Information Collection

Form 8879-EMP, IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945

IC 231042 under ICR 201803-1545-011 · OMB 1545-0967.

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Documents and Forms

Documents and forms in this information collection
Document Name	Document Type
Form 8879-EMP Form 8879-EMP, IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945	Form and Instruction
8879-EMP IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR f8879-emp--2017-02-00.pdf	Form and Instruction
2018-8879-EMP-Burden-2018-02-22 13-35-43.pdf 2018 burden 8879-EMP	IC Document

IC Title:

Form 8879-EMP, IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945

Agency IC Tracking Number:

1545-0967

Is this a Common Form? No

IC Status: New

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 26 CFR 301.6061-1(b)

Information Collection Instruments:

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Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	8879-EMP	IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945	f8879-emp--2017-02-00.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records

Title: "Modernized eFile MeF" system and a Privacy Act System of Records

FR Citation: 80 FR 54064

Number of Respondents: 8,538,400

Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector

Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

table that charts list of burden
	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	8,538,400	8,538,400
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	24,590,592	24,590,592
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

table that charts IC Documents
Title	Document	Date Uploaded
2018 burden 8879-EMP	2018-8879-EMP-Burden-2018-02-22 13-35-43.pdf	04/26/2018

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.