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no-gutter col-sm-12 col-md-9"> <a id="main-content"></a> <div class="region region-content"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> <article about="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/closing-a-business" class="pup-article full clearfix row"> <div class="col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><div class="pup-media-alert"> <div class="pup-media-alert__danger" role="alert"> <div class="pup-media-alert__icon"><i aria-label="Danger Alert" class="fa fa-exclamation-circle"></i></div> <div class="pup-media-alert__content"> <h2 class="pup-media-alert__content-title">Get COVID-19 tax relief</h2> <p>Before you close your business, find out if tax relief can help you stay open.</p> <ul> <li>Get information on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="81071228-707b-4a40-a24e-91216ef062ee" href="/coronavirus/coronavirus-tax-relief-for-businesses-and-tax-exempt-entities" title="Coronavirus tax relief for businesses and tax-exempt entities">coronavirus relief for businesses</a>.</li> <li>Use the <a href="https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/covid-19-home/covid-19-business-tax-relief/" title="TAS | Businesses and Tax-Exempt Entities Financially Impacted by the Coronavirus">COVID-19 Business Tax Relief Tool</a> to see if you qualify for special <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="47ba2a1d-cdce-4929-a459-91f4146408ed" href="/coronavirus/employer-tax-credits" title="Employer Tax Credits">business tax credits</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <p><a id="On this page..." name="On this page..."></a>Closing your business can be a difficult and challenging task. The IRS has resources that can help you navigate this. On this page, you’ll find the steps you’ll need to take to close your business from a federal tax perspective regardless of your business type and information to help you take care of your employees. Whether a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation, information on this page will help you understand what to file and how to report income you receive and expenses you incur before closure. Remember to check your state responsibilities when closing a business.</p> <h2>Steps to take to close your business</h2> <p><font face="Calibri">On this page:</font></p> <ol> <li><a href="#File a Final Return and Related Forms">File a final return and related forms</a></li> <li><a href="#Take Care of Your Employees">Take care of your employees</a></li> <li><a href="#Pay the Tax You Owe">Pay the tax you owe</a></li> <li><a href="#Report Payments to Contract Workers">Report payments to contract workers</a></li> <li><a href="#Cancel Your EIN and Close Your IRS Business Account">Cancel your EIN and close your IRS business account</a></li> <li><a href="#Keep Your Records">Keep your records</a></li> </ol> <h3><a id="File a Final Return and Related Forms" name="File a Final Return and Related Forms"></a>1. File a final return and related forms</h3> <p>You must file a final return for the year you close your business.</p> <p>The type of return you file – and related forms you need – will depend on the type of business you have. A limited liability company (LLC) is a business organized under state law. An LLC may be classified for federal income tax purposes as a partnership, a corporation or an entity disregarded as separate from its owner.</p> <ul> <li>A <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d9897b64-c403-4f6c-85e2-ba8e430c5527" href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/sole-proprietorships" title="Sole proprietorships">sole proprietor</a> is someone who owns an unincorporated business by themselves.</li> <li>A <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="1cb7c84e-bb97-4410-847f-3281d4bc569a" href="/businesses/partnerships" title="Partnerships">partnership</a> is a relationship between two or more partners to do trade or business.</li> <li>A <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="488b2b30-7ce1-4672-a3db-3806861ecfb7" href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/forming-a-corporation" title="Forming a corporation">corporation</a> is a separate taxpaying entity with at least one shareholder. This includes <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="fcc47a04-ae91-43d0-98b5-d81b8e6768d5" href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/s-corporations" title="S corporations">S corporations</a>.</li> </ul> <div class="accordion-list" data-fix-id="accordion1727358554367_798547"> <div class="table-responsive"> <div aria-multiselectable="true" class="panel-group accordion-list-group accordion-list-items" id="accordion1727358554367_798547" role="tablist"> <div class="collapsible-item panel panel-default" data-fix-id="Collapsible1727358554371_631168" id="Collapsible1727358554371_631168"> <div class="collapsible-item-heading panel-heading" id="headingCollapsible1727358554371_631168" role="tab"> <h4 class="collapsible-item-title panel-title"><a aria-controls="collapseCollapsible1727358554371_631168" aria-expanded="false" class="collapsed collapsible-item-title-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapseCollapsible1727358554371_631168" role="button">Sole proprietor filing requirements</a></h4> </div> <div aria-labelledby="headingCollapsible1727358554371_631168" class="collapse collapsible-item-collapse panel-collapse" id="collapseCollapsible1727358554371_631168" role="tabpanel"> <div class="table-responsive"> <div class="collapsible-item-body panel-body"> <p>File <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4523c2d6-3fd0-4318-8fea-b48a5ad2d274" href="/forms-pubs/about-schedule-c-form-1040" title="About Schedule C (Form 1040), Profit or Loss from Business (Sole Proprietorship)">Schedule C (Form 1040 or Form 1040-SR), Profit or Loss From Business</a>, with your individual tax return for the year you close your business.</p> <p>You may also need to file the following forms. You should file these when you file your individual tax return.</p> <ul> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b77bcdbe-a284-4bcb-bb76-e9e01a4e0513" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-4797" title="About Form 4797, Sales of Business Property">Form 4797, Sales of Business Property</a>, for each year you sell or exchange property used in your business. You also need to file this form if closing your business causes the business use of an eligible property under <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7786b54d-973b-4f45-96c4-dcf681237df0" href="/newsroom/depreciation-expense-helps-business-owners-keep-more-money" title="Depreciation expense helps business owners keep more money">Section 179 </a>to drop to 50% or less.</li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="01136c0a-2efa-43d6-9c91-960360cd5c8b" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-8594" title="About Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement Under Section 1060">Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement</a>, if you sell your business.</li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9691c47a-ef77-4751-9d3f-36c1b1e189d4" href="/forms-pubs/about-schedule-se-form-1040" title="About Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax">Schedule SE (Form 1040), Self-Employment Tax</a>, if you have net earnings of $400 or more from your business.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible-item panel panel-default" data-fix-id="Collapsible1727358554374_778847" id="Collapsible1727358554374_778847"> <div class="collapsible-item-heading panel-heading" id="headingCollapsible1727358554374_778847" role="tab"> <h4 class="collapsible-item-title panel-title"><a aria-controls="collapseCollapsible1727358554374_778847" aria-expanded="false" class="collapsed collapsible-item-title-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapseCollapsible1727358554374_778847" role="button">Partnership filing requirements</a></h4> </div> <div aria-labelledby="headingCollapsible1727358554374_778847" class="collapse collapsible-item-collapse panel-collapse" id="collapseCollapsible1727358554374_778847" role="tabpanel"> <div class="table-responsive"> <div class="collapsible-item-body panel-body"> <p>You must file <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6596077a-7e3f-4192-8b70-d263399b00ba" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-1065" title="About Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income">Form 1065, U.S. Return of Partnership Income</a>, for the year you close your business.</p> <p>When you file, you must:</p> <ul> <li>Report capital gains and losses on Schedule D (Form 1065).</li> <li>Check the “final return” box (it’s near the top of the front page of the return, below the name and address).</li> <li>Check the “final K-1” box on <a data-entity-substitution="pup_linkit_media" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="c8db852e-949a-49af-adc7-7dd7661acab2" href="https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1065sk1.pdf" title="2023 Form 1065 (Schedule K-1) (PDF)">Schedule K-1 <span class="link-label label-file label-file-pdf">PDF</span></a>.</li> </ul> <p>You may also need to file these other forms with your Form 1065:</p> <ul> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b77bcdbe-a284-4bcb-bb76-e9e01a4e0513" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-4797" title="About Form 4797, Sales of Business Property">Form 4797, Sales of Business Property</a>, for each year your partnership sells or exchanges property used in the business. You also need to file this form if closing your business causes business use of an eligible property under <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7786b54d-973b-4f45-96c4-dcf681237df0" href="/newsroom/depreciation-expense-helps-business-owners-keep-more-money" title="Section 179">Section 179 </a>to drop to 50% or less.</li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="01136c0a-2efa-43d6-9c91-960360cd5c8b" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-8594" title="About Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement">Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement</a>, if you sell your business.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="collapsible-item panel panel-default" data-fix-id="Collapsible1727358554376_797523" id="Collapsible1727358554376_797523"> <div class="collapsible-item-heading panel-heading" id="headingCollapsible1727358554376_797523" role="tab"> <h4 class="collapsible-item-title panel-title"><a aria-controls="collapseCollapsible1727358554376_797523" aria-expanded="false" class="collapsed collapsible-item-title-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapseCollapsible1727358554376_797523" role="button">Corporation filing requirements (includes S corporations), updated December 6, 2023</a></h4> </div> <div aria-labelledby="headingCollapsible1727358554376_797523" class="collapse collapsible-item-collapse panel-collapse" id="collapseCollapsible1727358554376_797523" role="tabpanel"> <div class="table-responsive"> <div class="collapsible-item-body panel-body"> <p>You must file <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4d4a03ad-2b1a-46b8-96e4-d1449a953be3" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-966" title="About Form 966, Corporte Dissolution or Liquidation">Form 966, Corporate Dissolution or Liquidation</a>, if you adopt a resolution or plan to dissolve the corporation or liquidate any of its stock.</p> <p>You must also file your corporation’s final income tax return. Remember to check the “final return” box, which is near the top of the front page of the return, below the name and address.</p> <p>For a <strong>C corporation </strong>you<strong> </strong>must:</p> <ul> <li>File <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="50e7fbf4-f830-475a-85a5-103ce4e35d66" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-1120" title="About Form 1120, U.S. Corporate Income Tax Return">Form 1120, U.S. Corporate Income Tax Return</a>, for the year you close the business.</li> <li>Report capital gains and losses on Schedule D (Form 1120).</li> </ul> <p>For an <strong>S corporation</strong> you must:</p> <ul> <li>File <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="81676fe7-ce38-4570-b29e-3b9b315510fd" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-1120-s" title="About Form 1120-S, U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation">Form 1120-S, U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation</a> for the year you close the business.</li> <li>Report capital gains and losses on Schedule D (Form 1120-S).</li> <li>Check the "final K-1" box on <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="81676fe7-ce38-4570-b29e-3b9b315510fd" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-1120-s" title="About Form 1120-S, U.S. Income Tax Return for an S Corporation">Schedule K-1</a>.</li> </ul> <p>Regardless of the type of corporation, you may also need to file these forms when you file your Form 1120 or 1120-S:</p> <ul> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b77bcdbe-a284-4bcb-bb76-e9e01a4e0513" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-4797" title="About Form 4797, Sales of Business Property">Form 4797, Sales of Business Property</a>, for each year you sell or exchange property used in the business. You also need to file this form if closing your business causes the business use of an eligible property under <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="7786b54d-973b-4f45-96c4-dcf681237df0" href="/newsroom/depreciation-expense-helps-business-owners-keep-more-money" title="Section 179">Section 179 </a>to drop to 50% or less.</li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="01136c0a-2efa-43d6-9c91-960360cd5c8b" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-8594" title="About Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement">Form 8594, Asset Acquisition Statement</a>, if you sell your business.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="#On this page...">Back to top</a></p> <h3><a id="Take Care of Your Employees" name="Take Care of Your Employees"></a>2. Take care of your employees</h3> <h4>Employment taxes</h4> <p>If you have one or more employees, you must pay them any final wages and compensation owed. You must also make final <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e5b15777-9944-4dc0-9f03-2069ce340ce2" href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/depositing-and-reporting-employment-taxes" title="federal tax deposits and report">federal tax deposits and report employment taxes</a>. If you don’t withhold or deposit employee income, Social Security and Medicare taxes, the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="df41e142-437c-44b3-88e1-001c88445c71" href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-taxes-and-the-trust-fund-recovery-penalty-tfrp" title="Employment Taxes and the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty">Trust Fund Recovery Penalty </a>may apply.</p> <p>To report employment taxes, you may need to file the following forms:</p> <ul> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="8f58c547-be23-4200-957a-8b7271aa94b9" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-941" title="About Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return">Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return</a>, or <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9148baba-4f64-49d1-b8d9-bc1711297eb6" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-944" title="About Form 944, Employer's Annual Federal Tax Return">Form 944, Employer’s Annual Federal Tax Return</a>, for the quarter in which you make final wage payments. <ul> <li>Check the box to tell the IRS your business has closed and enter the date final wages were paid on line 17 of Form 941 or line 14 of Form 944.</li> <li>Attach a statement to the return showing the name of the person keeping the payroll records and the address where those records will be kept.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9fd2cf25-ec5b-4f17-b78d-9926ac66fd51" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-940" title="About Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return">Form 940, Employer's Annual Federal Unemployment (FUTA) Tax Return</a>, for the calendar year in which you paid final wages. <ul> <li>Check box "d" in the Type of Return section to show that the form is final.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>You must also provide a <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f1cb3aba-234d-4d61-aa27-d77b285d7723" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-w-2" title="About Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement">Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement</a>, to each of your employees for the calendar year in which you pay them their final wages. You should provide Forms W-2 to your employees by the due date of your final Form 941 or Form 944. Generally, you furnish copies B, C and 2 to the employees. You file <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="089db239-0c47-49b5-922b-95d653118b03" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-w-3" title="Form W-3">Form W-3</a>, Transmittal of Income and Tax Statements to transmit Copy A to the Social Security Administration.</p> <p>If your employees receive tips, you must file <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5046e489-57b2-4a17-a86a-e20003b5b1c5" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-8027" title="About Form 8027, Employer’s Annual Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips">Form 8027, Employer’s Annual Information Return of Tip Income and Allocated Tips</a>, to report final tip income and allocated tips.</p> <h4>Pension or benefit plans</h4> <p>If you provide a pension or benefit plan for your employees, see how to <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="978bb71f-65be-4579-80d9-0602b5a362ce" href="/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-termination-of-plan" title="Retirment Topics - Termination of Plan">Terminate a Retirement Plan</a>. If you provide Health Savings Accounts or similar programs for your employees, see <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5b27afe3-8cb8-4b50-8d78-1d0bcc638d48" href="/forms-pubs/about-publication-969" title="About Publication 969, Health Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Favored Health Plans">About Publication 969, Health Savings Accounts and Other Tax-Favored Health Plans</a>.</p> <p><a href="#On this page...">Back to top</a></p> <h3><a id="Pay the Tax You Owe" name="Pay the Tax You Owe"></a>3. Pay the tax you owe</h3> <p>See <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="375ad50a-8cda-4b40-8cc1-8cd3facd7307" href="/payments" title="Paying Your Taxes">Paying Your Taxes</a> for ways to pay the tax you owe.</p> <p><a href="#On this page...">Back to top</a></p> <h3><a id="Report Payments to Contract Workers" name="Report Payments to Contract Workers"></a>4. Report payments to contract workers</h3> <p>If you have paid any contractors at least $600 for services (including parts and materials) during the calendar year in which you close your business, you must report those payments. Use <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="78f4ee37-e492-4bc9-b6af-9f4ee9a7f147" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-1099-nec" title="About Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation">Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation</a>.</p> <p>Use <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5209c385-65a2-4a90-91cf-86eafd8696c5" href="/forms-pubs/about-form-1096" title="About Form 1096, Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns">Form 1096, Annual Summary and Transmittal of U.S. Information Returns</a>, to send paper copies of all Forms 1099 to us. Some filers must file Forms 1099 <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="909ba5ee-37cf-49de-81c5-653e7980d2e1" href="/taxtopics/tc801" title="Topic No. 801 Who Must File Information Returns Electronically">electronically</a>.</p> <p><a href="#On this page...">Back to top</a></p> <h3><a id="Cancel Your EIN and Close Your IRS Business Account" name="Cancel Your EIN and Close Your IRS Business Account"></a>5. Cancel your EIN and close your IRS business account</h3> <p>The employer identification number – or EIN – assigned to your business is the permanent federal taxpayer identification number for that business. To cancel your EIN and close your IRS business account, you need to send us a letter that includes:</p> <ul> <li>The complete legal name of the business</li> <li>The business EIN</li> <li>The business address</li> <li>The reason you wish to close the account</li> </ul> <p>If you kept the notice, we sent you when we assigned your EIN, you should enclose a copy of it with your EIN cancellation letter. Send both documents to us at:</p> <p class="col-xs-offset-1">Internal Revenue Service<br> Cincinnati, OH 45999</p> <p>We cannot close your business account until you have filed all necessary returns and paid all taxes owed.</p> <p><a href="#On this page...">Back to top</a></p> <h3><a id="Keep Your Records" name="Keep Your Records"></a>6. Keep your records</h3> <p>How long you need to keep your business records depends on what’s recorded in each document.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Property records</strong>: Generally, keep records relating to property until the period of limitations expires for the year in which you dispose of the property. The period of limitations is the period of time in which you can amend your tax return to claim a credit or refund, or the IRS can assess additional tax.</li> <li><strong>Employment tax records</strong>: Keep all <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9a17678c-39c9-4c54-9bf2-9fff6d9f8438" href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/employment-tax-recordkeeping" title="Employment Tax Recordkeeping">records of employment taxes</a> for at least four years.</li> </ul> <p>For more details, see <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2d15eb76-1161-4012-9549-2fab52268a97" href="/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/how-long-should-i-keep-records" title="How Long Should I Keep Records?">How Long Should I Keep Records?</a></p> <p><a href="#On this page...">Back to top</a></p> <h2>Related</h2> <ul> <li><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" 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