The IRS and the Treasury Department have announced the Industry Issue Resolution (IIR) Program will address payroll industry concerns pertaining to signature requirements on employment tax returns.

The National Payroll Reporting Consortium presented the IIR submission to the IRS requesting that the agency update existing procedures to recognize electronic filing and other changes. The industry group also requested certain updates to forms, instructions, publications and sections of the Internal Revenue Manual.

The signature issue involves Revenue Ruling 82-29, which relieves authorized Reporting Agents from having to manually sign employment tax returns they file on behalf of their clients. These returns include Form 940 Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, Form 941 Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, and Form 943 Employer's Annual Tax Return for Agriculture Employees.

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