Enlarge image | 860312 Schedule A (Form 940) for 2022: Multi-State Employer and Credit Reduction Information OMB No. 1545-0028 Department of the Treasury — Internal Revenue Service See the Employer identification number (EIN) — instructions on page 2. File this schedule with Name (not your trade name) Form 940. Place an “X” in the box of EVERY state in which you had to pay state unemployment tax this year. For each state with a credit reduction rate greater than zero, enter the FUTA taxable wages, multiply by the reduction rate, and enter the credit reduction amount. Don’t include in the FUTA Taxable Wages box wages that were excluded from state unemployment tax (see the instructions for Step 2). If any states don’t apply to you, leave them blank. Postal FUTA Reduction Credit Reduction Postal FUTA Reduction Credit Reduction Abbreviation Taxable Wages Rate Abbreviation Taxable Wages Rate AK . . NC . . AL . . ND . . AR . . NE . . AZ . . NH . . CA . . NJ . . CO . . NM . . CT . . NV . . DC . . NY . . DE . . OH . . FL . . OK . . GA . . OR . . HI . . PA . . IA . . RI . . ID . . SC . . IL . . SD . . IN . . TN . . KS . . TX . . KY . . UT . . LA . . VA . . MA . . VT . . MD . . WA . . ME . . WI . . MI . . WV . . MN . . WY . . MO . . PR . . MS . . VI . . MT . . Total Credit Reduction. Add all amounts shown in the Credit Reduction boxes. Enter the total here and on Form 940, line 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 940. Cat. No. 16997C Schedule A (Form 940)2022 |
Enlarge image | 860412 Instructions for Schedule A (Form 940) for 2022: Multi-State Employer and Credit Reduction Information Specific Instructions: Completing Schedule A Step 1. Place an “X” in the box of every state (including the Note: Don’t enter your state unemployment wages in the FUTA District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) in Taxable Wages box. which you had to pay state unemployment taxes this year, even Enter the reduction rate and then multiply the total FUTA taxable if the state’s credit reduction rate is zero. wages by the reduction rate. Note: Make sure that you have applied for a state reporting number Enter your total in the Credit Reduction box at the end of the line. for your business. If you don’t have an unemployment account in a state in which you paid wages, contact the state unemployment Step 3. Total credit reduction agency to receive one. For a list of state unemployment agencies, To calculate the total credit reduction, add up all of theCredit visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s website at Reduction boxes and enter the amount in the Total Credit https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/agencies.asp. Reduction box. The table below provides the two-letter postal abbreviations used Then enter the total credit reduction on Form 940, line 11. on Schedule A. Postal Postal Example 1 State Abbreviation State Abbreviation You paid $20,000 in wages to each of three employees in State A. State A is subject to credit reduction at a rate of 0.003 (0.3%). Alabama AL Montana MT Because you paid wages in a state that is subject to credit Alaska AK Nebraska NE reduction, you must complete Schedule A and file it with Form 940. Arizona AZ Nevada NV Total payments to all employees in State A . . . . . . $60,000 Arkansas AR New Hampshire NH Payments exempt from FUTA tax California CA New Jersey NJ (see the Instructions for Form 940) . . . . . . . . . . $0 Colorado CO New Mexico NM Total payments made to each employee in Connecticut CT New York NY excess of $7,000 (3 x ($20,000 - $7,000)) . . . . . . . $39,000 Delaware DE North Carolina NC Total FUTA taxable wages you paid in State A entered in District of Columbia DC North Dakota ND the FUTA Taxable Wages box ($60,000 - $0 - $39,000) . . . $21,000 Florida FL Ohio OH Credit reduction rate for State A . . . . . . . . . . 0.003 Georgia GA Oklahoma OK Total credit reduction for State A ($21,000 x 0.003) . . . . $63.00 Hawaii HI Oregon OR Idaho ID Pennsylvania PA Don’t include in the FUTA Taxable Wages box wages in Illinois IL Rhode Island RI excess of the $7,000 wage base for each employee Indiana IN South Carolina SC ▲! subject to state unemployment insurance in the credit CAUTION reduction state. The credit reduction applies only to Iowa IA South Dakota SD FUTA taxable wages that were also subject to state unemployment Kansas KS Tennessee TN tax. Kentucky KY Texas TX In this case, you would write $63.00 in the Total Credit Reduction Louisiana LA Utah UT box and then enter that amount on Form 940, line 11. Maine ME Vermont VT Example 2 Maryland MD Virginia VA You paid $48,000 ($4,000 a month) in wages to Mary Smith and no Massachusetts MA Washington WA payments were exempt from FUTA tax. Mary worked in State B (not Michigan MI West Virginia WV subject to credit reduction) in January and then transferred to State Minnesota MN Wisconsin WI C (subject to credit reduction) on February 1. Because you paid Mississippi MS Wyoming WY wages in more than one state, you must complete Schedule A and Missouri MO Puerto Rico PR file it with Form 940. U.S. Virgin Islands VI The total payments in State B that aren’t exempt from FUTA tax are $4,000. Since this payment to Mary doesn’t exceed the $7,000 Credit reduction states for 2022. The credit reduction rate for FUTA wage base, the total FUTA taxable wages paid in State B are California, Connecticut, Illinois, and New York is 0.003 (0.3%). The $4,000. credit reduction rate for the U.S. Virgin Islands is 0.036 (3.6%). The total payments in State C that aren’t exempt from FUTA tax are Step 2. You’re subject to credit reduction if you paid FUTA $44,000. However, $4,000 of FUTA taxable wages was paid in State taxable wages that were also subject to state unemployment B with respect to Mary. Therefore, the total FUTA taxable wages taxes in any state listed that has a credit reduction rate greater with respect to Mary in State C are $3,000 ($7,000 (FUTA wage than zero. base) - $4,000 (total FUTA taxable wages paid in State B)). Enter In the FUTA Taxable Wages box, enter the total FUTA taxable $3,000 in the FUTA Taxable Wages box, multiply it by the Reduction wages that you paid in any state that is subject to credit reduction. Rate, and then enter the result in the Credit Reduction box. (The FUTA wage base for all states is $7,000.) However, don’t include in the FUTA Taxable Wages box wages that were excluded Attach Schedule A to Form 940 when you file your return. from state unemployment tax. For example, if you paid $5,000 in FUTA taxable wages in a credit reduction state but $1,000 of those wages were excluded from state unemployment tax, report $4,000 in the FUTA Taxable Wages box. Page 2 |