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IRS Forms for Businesses, Corporations and Partnerships
29 forms used by businesses, corporations and partnerships. Each page explains the form in plain English and lets you fill out the official PDF in your browser.
Form SS-4Application for Employer Identification NumberThe form you file to get an Employer Identification Number, the 9-digit number your business, trust, or estate uses on tax filings.Form W-2Wage and Tax StatementThe year-end statement you give each employee and send to the Social Security Administration, showing what you paid and what you withheld.Form W-3Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements (Info Copy Only)The cover sheet that goes with paper Copy A of your Forms W-2 and totals the amounts on them for the Social Security Administration.Form W-8BEN-ECertificate of Entities Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)The form a foreign entity gives to a U.S. payer to show it is not a U.S. person and to claim a lower treaty rate of withholding.Form W-9Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and CertificationYou fill this out when someone who pays you needs your correct tax ID number so they can report the payments to the IRS.Form 56Notice Concerning Fiduciary RelationshipThe form you file to tell the IRS you are acting for someone else on their taxes, as an executor, trustee, guardian or receiver.Form 843Claim for Refund and Request for AbatementThe form you file to ask the IRS for a refund or to cancel certain taxes, penalties, interest, or fees you should not have been charged.Form 940Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax ReturnThe annual return employers file to report federal unemployment (FUTA) tax on the first $7,000 of wages paid to each employee.Form 941Employer's QUARTERLY Federal Tax ReturnThe quarterly return where you report the wages you paid, the income tax you withheld, and the social security and Medicare tax you owe.Form 944Employer's Annual Federal Tax ReturnThe yearly payroll tax return you file instead of four quarterly Forms 941, but only if the IRS mailed you a notice telling you to.Schedule C (Form 1040)Profit or Loss From Business (Sole Proprietorship)The form you attach to your tax return to report what your business took in, what it spent, and whether it ended the year at a profit.Form 1065U.S. Return of Partnership IncomeThe yearly return your partnership files to show the IRS its income and split it among the partners, who pay the tax themselves.Form 1096Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information ReturnsThe cover sheet you mail to the IRS with a batch of paper 1099s, 1098s, or similar forms, showing how many you sent and what they total.Form 1099-INTInterest Income (Info Copy Only)The form your bank or other payer sends you and the IRS to report the interest they paid you during the year.Form 1099-MISCMiscellaneous InformationThe form a business files to report rent, prizes, attorney proceeds and other payments that are not wages or contractor pay.Form 1099-NECNonemployee Compensation - Form 1099 NECThe form your business files when you pay someone who is not an employee $2,000 or more for work during the year.Form 1120U.S. Corporation Income Tax ReturnThe yearly income tax return a corporation files to report what it earned, what it deducted, and how much tax it owes.Form 1120-SU.S. Income Tax Return for an S CorporationThe yearly federal return your S corporation files to report its income and pass each shareholder's share through on a Schedule K-1.Form 2553Election by a Small Business CorporationThe form your corporation files to be taxed as an S corporation, so its income is taxed to the shareholders instead of the company.Form 2848Power of Attorney and Declaration of RepresentativeThe form you sign to let an attorney, CPA, enrolled agent or other eligible person deal with the IRS on your behalf.Form 3911Taxpayer Statement Regarding RefundThe form you send the IRS when your federal tax refund never showed up, or the refund check you got was lost, stolen or destroyed.Form 4506-CIVES Request for Transcript of Tax ReturnThe form you sign so the IRS sends your tax transcript to an authorized IVES participant instead of to you.Form 4506-TRequest for Transcript of Tax ReturnThe form you send the IRS when you need a transcript of a past tax return, your wage records, or proof that you did not file.Form 4562Depreciation and Amortization (Including Information on Listed Property)The form you attach to your tax return to deduct the cost of business property over time, or expense it up front under section 179.Form 7004Application for Automatic Extension of Time To File Certain Business Income Tax, Information, and Other ReturnsThe form you file to get automatic extra time to turn in a business, estate, trust or information return.Form 8821Tax Information AuthorizationThe form you sign to let a person or company you choose look at or receive your confidential IRS tax information.Form 8822-BChange of Address or Responsible Party - BusinessThe form you mail the IRS when your business changes its mailing address, its location, or the person listed as its responsible party.Form 8832Entity Classification ElectionThe form an LLC or similar business files to choose whether the IRS taxes it as a corporation, a partnership, or as part of its owner.Form 8949Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital AssetsThe form you attach to Schedule D to list every sale of stock, digital assets, or other property so the IRS can match your numbers.
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