{"id":380,"date":"2019-01-31T17:27:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayoub-associates.com\/blog\/?p=380"},"modified":"2019-01-31T17:27:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T17:27:47","slug":"irs-reminds-employers-businesses-jan-31-filing-deadline-wage-statements-independent-contractor-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayoub-associates.com\/blog\/irs-reminds-employers-businesses-jan-31-filing-deadline-wage-statements-independent-contractor-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS reminds employers, other businesses of Jan. 31 filing deadline for wage statements, independent contractor forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2019-08, January 29, 2019<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Internal Revenue Service today reminds employers and other businesses of the Jan. 31 filing deadline that applies to filing wage statements and independent contractor forms with the government.<\/p>\n<p>The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act requires employers to file their copies of <a title=\"About Form W-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-w-2\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"f1cb3aba-234d-4d61-aa27-d77b285d7723\">Form W-2<\/a>, Wage and Tax Statement, and <a title=\"About Form W-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-w-3\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"089db239-0c47-49b5-922b-95d653118b03\">Form W-3<\/a>, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements, with the Social Security Administration by Jan. 31. The Jan. 31 deadline also applies to certain <a title=\"About Form 1099-MISC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-1099-misc\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"9745cdf2-562b-4c0e-a360-5b2726f71617\">Forms 1099-MISC<\/a>, Miscellaneous Income, filed with the IRS to report non-employee compensation to independent contractors. Such payments are reported in box 7 of this form.<\/p>\n<p>This deadline makes it easier for the IRS to verify income that individuals report on their tax returns and helps prevent fraud. Failure to file these forms correctly and timely may result in penalties. As always, the IRS urges employers and other businesses to take advantage of the accuracy, speed and convenience of filing these forms electronically.<\/p>\n<p>An extension of time to file Forms W-2 is no longer automatic. The IRS will only grant extensions for specific reasons. Details can be found on the instructions for <a title=\"Form 8809, Application for Extension of Time to File Information Returns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/pub\/irs-prior\/f8809--2018.pdf\" data-entity-substitution=\"pup_linkit_media\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"504ccb37-4a13-42e4-9d56-67810343738d\">Form 8809<\/a>, Application for Extension of Time to File Information Returns.<\/p>\n<p>The IRS noted that some employers who ordered paper information and employer returns may not receive them in time to meet the Jan. 31 deadline and should consider an alternate source for these forms. The IRS is filling these orders as quickly as possible. Click <a title=\"Online Ordering for Information Returns and Employer Returns\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/businesses\/online-ordering-for-information-returns-and-employer-returns\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"77de73ce-b6a5-457a-9c4e-1c3aeeda895f\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, read the instructions for <a title=\"About Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement \" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/forms-pubs\/about-form-w-2\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"f1cb3aba-234d-4d61-aa27-d77b285d7723\">Forms W-2 &amp; W-3<\/a> and the <a title=\"Increase in Information Return Penalties\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/government-entities\/federal-state-local-governments\/increase-in-information-return-penalties-2\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"00b36dff-5363-45f2-9574-44cd938ecf23\">Information Return Penalties<\/a> page at IRS.gov. https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/newsroom\/irs-reminds-employers-other-businesses-of-jan-31-filing-deadline-for-wage-statements-independent-contractor-forms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IR-2019-08, January 29, 2019 WASHINGTON \u2014 The Internal Revenue Service today reminds employers and other businesses of the Jan. 31 filing deadline that applies to filing wage statements and independent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88892,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-general","category-tax-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IRS reminds employers, other businesses of Jan. 31 filing deadline for wage statements, independent contractor forms - Ayoub Sidhum &amp; Co.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ayoub and Associates CPA Firm is a full service Corona CPA firm that provides services in accounting, tax preparation and planning, IRS audit, and sales tax. 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