Get 2010 Form 945

Credit for backup withholding If you had income tax withheld under the backup withholding rule, report the federal income tax withholding (shown on Form 1099 or W-2G) on your return for the year you received the income.

Forms 940, 941, 943, 944, and 945 are filed by a business using payroll and/or bookkeeping software and are used to reconcile and verify correct remittance of payroll taxes due by the employer as well as taxes that were withheld from employees' paychecks.

Sections 3402, 3405, and 3406 of the Internal Revenue Code require taxpayers to pay over to the IRS federal income tax withheld from certain nonpayroll payments and distributions, including backup withholding. Form 945 is used to report these withholdings.

Form 945 is also used to report federal income tax withholding on other nonwage amounts, such as pension and IRS distributions, military retirement pay, gambling winnings, and certain government payments on which the payee has elected voluntary withholding.

Form 945, "Annual Return of Withheld Federal Income Tax," is used to report and pay the monies withheld to the IRS. Form 945 is an annual return and is due January 31 of the year following the year in which the taxes are withheld.

What is Form 945? This form is used to report the withheld 20% federal income tax payment that apply to taxable 401k distributions including distributions from self-employed plans such as a solo 401k plan.

If you withhold or are required to withhold federal income tax (including backup withholding) from nonpayroll payments, you must file Form 945.

Form 945 is also used to report federal income tax withholding on other nonwage amounts, such as pension and IRS distributions, military retirement pay, gambling winnings, and certain government payments on which the payee has elected voluntary withholding.