Completing Form 941-X for the Second Quarter of 2022
We are breaking down step by step how to easily file your Form 941-X for the second quarter of 2022 with TaxBandits!
This article covers the TaxBandits filing process and cites basic guidance from the IRS. More detailed IRS instructions on the form itself can be found here.
Once you’ve signed in to TaxBandits, select “Start New” in the upper right corner:
Select “Form”:
Select Form 941:
Select the business you are filing for, or manually enter the business information. Then click “Save and Continue”:
Select the tax year and quarter you are filing for:
Select the form you are completing the correction for:
Completing Part 1
Select ONLY one process. See page 6 for additional guidance, including information on how to treat employment tax credits and social security tax deferrals.
Line 1: Adjusted employment tax return.
This box is used to indicate if you’re correcting underreported or overreported tax amounts and if you would like to use the adjustment process to correct the errors.
If you’re correcting both underreported tax amounts and overreported tax amounts on this form, this box has to be checked.
Line 2: Claim.
If you’re only correcting overreported tax amounts and are claiming a refund or abatement for the negative amount on line 27.
This box must be checked if you have a credit (a negative amount on line 27) and the period of limitations on credit/refund for Form 941 will expire within 90 days of the date you file Form 941-X.
Completing Part 2
Complete the certifications. Check all that apply.
Line 3: I certify that I’ve filed or will file Forms W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, or Forms W-2c, Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, as required.
Checking this box certifies that Forms W-2 or Forms W-2c have or will be filed with the SSA showing the employees’ correct wage and tax amounts.
If all of the corrections relate to underreported tax amounts, line 3 is required, then lines 4 and 5 would need to be skipped.
Line 4: If you checked line 1 because you’re adjusting overreported federal income tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, or Additional Medicare Tax, check all that apply. You must check at least one box.
- Checking this box indicates/certifies that:
- The overreported amount includes each affected employee share of overcollected taxes.
- The employee share of current and prior year taxes has been repaid or reimbursed.
- Written statements from the employees stating that they didn’t and won’t receive a refund or credit for the prior year taxes were received.
- The federal income tax or Additional Medicare Tax withheld from employees has been adjusted for the current calendar year only.
- Checking this box indicates/certifies that:
- The overreported amount is only for the employer share of taxes on those employees who you were unable to find or those who didn’t give you a statement described on line 4a.
- Checking this box indicates/certifies that:
- The overreported amount is only for federal income tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, or Additional Medicare Tax that wasn’t withheld from the employees.
Line 5: If you checked line 2 because you’re claiming a refund or abatement of overreported federal income tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, or Additional Medicare Tax, check all that apply. You must check at least one box.
- Checking this box indicates/certifies that:
- The overreported amount includes each affected employee share of social security and Medicare taxes.
- The employees share of social security and Medicare taxes has been repaid or reimbursed.
- If, if the employee social security and Medicare taxes was overcollected in prior years, written statements from the employees stating that they didn’t and won’t receive a refund or credit for the prior year taxes were received.
- Checking this box indicates/certifies that:
- The overreported amount includes each affected employee share of social security and Medicare taxes.
- The employee share of social security and Medicare taxes hasn’t been repaid or reimbursed.
- Consent was received from each affected employee to file a claim on the employee share of those taxes.
- Written statements from the employees stating that they didn’t and won’t receive a refund or credit for the prior year taxes were received.
- Checking this box indicates/certifies that:
- The overreported tax is only for the employer share of social security and Medicare taxes.
- This applies when:
- The affected employees didn’t provide consent to file the claim
- The employees couldn’t be located
- The employees didn’t provide a statement containing the requirements referenced below
- This applies when:
- The overreported tax is only for the employer share of social security and Medicare taxes.
- Checking this box indicates/certifies that:
- The overreported amount is only for federal income tax, social security tax, Medicare tax, or Additional Medicare Tax that wasn’t withheld from employees
An employee consent statement must contain:
- The employee’s name, address, and social security number (or truncated taxpayer identification number, when appropriate)
- The employer’s name, address, and EIN
- The tax period(s), type of tax, and the amount of tax the consent is being provided for
- Confirm that the employee authorizes the employer to claim a refund for the overpayment of the employee share of tax
- For include the employee’s written statement certifying that the employee hasn’t made any previous claims (or the claims were rejected) and won’t make any future claims for refund or credit of the amount of the overcollection;
- Identify the basis of the claim
- If the amounts were collected in a prior year, include a written statement from the employee(s) confirming that no previous claims were made or the claims were rejected, and that they won’t make any future refund or credit claims for the amount of the overcollection
- Be dated and contain the employee’s signature under penalties of perjury.
Click “Save and Continue” to move to page 2:
Completing Part 3
Enter the corrections for this quarter. If any line doesn’t apply, leave it blank.
When completing Part 3, keep in mind:
- Column 1 is for the total corrected amount (for ALL employees)
- Column 2 is for the amount originally reported or as previously corrected
- Column 3 is for the difference
- If you are correcting any amounts on Form 941-X Lines 6 through 13, columns 1 and 2, amounts for all employees should be shown, not just for employees whose amounts are being corrected.
- Since there are special circumstances for lines 14–22, 24–26c, and 28–40, the IRS recommends reading their instructions for each line carefully before completing these lines.
- Lines that do not apply should be left blank.
- As you fill out the form, TaxBandits will automatically complete several of the calculations for you. You will only need to provide information in the checkboxes and yellow fields as it pertains to your business. If the box is gray, it is either not required or TaxBandits will complete that box for you based on other information you’ve provided.
Line 6: Wages, tips, and other compensation
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 2
Line 7: Federal income tax withheld from wages, tips, and other compensation
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 3
Line 8: Taxable social security wages
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 5a, Column 1
Line 9: Qualified sick leave wages
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 5a(i), Column 1
Line 10: Qualified family leave wages
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 5a(ii), Column 1
Line 11: Taxable social security tips
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 5b, Column 1
Line 12: Taxable Medicare wages & tips
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 5c, Column 1
Line 13: Taxable wages & tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 5d
Line 14: Section 3121(q) Notice and Demand—Tax due on unreported tips
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 5f
Line 15: Tax adjustments
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Lines 7 through 9
Line 16: Qualified small business payroll tax credit for increasing research activities
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 11a
Line 17: Nonrefundable portion of credits for qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken before April 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 11b
Line 18:
- Nonrefundable portion of employee retention credit
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 11c
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Nonrefundable portion of credit for qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 11d
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Nonrefundable portion of COBRA premium assistance credit
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 11e
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Number of individuals provided COBRA premium assistance
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 11f
- What line of Form 941 is this?
Line 19: Special addition to wages for federal income tax
- Enter only corrections to wages resulting from reclassifying certain workers as employees when section 3509 rates are used to calculate the taxes.
Line 20: Special addition to wages for social security taxes
- Enter only corrections to wages resulting from reclassifying certain workers as employees when section 3509 rates are used to calculate the taxes.
Line 21: Special addition to wages for Medicare taxes
- Enter only corrections to wages resulting from reclassifying certain workers as employees when section 3509 rates are used to calculate the taxes.
Click “Save and Continue” to move to page 3:
Line 22: Special addition to wages for Additional Medicare Tax
- Enter only corrections to wages resulting from reclassifying certain workers as employees when section 3509 rates are used to calculate the taxes.
Line 23: Combine the amounts on lines 7 through 22 of Column 4
Line 24: Deferred amount of social security tax
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 13b
Line 25: Refundable portion of credit for qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken before April 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 13c
Line 26:
- Refundable portion of employee retention credit
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 13d
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Refundable portion of credit for qualified sick and family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 13e
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Refundable portion of COBRA premium assistance credit
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 13f
- What line of Form 941 is this?
Line 27: Total. Combine the amounts on lines 23 through 26c of Column 4
- If line 27 is less than zero:
- And Line 1 is checked, this is the amount to be applied as a credit to Form 941 for the tax period in which you’re filing this form.
Line 28: Qualified health plan expenses allocable to qualified sick leave wages for leave taken before April 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 19
Line 29: Qualified health plan expenses allocable to qualified family leave wages for leave taken before April 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 20
Line 30: Qualified wages for the employee retention credit
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 21
Line 31:
- Qualified health plan expenses for the employee retention credit
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 22
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Check here if you’re eligible for the employee retention credit in the third or fourth quarter of 2021 solely because your business is a recovery startup business
Line 32: Credit from Form 5884-C, line 11, for this quarter
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 23
Click “Save and Continue” to move to page 4:
Line 33:
- Qualified wages paid March 13 through March 31, 2020, for the employee retention credit
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 24
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Deferred amount of the employee share of social security tax included on Form 941 or 941-SS, line 13b
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 24
- What line of Form 941 is this?
Line 34: Qualified health plan expenses allocable to wages reported on Form 941 or 941-SS, line 24
What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 25
Line 35: Qualified sick leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 23
Line 36: Qualified health plan expenses allocable to qualified sick leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 24
Line 37: Amounts under certain collectively bargained agreements allocable to qualified sick leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 25
Line 38: Qualified family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 26
Line 39: Qualified health plan expenses allocable to qualified family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 27
Line 40: Amounts under certain collectively bargained agreements allocable to qualified family leave wages for leave taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021
- What line of Form 941 is this?
- Line 28
Click “Save and Continue” to move to page 5:
Completing Part 4:
Line 41: Check here if any corrections you entered on a line include both underreported and overreported amounts. Explain both your underreported and overreported amounts on line 43.
Line 42: Check here if any corrections involve reclassified workers. Explain on line 43.
Line 43: You must give us a detailed explanation of how you determined your corrections. See the instructions.
- Describe in detail each correction entered in:
- Column 4 on lines 7–22
- Column 4 on lines 24–26c
- Line 6
- Lines 28–40
- Provide the following information in your explanation for each correction.
- Form 941-X line number(s) affected.
- Date you discovered the error.
- Difference (amount of the error).
- Cause of the error.
Completing Part 5
Sign here. You must complete all five pages of this form and sign it.
Click the box to the right of ‘Sign your name here’ and apply your signature.
Review and edit the name, title, and daytime phone number boxes as needed.
Click “Save and Continue”.
Select whether you need to complete Schedule B:
If Schedule B needs to be completed, click “I want to add Schedule B”, fill out Schedule B, then click “Save and Continue”.
If Schedule B doesn’t need to be completed, click “I do not need Schedule B”.
Prepare your Form 941-X
Review the summary. If changes are needed, select “Edit”, update the information as needed, and continue to follow the prompts.
If no changes are needed, pay the form preparation fee by adding your card details and clicking ‘Pay and Print’.
You can then print and mail Form 941-X to the IRS.
Click here and refer to page 6 for information on what address to mail the 941-X to.
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