Print the Reporting Agent List report and Form 8655
When you register as a reporting agent with the IRS, you'll need to submit a list of your clients, and file Form 8655 for each client.
Follow these steps to create a reporting agent list and print a Form 8655 for each client in Accounting CS.
Preview and print the reporting agent list and Form 8655
- SelectActions,Enroll, thenReporting Agent Authorization.
- Use the filters to display the clients you want to include in the report.
- SelectAdd Clients. TheClient enrollmentgrid displays the filtered clients that don't already have theReporting agent (Form 8655 filed)checkbox marked in the Electronic Filing section of the Payroll tax forms additional information window.
- Mark the checkboxes for the client records you want to add to the Reporting Agent List report.note
- If you don't want to print the signature date on Form 8655, mark theSuppress signature datecheckbox.
- Mark theSuppress form 8655checkbox to print only the Reporting Agent List report.
- To remove the date from Line 15 on any form you don’t plan to file, go toSetup,Client, then thePayroll Taxestab. In the Federal 94X section, mark theDo not Filecheckbox next to any forms your client doesn't need to file. For example, if you aren't filing Form 945 for this client, selectDo not Fileto remove the date from Line 15 of Form 8655. By doing this, you ensure that Line 15 includes a date only for forms you actually plan to file.
- Select a contact in theTaxpayer Contactcolumn, if necessary.
- Mark any other applicable checkboxes for each client.
- To preview the report before printing, selectPreview Selected.
- To print the report and the 8655 forms for each client, selectPrint Selected.noteAccounting CS will mark theReporting agent (Form 8655 filed)checkbox for the clients.
Firms can fax the reporting agent list and the 8655 forms to 855-214-7523.
Remove client records from the Reporting Agent List report
Follow these steps to remove a client from the list of client records you act as a reporting agent for.
- SelectActions,Enroll, thenReporting Agent Authorization.
- Use the filters to display the clients you want to remove from the list.
- SelectTerminate Clients. TheClient enrollmentdisplays the filtered clients that don't already have theReporting agent (Form 8655 filed)checkbox marked in the Electronic Filing section of the Payroll tax forms additional information window.
- Mark any other applicable checkboxes for each client.
- To preview the report, selectPreview Selected.
- SelectPrint Selected. Accounting CS will unmark theReporting agent (Form 8655 filed)checkbox for the selected clients.