TaxBandits Knowledge Base

How to file Form 943 in TaxBandits?

Employers must file IRS Form 943, Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return for Agricultural Workers, to report payroll taxes withheld by employers for agricultural employees. 

It should be filed annually by employers who paid wages to one or more farmworkers and withheld federal income tax from those wages.

Follow the below steps to file 943 in TaxBandits:

• Sign in to your TaxBandits account.
• From the dashboard, click Start New >> Form >> 943.
• Select the employer from the address book if already filed for this employer, or enter the employer information manually and click Save and Continue.

• Choose the Tax year to file Form 943. TaxBandits allows you to file Form 943 for the current and previous tax year 2021.

 

• Employer information will be pre-filled.  Enter Form information such as Federal income, Medicare, and Social Security taxes on Page 1 of Form 943.

• Enter the Deposit Schedule & Tax Liability on page 2 of Form 943 and click update and continue.

• Enter Qualified sick leave wages and family leaves wages (if any) taken after March 31, 2021, and before October 1, 2021, on Page 3 of Form 943 and click Save and Continue to proceed further.

• Choose the IRS payment methods. In Taxbandits, you have the following payment options to pay the balance due, if any.

1. Electronic Funds Withdrawal (EFW)
2. Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)
3. Credit/Debit Card
4. Check/Money Order

• Once you complete the form, a summary of the form information will be displayed. Click Continue to proceed further.

• The Form will then goes through our internal audit check. If there are any errors, click the Fix me button found against the error code to resolve it. If there are no errors found in your return, click Next to continue transmitting the Form to the IRS.

Signature:

You must e-sign Form 943 in order to transmit the form to the IRS. Sign using your Online Signature PIN received from the IRS and proceed to file the return. In case you don’t have the Online Signature PIN, use Form 8453-EMP to sign Form 943.  

With TaxBandits, you have the option to either electronically sign your 8453-EMP Form or manually download the completed form, sign it, and upload it in PDF format.

• Here, you can view the filing fee of Form 943. If you want a text notification or printed copies of your 943 forms, you can enable it from here. Once done, click Next.

• Enter the credit card information and click Pay and Transmit to complete transmitting Form 943 to the IRS.

Once Form 943 has been successfully transmitted to the IRS, we will send you an email notifying you of the form status. Meanwhile, a copy of Form 943 will be available in the Print Center. For step-by-step instructions on accessing a copy of the form, click here.