IRS Form 945 Instructions

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Form 945 Instructions

These instructions reference the following reports and documents from your 401k software and companion materials:

• Adoption Agreement

Use Form 945 Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax to report withholdings made on nonpayroll payments (such as distributions from your 401k plan).

Use Form 945 to report income tax withheld from…
Pensions, annuities, and IRAs
Military retirement
Gambling winnings
Indian gaming profits
Volutary withholding on certain government payments
Backup withholdings

These 401k FedForms instructions cover only 401k related payments. Any 401k related income tax withholding for which you completed a Form 1099-R should be included in the year’s Form 945.

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If the annual withholdings exceed $2,500, deposits to a financial institution must be made monthly and recorded on Form 8109 (with company name preprinted) or 8109B (for new plans, no preprinted company name). So long as such deposits are made on time and in full payment of the taxes for the year, Form 945 is not due to the IRS until February 11.

Form 945 is due to the IRS by January 31 along with a check for the amount reported accompanied by a payment voucher described below.

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Use Form 945V to indicate to the IRS any payments you're sending in with your Form 945.

Unlike most of the other IRS Forms and Schedules, you can print Form 945V from this website, if you wish (though the voucher is the second page of Form 945 as issued by the IRS, so if you've ordered and received Form 945 from the IRS you will have also received Form 945V).

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You can click on any highlighted area of any IRS Form or Schedule pictured herein to call up the information on where within your 401k software to find the requested information.

You can choose to view text-only instructional pages. These pages contain only a small graphical representation of the particular IRS Form or Schedule but list all 401k FedForms instructions regarding that Form or Schedule on a single page. Because information is not "hidden" within popup windows, the text-only pages are recommended for user's who prefer to download or print out the instructions rather than view them while online.

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