Completing IRS Forms 945 and 945A

Note: This form needs to be filed by January 31 of the next calendar year.

To find out your backup withholding for the year, access the Information Expert (IE) Module:

1.	Type 1 and press to access the Information Access Facility screen.
2.	Type 1 and to access the Expert Reporting Support Facility screen.
3.	Type appublic in the library field.
4.	Type smls in the action field and to access the Source Management Directory List (SMLS) screen.
5.	Type s next to the run statement for the report series that needs to be run and .
6.	Type over the variables in the run statements in order to specify selection criteria for the report. To generate the report into the financial library for your agency, type finanxx after "into library", where XX indicates your agency identification number.
7.	Type sub in the command input field and to submit the run job.
8.	to continue.
9.	Type CAN in the command field and to cancel the changes you made to the run statements. While working in APPUBLIC, you are unable to use the SAVE command in order to save changes to the run statements. If you need customization to the report run statements to be permanent, you can copy the run statements into your own library and then customize them.
10.	Type rvls in the action field and to access the Report Viewing Directory (RVLS) screen.
11.	Type the name of the library to which you sent the report series in the library field and . If the report series is not displayed yet, it may be that the series is still being processed.
12.	Type s next to the report series you wish to view and to access the reports in the series.
13.	Type s next to the specific report you want to view from the report series and to view the report.