[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 46 (Thursday, March 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 12235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3305]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Notice of Discontinuance of the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 
and Proprietary Formats for Electronically Filed Forms 940 and 941

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to discontinue 
acceptance of electronically filed Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal 
Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return, and Form 941, Employer's Quarterly 
Federal Tax Return, in the EDI and Proprietary formats effective 
October 28, 2006. Decline in use of these formats, coupled with 
increasing costs to maintain these formats, prompted this decision. 
This action pertains to e-filers who develop software or electronically 
transmit Forms 940 and 941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IRS will continue to support the Extensible 
Markup Language (XML) file format for electronically filed Forms 940 
and 941.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions or concerns will also be 
taken over the telephone. Call Jeanie Yancey--202-283-0259 (not a toll-
free number). You may email responses entitled EDI-PROP DISCONTINUANCE 
to [email protected].

    Dated: February 3, 2006.
Jimmy L. Smith,
Director, Submission Processing Wage and Investment.
[FR Doc. E6-3305 Filed 3-8-06; 8:45 am]
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