IRS Wants Your Thoughts on Employment Tax Paperwork Overload
Published Date: 9/14/2026
Notice
Summary
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the IRS is inviting comments on the information collection request outlined in this notice.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Large employer tax compliance burden
If you are an employer, the IRS estimates 7,730,000 respondents will spend a total of 475,200,000 hours preparing employment tax returns and related forms. The IRS lists a preliminary average of 61 hours 28 minutes per respondent, monetized time of $17,082,000,000, out-of-pocket costs of $21,499,000,000, and a preliminary total monetized burden of $38,581,000,000.
Form list and guidance affect employers
The information collection covers a long list of employment tax forms, schedules, attachments, and published guidance (including forms such as W-2, 941, 940, 944, 945, SS-8, 8974, 8952 and many others). Employers who prepare or submit these specific forms are subject to the reported compliance burdens and any future changes described in this package.
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