941 Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return

941-SS for 2006:

Employer’s QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return

Form
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
(Rev. October 2006)
Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Department of the Treasury — Internal Revenue Service
(EIN)
Employer identification number

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OMB No. 1545-0029

Report for this Quarter ...
(Check one.)

Name (not your trade name)

1: January, February, March
Trade name (if any)

2: April, May, June

Address

3: July, August, September
Number

Street

Suite or room number

4: October, November, December
City

State

ZIP code

Read the separate instructions before you fill out this form. Please type or print within the boxes.

Part 1: Answer these questions for this quarter.
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), Dec. 12 (Quarter 4)

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2
3
4 If no wages, tips, and other compensation are subject to social security or Medicare tax
5 Taxable social security and Medicare wages and tips:
Column 1
5a Taxable social security wages
5b Taxable social security tips
5c Taxable Medicare wages & tips

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Column 2
3 .124 =
3 .124 =
3 .029 =

Check and go to line 7.

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5d Total social security and Medicare taxes (Column 2, lines 5a + 5b + 5c = line 5d)

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5d

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7 TAX ADJUSTMENTS (Read the instructions for line 7 before completing lines 7a through 7h.):

7c Current quarter’s adjustments for tips and group-term life insurance

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7e Prior quarters’ social security and Medicare taxes (attach Form 941c)

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7g Special additions to social security and Medicare (attach Form 941c)

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7a Current quarter’s fractions of cents
7b Current quarter’s sick pay

7d

7f

7h TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS (Combine all amounts: lines 7a through 7g.)

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7h
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8 Total taxes after adjustments (Combine lines 5d and 7h.)

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11 Total deposits for this quarter, including overpayment applied from a prior quarter

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12 Balance due (If line 8 is more than line 11, write the difference here
Make checks payable to United States Treasury.

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13 Overpayment (If line 11 is more than line 8, write the difference here.)
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Check one

You MUST fill out both pages of this form and SIGN it.

For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the back of the Payment Voucher.

Cat. No. 17016Y

Form

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941-SS

(Rev. 10-2006)

Name (not your trade name)

Employer identification number (EIN)

Part 2: Tell us about your deposit schedule and tax liability for this quarter.
If you are unsure about whether you are a monthly schedule depositor or a semiweekly schedule depositor, see Pub. 80
(Circular SS), section 8.

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15 Check one:

Line 8 is less than $2,500. Go to Part 3.
You were a monthly schedule depositor for the entire quarter. Fill out your tax
liability for each month. Then go to Part 3.
Tax liability:

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Month 1
Month 2
Month 3

Total liability for quarter

Total must equal line 8.

You were a semiweekly schedule depositor for any part of this quarter. Fill out Schedule B (Form 941):
Report of Tax Liability for Semiweekly Schedule Depositors, and attach it to this form.

Part 3: Tell us about your business. If a question does NOT apply to your business, leave it blank.
16 If your business has closed or you stopped paying wages
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enter the final date you paid wages

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Check here, and

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17 If you are a seasonal employer and you do not have to file a return for every quarter of the year

Check here.

Part 4: May we speak with your third-party designee?
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. Designee’s name
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Phone

)

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Personal Identification Number (PIN)

No.

Part 5: Sign here. You MUST fill out both pages of this form and SIGN it.

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Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to
the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete.
Sign your name here
Print name and title
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Date

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Phone

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Part 6: For PAID preparers only (optional)
Paid Preparer’s
Signature
Firm’s name
Address

EIN
ZIP code

Date

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Phone (

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SSN/PTIN

Check if you are self-employed.
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Form

941-SS

(Rev. 10-2006)

Form 941-V(SS),
Payment Voucher
Purpose of Form

Specific Instructions

Complete Form 941-V(SS), Payment Voucher, if you
are making a payment with Form 941-SS, Employer’s
QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return. We will use the
completed voucher to credit your payment more
promptly and accurately, and to improve our service to
you.
If you have your return prepared by a third party and
make a payment with that return, please provide this
payment voucher to the return preparer.

Box 1—Employer identification number (EIN). If you
do not have an EIN, apply for one on Form SS-4,
Application for Employer Identification Number, and
write “Applied For” and the date you applied in this
entry space.
Box 2—Amount paid. Enter the amount you are
paying with Form 941-SS.
Box 3—Tax period. Darken the capsule identifying the
quarter for which the payment is made. Darken only
one capsule.
Box 4—Name and address. Enter your name and
address as shown on Form 941-SS.
● Make your check or money order payable to the
“United States Treasury.” Be sure also to enter your
EIN, “Form 941-SS,” and the tax period on your check
or money order. Do not send cash. Do not staple Form
941-V(SS) or your payment to the return (or to each
other).
● Detach Form 941-V(SS) and send it with your
payment and Form 941-SS to the address provided in
the Instructions for Form 941-SS (Rev. October 2006).

Make payments with Form 941-SS only if:
● Your net taxes for the quarter (line 8 on Form
941-SS) are less than $2,500 and you are paying in full
with a timely filed return or
● You are a monthly schedule depositor making a
payment in accordance with the Accuracy of Deposits
Rule. (See section 8 of Pub. 80 (Circular SS), Federal
Tax Guide for Employees in the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, for details.) This amount
may be $2,500 or more.
Otherwise, you must deposit the amount at an
authorized financial institution or by electronic funds
transfer. See section 8 of Circular SS for deposit
instructions. Do not use Form 941-V(SS) to make
federal tax deposits.
Caution. If you pay an amount with Form 941-SS that
should have been deposited, you may be subject to a
penalty. See Deposit Penalties in section 8 of Pub. 80
(Circular SS).

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Detach Here and Mail With Your Payment and Tax Return. Ä

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

OMB No. 1545-0029

Payment Voucher

Form

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941-V(SS)

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Making Payments With Form 941-SS

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2006

Do not staple or attach this voucher to your payment.

1 Enter your employer identification
number (EIN).

2

Dollars

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4 Enter your business name (individual name if sole proprietor).

Enter the amount of your payment.

Tax period

1st
Quarter

3rd
Quarter

Enter your address.

2nd
Quarter

4th
Quarter

Enter your city, state, and ZIP code.

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Form 941-SS (Rev. 10-2006)

Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.
We ask for the information on this form to carry out the
Internal Revenue laws of the United States. We need it
to figure and collect the right amount of tax. Subtitle C,
Employment Taxes, of the Internal Revenue Code
imposes employment taxes on wages. This form is
used to determine the amount of the taxes that you
owe. Section 6011 requires you to provide the
requested information if the tax is applicable to you.
Section 6109 requires you to provide your employer
identification number (EIN). If you fail to provide this
information in a timely manner, you may be subject to
penalties and interest.
You are not required to provide the information
requested on a form that is subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid OMB
control number. Books and records relating to a form
or instructions must be retained as long as their
contents may become material in the administration of
any Internal Revenue law.
Generally, tax returns and return information are
confidential, as required by section 6103. However,
section 6103 allows or requires the IRS to disclose or
give the information shown on your tax return to others
as described in the Code. For example, we may
disclose your tax information to the Department of

Justice for civil and criminal litigation, and to cities,
states, and the District of Columbia for use in
administering their tax laws. We may also disclose this
information to other countries under a tax treaty, to
federal and state agencies to enforce federal nontax
criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and
intelligence agencies to combat terrorism.
The time needed to complete and file this form will
vary depending on individual circumstances. The
estimated average time is:
Recordkeeping
Learning about the law or the form
Preparing the form
Copying, assembling, and sending
the form to the IRS

6 hr., 27 min.
18 min.
24 min.
0 min.

If you have comments concerning the accuracy of
these time estimates or suggestions for making Form
941-SS simpler, we would be happy to hear from you.
You can write to: Internal Revenue Service, Tax
Products Coordinating Committee,
SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, 1111 Constitution Ave. NW,
IR-6406, Washington, DC 20224. Do not send Form
941-SS to this address. Instead, see Where Should
You File? on page 2 of the Instructions for Form
941-SS.