The New Form 940 for 2006: “Plain & Simple” IRS TAXPAYER BURDEN REDUCTION INITIATIVE.

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The New Form 940 for 2006: “Plain & Simple” IRS TAXPAYER BURDEN REDUCTION INITIATIVE

2 Project Purpose To reduce taxpayer burden and increase voluntary compliance by redesigning Form 940 and reengineering the processing.

3 History of Form 940 Redesign Began May 2004 Led by Office of Taxpayer Burden Reduction (TBR) IRS team of experts –Input from internal & external stakeholders –Partnered with DOL, NASWA & Treasury Plain language document

4 History of Form 940 Redesign Developed objective Defined scope of project –Redesign 940, 940EZ, 940 PR –Simplify instructions –Ensure optical scanning Line-by-line review – “who uses data?” Reviewed internal processing Began redesign

5 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” Combined Forms 940 & 940EZ –No more need to determine which to use –All advantages of 940EZ retained –Reduced burden for over one million current “long form” filers Set up in logical sequence from taxpayer’s point of view –Administrative-type questions first –Most commonly answered questions next –Adjustments and more complex issues follow –Fill out only lines that apply; skip those that don’t

6 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” Information organized into 8 segments –Taxpayers can complete one segment at a time –Breaks major task into smaller ones Large X at place for signature –Reduces chance of omission Instructions on form – every line explained –Form and instructions guide you through math calculations

7 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple”

8 New check boxes in top right corner –No more A, B, C, questions –New boxes for successor employers, final & amended returns –Will promote accuracy, reduce unnecessary correspondence

9 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” No more hand-written explanations of exempt payments required –Check boxes capture exempt payments

10 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” New section for computing adjustments –Replaced old Part II, lines 1-6 with new Part 3 (lines 9 & 10)

11 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” New worksheet for computing adjustments –Worksheet, with decision points, guides you through computation if you have late payments or exempt employees –No more requirement to submit computations with return; you keep with your records

12 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple”

13 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” New Schedule A –Part 1 for multi-state employers to report state unemployment account numbers –Part 2 for credit reduction information –Will simplify computation, increase processing accuracy, and reduce unnecessary taxpayer correspondence

14 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple”

15 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” Form 940-V Payment Voucher removed from form –Now in instruction booklet –Less likelihood of being detached –Will expedite processing, prevent unnecessary correspondence

16 The new Form 940 for 2006 – “Plain & Simple” Form will be optically scanned –More accurate and efficient –Reduces chance of errors

17 Next Steps Gathering feedback –Send comments to: Focus groups & cognitive testing of form –May to September 2005 November 1, 2005 –Target date for finalizing design, submitting to IRS programmers & software developers 2006 – roll out redesigned Form processing season – begin scanning forms

18 Project Contact Lisa McLane, Technical Project Manager, Office of Taxpayer Burden Reduction –Phone: (202) –