PR> Reports> 941 Report
Summary
The 941 Report is used to report on the data required on the IRS Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return Form 941. This form requires reporting of income taxes, Social Security tax, or Medicare tax withheld from employee's paychecks.
Step by Step
1 Open the 941 Report window (PR> Reports> 941 Report).
2 Configure the report. 
- Use the Quarter drop-down menu to select which quarter to include on the report.
- The date filter used to determine which paychecks belong in each quarter is selected in the Date to Use drop-down menu.
- Enter a calendar year in the Year field.
- The Date to Use drop-down menu is used to select what date is used to determine which paychecks belong in each quarter.
- Select Batch if you would like to use the batch month entered in the New Batch window when a Computer Checks or Manual Checks batch is generated.Click here for information about batch months and batch years.
- Select Check if you would like to use the check date.
- The check date is entered on the Checks step of the Computer Checks process (PR> Computer Checks> Checks> Check Date field).Click here for information on the Checks step of the Computer Checks process.
- The check date is entered during the Timecards step on the Manual Checks process (PR> Manual Checks> Timecards> Select a check> Open the Checks tab> Check Date field). Click here for information on entering timecards on Manual Checks.
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The Sick Leave Wages and Family Leave Wages fields are used to
select the qualified sick and family leave pay codes that will be included in the report.
- If a pay code is selected in one field, it cannot be selected in the other.
- The report will display:
- Specified quarter and year
- Number of employees paid during the quarter
- Wages, tips, and other compensation
- Taxable social security wages:
- Qualified sick leave wages
- Qualified family leave wages
- Taxable Medicare wages and tips
- Taxable wages and tips subject to Additional Medicare Tax withholding
3 Print the report.
- Click the Print icon
to process the report immediately or enter a date and time in the field next to the Print icon to schedule the report to generate at a later time.
You can view the progress of the report on the Job Viewer window (SS> Utilities> Show Scheduled Jobs). Click here for information on the Jobs Viewer window.- Click the Print icon drop-down menu and select Print Preview to preview the report before printing.
- Click the Print icon drop-down menu and select Excel to export the report data to an Excel spreadsheet as unformatted data.
- Click the Print icon drop-down menu and select Excel (Formatted) to export the report data to an Excel spreadsheet that includes much of the Springbrook formatting found on the printed version of the report.
- Once the report is generated, you can also display the report using the View Reports window (SS> Utilities> View Report). Click here for information on the View Reports window.