 Schedule B Report
Parameters
| Parameter Name | Options | Explanation |
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| Year Quarter | List of Year followed by quarter name, or Year followed by quarter name then | and Staffing Company (if Supplier property GenerateSeparateGSXMLFile is set to True) | Shows the Year, Quarter, and the staffing company from the Config Year (Admin > Employer > Config Year). The year shown is of this year or the prior year. |
| Aggregate Return Filers Only |
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Report Fields
| Field Name | Explanation | Notes |
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| Employer identification number (EIN) | FEIN of supplier | |
| Name | Full name of supplier | |
| Trade name | Not pulled | |
| Address | Street1 and Street2 from address of the supplier | |
| City | City from address of supplier | |
| State | State from address of supplier | |
| ZIP code | ZIP code from address of supplier | |
| Foreign country name | Not pulled | |
| Foreign province/county | Not pulled | |
| Foreign postal code | Not pulled | |
| Report for this Quarter of |
1: January, February, March — checked if the report is run for Q1 2: April, May, June — checked if the report is run for Q2 3: July, August, September — checked if the report is run for Q3 4: October, November, December — checked if the report is run for Q4 |
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| Aggregate Return Filers Only |
Type of Filer (Check One):
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| 1 Number of employees who received wages, tips, or other compensation for the pay period including: Mar. 12 (Quarter 1), June 12 (Quarter 2), Sept. 12 (Quarter 3), or Dec. 12 (Quarter 4) | Shows the Total941Employees from GS_Company941Info | |
| 2 Wages, tips, and other compensation | Shows the Total941Wages from GS_Company941Info | |
| 3 Federal income tax withheld from wages, tips, and other compensation | Shows the Total941IncomeTaxWithheld from GS_Company941Info | |
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4 If no wages, tips, and other compensation are subject to social security or Medicare tax Check and go to line 6. |
Checked if NotSubjectToIndicator from GS_Company941Info is True | |
| 5a Taxable social security wages* | Shows TaxableSocialSecurityWages from GS_Company941Info under Column 1 and TaxableSocialSecurityWages * .124 under Column 2 | * Include taxable qualified sick and family leave wages paid in this quarter of 2023 for leave taken after March 31, 2022, and before October 1, 2022, on line 5a. Use lines 5a(i) and 5a(ii) only for taxable qualified sick and family leave wages paid in this quarter of 2023 for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before April 1, 2022. |
| 5b Taxable social security tips |
Shows TaxableSocialSecurityTips from GS_Company941Info under Column 1 and TaxableSocialSecurityTips * .124 under Column 2
Note: For employees with large tip amounts where net earnings are insufficient to cover the full Social Security and Medicare tax, Classic Back Office now collects these taxes up to the available net amount and records any uncollected remainder. The collected and uncollected amounts flow through the Greenshades feed into lines 5b and 5c, ensuring the 941 accurately reflects all taxable tip wages for the quarter as required by the IRS.
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| 5c Taxable Medicare wages & tips | Shows TaxableMedicareWagesTips from GS_Company941Info under Column 1 and TaxableMedicareWagesTips * .029 under Column 2 | |
| 5d Taxable wages & tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding | Shows AdditionalTaxableMedicareWagesTips from GS_Company941Info under Column 1 and AdditionalTaxableMedicareWagesTips * .009 under Column 2 | |
| 5e Total social security and Medicare taxes. Add Column 2 from lines 5a, 5a(i), 5a(ii), 5b, 5c, and 5d | Shows the sum of values from Column 2 of 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d | |
| 5f Section 3121(q) Notice and Demand – Tax due on unreported tips (see instructions) | Not pulled, default value 0.00 shown | |
| 6 Total taxes before adjustments. Add lines 3, 5e, and 5f | Sum of values from questions 3, 5e, and 5f | |
| 7 Current quarter's adjustment for fractions of cents | Shows the FractionOfCentsAdjustment from GS_Company941Info | |
| 8 Current quarter's adjustment for sick pay | Shows the SickPayAdjustment from GS_Company941Info | |
| 9 Current quarter's adjustments for tips and group-term life insurance |
Shows the IncomeTaxWithheldAdjustment from GS_Company941Info
Note: Any uncollected Social Security and Medicare tax on tip income — where an employee's net earnings were insufficient to cover the full tax amount — is now reported here. Classic Back Office passes this amount to the Greenshades feed via the
OtherAdjustment node under Company941Info, which populates Line 9 on the generated 941. |
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| 10 Total taxes after adjustments. Combine lines 6 through 9 | Shows the sum of values from questions 6, 7, 8, and 9 | |
| 11a Qualified small business payroll tax credit for increasing research activities. Attach Form 8974 | Not pulled, default value 0.00 shown | |
| 12 Total taxes after adjustments and nonrefundable credits. Subtract line 11g from line 10. | Shows the difference of value of line 11g from line 10 | |
| 13a Total deposits for this quarter, including overpayment applied from a prior quarter and overpayments applied from Form 941-X, 941-X (PR), 944-X, or 944X (SP) filed in the current quarter. | ||
| 14 Balance due. If line 12 is more than line 13g, enter the difference and see instructions. | Calculated as value from question 12 – value from question 13g if the value in question 12 is greater than value in question 13g | |
| 15 Overpayment. If line 13g is more than line 12, enter the difference | Shows the difference of value from question 12 and question 13g if value in question 12 is less than value in question 13g | |
| Check one: |
Apply to next return. Is checked if ApplyToNextIndicator from GS_Company941Info is True Send a refund. Is checked if RefundedIndicator from GS_Company941Info is True |
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| 16 Check one: |
Line 12 on this return is less than $2,500 or line 12 on the return for the prior quarter was less than $2,500, and you didn't incur a $100,000 next-day deposit obligation during the current quarter. If line 12 for the prior quarter was less than $2,500 but line 12 on this return is $100,000 or more, you must provide a record of your federal tax liability. If you are a monthly schedule depositor, complete the deposit schedule below; if you are a semiweekly schedule depositor, attach Schedule B (Form 941). Go to Part 3. [Is not checked from the logic of the report] You were a monthly schedule depositor for the entire quarter. Enter your tax liability for each month and total liability for the quarter, then go to Part 3. [Is checked if the value of supplier property GS_Company941Info_MonthlyDepositorIndicator is True] Tax liability: Month 1 [shows the value of FirstMonthLiability from GS_MonthLiability if the value of supplier property GS_Company941Info_MonthlyDepositorIndicator is True] Month 2 [shows the value of SecondMonthLiability from GS_MonthLiability if the value of supplier property GS_Company941Info_MonthlyDepositorIndicator is True] Month 3 [shows the value of ThirdMonthLiability from GS_MonthLiability if the value of supplier property GS_Company941Info_MonthlyDepositorIndicator is True] Total liability for quarter [shows the sum of Month 1, Month 2, and Month 3] You were a semiweekly schedule depositor for any part of this quarter. Complete Schedule B (Form 941), Report of Tax Liability for Semiweekly Schedule Depositors, and attach it to Form 941. [Is checked if the value of the supplier property GS_Company941Info_SemiweeklyDepositorIndicator is True] |
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| 17 If your business has closed or you stopped paying wages. Check here, and enter the final date you paid wages [ ]; also attach a statement to your return. See instructions. | Not pulled for both checkbox and textbox field | |
| 18 If you are a seasonal employer and you do not have to file a return for every quarter of the year. Check here [ ] | Not pulled | |
| Do you want to allow an employee, a paid tax preparer, or another person to discuss this return with the IRS? See the instructions for details. |
Yes is checked if DesigneeIndicator from GS_Company940 is True No is checked if DesigneeIndicator from GS_Company940 is False |
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| [If Yes]: Designee's name and phone number | Shows the DesigneeName and DesigneePhone from GS_Company940 | |
| Select a 5-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) to use when talking to IRS | Shows the DesigneePin from GS_Company940 | |
| Sign your name here | Not pulled | |
| Date | Not pulled | |
| Print your name here | Not pulled | |
| Print your title here | Not pulled | |
| Best daytime phone | Not pulled | |
| Check if you are self-employed | Not pulled | |
| Preparer's name | Not pulled | |
| PTIN | Not pulled | |
| Preparer's signature | Not pulled | |
| Date | Not pulled | |
| Firm's name (or yours if self-employed) | Not pulled | |
| EIN | Not pulled | |
| Address | Not pulled | |
| Phone | Not pulled | |
| City | Not pulled | |
| State | Not pulled | |
| ZIP code | Not pulled |
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