Create Your 944

1 Employer & reporting period

Tax year

Only the final 2025 IRS original is offered. A 2026 draft is not used.

The IRS notified this employer in writing to file annual Form 944.

A small annual liability alone does not authorize Form 944. If notified, file it even if your actual liability exceeds $1,000, unless the IRS changed your filing requirement.

Legal employer name *Employer EIN *Street address & suite *City / town *Country

State / territory *ZIP / postal code *

Trade name Only if applicable

Trade name

2 Annual payroll totals

Use the actual totals from your payroll records. The form calculates tax from the taxable wage bases you enter.

Wages, tips & other compensation · Line 1 *Federal income tax withheld · Line 2 *

No wages are subject to Social Security or Medicare tax · Line 3

Taxable Social Security wages · Line 4a *Taxable Medicare wages & tips · Line 4c *

Apply the annual Social Security cap separately to each employee using year-to-date records. Medicare has no wage cap.

Tips & Additional Medicare Only if applicable

Taxable Social Security tips · Line 4bWages & tips subject to Additional Medicare withholding · Line 4d

Enter only each employee’s wages and tips over the employer’s $200,000 annual withholding threshold, combined for this year. Do not enter all Medicare wages.

Adjustments & research credit Only if applicable

Adjustments may be positive or negative. Enter the actual allowed amounts from your records.

Current-year tax adjustments · Line 6Allowed research payroll credit from Form 8974 · Line 8

Deposits & applied prior overpayments · Line 10

3 Deposits & overpayment

Line 9 is below $2,500. Part 2 uses the small-tax choice; monthly boxes remain blank.

Business status, designee & payment voucher Only if applicable

Business closed or stopped paying wages · Line 14Authorize a third-party designee to discuss this returnComplete 944-V for an eligible check / money-order payment

4 Signer details

Signer printed name *Signer title *Best daytime phone *

Paid preparer Only if someone prepared this return for a fee

Include paid-preparer details

Signature

How would you like to sign?

Your signature and signing date will stay blank. Print and sign before submitting your return to the IRS.

Review & download

Review both return pages and any voucher. The complete original three-page packet is included. Required Form 945-A, Form 8974 and closing statements must be prepared and attached separately when applicable.

By clicking Continue to checkout, you confirm that you reviewed the return against your payroll records. IRS filing and payments are separate.

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