As long as you've never paid any wages or filed a Form 941 in the past, you won't have to file Forms 940 or 941 in 2023.
If you have filed a Form 941 in the past for your business, you may need to file one even if you have a quarter with no employees or wages to report. (See exceptions below under "When Must You File" for Form 941).
Click here for instructions for Form 940.
Click here for instructions for Form 941.
When Must You File?
File your initial Form 941 for the quarter in which you first paid wages that are subject to social security and Medicare taxes or subject to federal income tax withholding. See the table titled When To File Form 941, later.
Then, you must file for every quarter after that—every 3 months—even if you have no taxes to report,
Also to clarify, if you've taken any distributions from your corporation, you would need to consider reasonable compensation. Please see the information regarding "Paying Yourself" in this article, click here. See the section entitled "Reasonable Compensation".
Click here for information regarding Form 941.
Click here for "How to Pay Employer Federal Taxes."
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