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April 2026)  \nAdjusted Employer’s QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return or Claim for Refund  \nSection references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.  \nFuture Developments  \nFor the latest information about developments related to Form 941-X and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, [go to](go to IRS.gov/)[ ](go to IRS.gov/)[IRS.gov/](go to IRS.gov/)[ ](go to IRS.gov/)[Form941X](Form941X.)[.](Form941X.)  \nTip: You may use these instructions and the April 2026 revision of Form 941-X for all years for which the period of limitations on corrections hasn’t expired. Before you proceed with these instructions and completing Form 941-X, you’ll need a copy of the Instructions for Form 941 for the quarter that you’re correcting because these instructions don’t repeat all of the information included in the Instructions for Form 941. For example, these instructions don’t discuss who is eligible to claim the credit for qualified sick and family leave wages or the COBRA premium assistance credit. Prior revisions of the Instructions for Form 941 are available at [IRS.gov/](IRS.gov/)[ ](IRS.gov/)Form941 (select the link for “All Form 941 revisions” under“Other items you may find useful”) .  \nWhat’s New  \nFederal income tax withholding on qualified tips and qualified overtime compensation. For tax years beginning after 2024 and ending before 2029, P.L. 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, allows employees and self-employed individuals to deduct up to $25,000 of qualified tips received in occupations that customarily and regularly received tips on or before December 31, 2024, on their income tax returns. P. L. 119-21 also allows individuals (employees and other workers not treated as employees) to deduct up to $12,500 ($25,000 if married filing jointly) of qualified overtime compensation on their income tax returns. Employers must use an employee’s updated Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate, if one is submitted by the employee, and the federal income tax withholding procedures in Pub. 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods, to allow the employee to account for their expected deductions and receive more money in each paycheck instead of waiting until filing their income tax return to receive the full benefit of these deductions. Generally, you may correct federal income tax withholding errors only if you discovered the errors in the same calendar year you paid the wages. In addition, for an overcollection, you may correct federal income tax withholding only if you also repaid or reimbursed the employees in the same year. If you didn’t account for these deductions accurately when withholding federal income tax from your employees, you can’t file a Form 941-X to correct federal income tax withholding for prior years for nonadministrative errors. In other words, you  \ncan’t correct federal income tax actually withheld from an employee in a prior year if you discover that you didn’t withhold the right amount. For example, you can’t correct federal income tax withheld in a prior year because you used the wrong income tax withholding table, or you didn’t treat a payment correctly as taxable or nontaxable. Tips are still generally subject to both the employer share and employee share of social security tax and Medicare tax if the tips received are $20 or more per month. Overtime compensation is still generally subject to both the employer share and employee share of social security tax and Medicare tax. For more information about qualified tips, qualified overtime compensation, and the federal income tax withholding procedures, see Pub. 15, Employer’s Tax Guide, and Pub. 15-T.  \nAggregate return filers must identify themselves.  \nAggregate return filers must use the new Aggregate Return Filers Only section on Form 941-X to identify whether they’re filing a corrected aggregate return as a section 3504 agent, certified professional empl","cbCaio3sI6ixnUPm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio3sI6ixnUPm","pdf",384868,27,"English","# Future Developments\n## What’s New\n## Aggregate return filers must identify themselves\n## Limitation on COVID-19 related employee retention credit corrections and extension of assessment period\n# Reminders\n## Caution: leaving non-applicable lines blank\n## References applicable to other forms","[{\"question\":\"What recordkeeping period is required for COVID-19 related employee retention credit items?\",\"answer\":\"Records related to qualified wages paid after June 30, 2021 and before January 1, 2022 should be kept for at least 7 years, consistent with the extended assessment period described.\"}]","Instructions for Form 941-X - Rev. 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