Major Tax Deadlines For February 2009

* February 2 - Employers must provide 2008 W-2 statements to employees.
* February 2 - Payers must provide 2008 Form 1099s to payees. (Brokers have until February 17 to provide Form 1099-B and consolidated statements to customers.)
* February 2 - Employers must generally file Form 941 for the fourth quarter of 2008 and pay any tax due.
* February 2 - Employers must generally file 2008 federal unemployment tax returns and pay any tax due.
* February 17 - Deadline for providing Forms 1099-B and 1099-S to recipients.
For March 2009
* March 2 - Farmers and fishermen who did not make 2008 estimated tax payments must file 2008 tax returns and pay taxes in full.
NOTE: Businesses are required to make federal tax deposits on dates determined by various factors that differ from business to business.
Payroll tax deposits: Employers generally must deposit Form 941 payroll taxes (income tax withheld from employees' pay and both the employer's and employees' share of social security taxes) on either a monthly or semiweekly deposit schedule. There are exceptions if you owe $100,000 or more on any day during a deposit period, if you owe $2,500 or less for the calendar quarter, or if your estimated annual liability is $1,000 or less.
* Monthly depositors are required to deposit payroll taxes accumulated within a calendar month by the fifteenth of the following month.
* Semiweekly depositors generally must deposit payroll taxes on Wednesdays or Fridays, depending on when wages are paid.
For more information on tax deadlines that apply to you or your business.
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