Instructions for Form UI-WIT-X
Amended Illinois Income Tax Withholding Return for Household Employers
general Information
May I amend unemployment insurance information
using this form?
Who must file this form?
No. To report changes for unemployment insurance purposes, you must con-
You must file Form UI-WIT-X to correct information reported for withhold-
tact the Illinois Department of Employment Security for forms and instructions.
ing income tax purposes on Form UI-WIT, Combined Return for Household
Please call the Unemployment Insurance Hotline at 312 793-4880 or toll-free
Employers, Unemployment Insurance Contribution, and Illinois Income Tax
at 1 800 247-4984.
Withheld.
What if I need additional assistance?
Use this form only when you did not report on your original Form UI-WIT the
correct amount of wages you paid to, or the correct amount you actually with-
If you need additional assistance, visit our web site at tax.illinois.gov, call our
held from an employee. For example: If you withhold $100, but report $90 on
Taxpayer Assistance Division at 1 800 732-8866 or 217 782-3336, or call our
TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) at 1 800 544-5304. Our office
your original return, you have to file a Form UI-WIT-X.
hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
You must pay any amount withheld for Illinois Income Tax purposes from your
employee’s wages to the Illinois Department of Revenue.
Instructions
note: Do not use this form to report that you withheld too much or too little
from an employee.
Write the calendar year for which you are filing this amended return at the top
How do I correct an incorrect amount withheld from
of the form.
my employee’s wages?
line 11
If you discover this error before the end of a calendar year, you may adjust the
If you had more than five household employees during the calendar year you
amount withheld from another payment of wages during the same calendar
are reporting, use an additional sheet of paper and include the information in
year.
Step 2 for each additional worker. Total each column, Column C through F, on
the attachment, and write the totals on Line 11 in the appropriate column.
If you discover this error after the end of the calendar year, you cannot make
an adjustment to correct the amount withheld from the employee’s wages. The
employee must report the wages earned and the actual amount withheld on
the employee’s Illinois Income Tax return. If you withheld too much, the em-
ployee may receive a refund. If you withheld too little, the employee may have
to pay taxes when he or she files their Illinois Income Tax return or will receive
a smaller refund.
When must I file this form?
You should file your corrections when you discover the reporting or payment
error.
Form UI-WIT-X instructions (R-06/08)