Form 8879-EMP, IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945

Declaration and Signature for Electronic and Magnetic Media Filing Forms: F-8453-EMP, F-8453-FE, F-8879-EMP and F-8879-F

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Documents and Forms

Document Name Document Type
Form 8879-EMP Form 8879-EMP, IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945 Form and Instruction
8879-EMP IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR f8879-emp--2017-02-00.pdf Form and Instruction
2018-8879-EMP-Burden-2018-02-22 13-35-43.pdf 2018 burden 8879-EMP IC Document

Information Collection (IC) Details

IC Title:	Form 8879-EMP, IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945	Agency IC Tracking Number:	1545-0967

Is this a Common Form? No		IC Status: New

Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits

CFR Citation: 26 CFR 301.6061-1(b)

Information Collection Instruments:

Document Type	Form No.	Form Name	Instrument File	URL	Available Electronically?	Can Be Submitted Electronically?	Electronic Capability
Form and Instruction	8879-EMP	IRS e-file Signature Authorization for Forms 940, 940-PR, 941, 941-PR, 941-SS, 943, 943-PR, 944, and 945	f8879-emp--2017-02-00.pdf		Yes	Yes	Fillable Fileable Signable

Line of Business: General Government

Subfunction: Taxation Management

Privacy Act System of Records
Title: "Modernized eFile MeF" system and a Privacy Act System of Records	FR Citation: 80 FR 54064

Number of Respondents: 8,538,400	Number of Respondents for Small Entity: 0

Affected Public: Private Sector	Private Sector: Businesses or other for-profits

Percentage of Respondents Reporting Electronically: 100 %

	Approved	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	8,538,400	8,538,400
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	24,590,592	24,590,592
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Documents for IC

Title	Document	Date Uploaded
2018 burden 8879-EMP	2018-8879-EMP-Burden-2018-02-22 13-35-43.pdf	04/26/2018

Blank fields in records indicate information that was not collected or not collected electronically prior to July 2006.