When a tax debtor claims that he or she is unable to meet his or her federal tax obligations, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must endeavor to learn more about the tax debtor’s financial situation in order to verify this claim. By doing so, the IRS learns more about the debtor’s financial ability to pay,
irs form explained
IRS Forms 940 and 941
Under the current federal tax system, employers are required to pay a Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) tax. The funds collected by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from this tax, together with state unemployment tax collections, are made available to workers who have recently lost their jobs in the form of unemployment compensation. See Internal