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ALASKA ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTING#

What's New for Tax Year 2011#

The following changes have been noted for reporting W2 wages to the Federal Government:

Set Up#

This document contains abbreviated set up requirement for the state of Arizona only, please refer to the general document (US_Annual_Qtrly_Reporting_GEN) for other setup procedure that may also be required.

IDGV - State Registration#

State File Procedures#

- The Arizona Department of Revenue accepts filing of W-2s via magnetic media using the EFW2 (formerly MMREF1) format

- Record Codes required are: Code RA,RB,RE,RS,RT,RF - Arizona State requires to file the AZ State file by itself, therefore the user must set up IDGV as follows: - for State Registration of Arizona, the IDGV Variable: ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ 02 – State requires its own File, do not include other State information in the State File

Annual W2 and Quarterly UI WAGE REPORTING – EFW2 (formerly MMREF-1) format

- The user must run RPYEU and select the following to generate State file information: Media Format: - State File Format Select State: - Arizona, USA

Report List Filters, Select State: - Arizona USA Parameters, Annual Form Code: - (example: use standard form code‘HL$US-W2-2012’) Parameters, Period Type: - Year Parameters, Period End Date: - Year End Date (i.e. 31-Dec-2011) Parameters, Media Format: - State File Format

The Directory and Media File Name parameters must be populated or an output file will not be produced.

Quarterly UI Wage Reporting – Select ALASKA State#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Alaska State file information:
Media FormatState SUI File Format
Select StateAlaska, USA

STATE UI Wage MAGNETIC MEDIA REPORTING – State Format#

Header Record Format#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-1Transaction CodeConstant Letter ‘H’
2-9Employer Account Number

SUI Registration Number from IDGV
10-13Reporting Year
14-14Quarter (single value 1,2, 3, or 4)
15-20Number of Wage items

Number of Code ‘D’ records
21-31Total Wages S9(9)V99

(Signed, no $ or Decimal)
32Source CodeConstant ‘E’
33-105Not Used

Fill with blanks
106-113Batch Number

Not used, fill with zeros
114-117Batch Item

Not used, fill with zeros

Detail Record Format#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-1Transaction CodeConstant Letter ‘D’
2-9Employer Account Number SUI Registration Number from IDGV
10-13Reporting Year
14-14Quarter

Single value (1,2,3,or 4)
15-23Social Security NumberFrom Employee Record
24-48Employee Last Name
49-63Employee First Name
64-64Employee Middle Initial
65-75Employee Gross Wages S9(9)V99

(Signed, no $ or decimal)
76-76Project Code

Not used, fill with zeros
77-81Hourly Rate

Not used, fill with zeros
82-103Occupational Code

Blank
104-105Area Code

Blank
106-113Batch Number

Not used, fill with zeros
114-117Batch Item

Not used, fill with zeros

Notes#

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STATE FILE PROCEDURES

STATE W2 Wage MAGNETIC MEDIA REPORTING – EFW2 (formerly MMREF1) Format

- Arizona accepts Annual W2 wage report in the standard Social Security Administration EFW2 specification. Record name: Code RA - Transmitter Record

Column Description

1-2 - Record Identifier - Constant "RA"

3-11 - Submitter’s Employer ID number (EIN) - Numeric only - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-ER-EIN’ (seq 1000)

12-28 - Personal Identification Number (PIN) and Software Vendor Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PIN-NUMBER’ (seq 1010) - Please note that this field consists of an 8-character PIN code in positions 12-19, a 4 character Software Vendor Code in positions 20-23, and 5 blanks in positions 24-28.

29 - Resub Indicator - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-IND’ (seq 1020)

30-35 - Resub WFID - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-WFID’ (seq 1030)

36-37 - Software Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SOFTWARE’ (seq 1040)

38-94 - Company Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-NAME’ (seq 1050)

95-116 - Location Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-LOCN’ (seq 1060)

117-138 - Delivery Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-DELIV’ (seq 1070)

139-160 - Company City - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-CITY’ (seq 1080)

161-162 - Company State Abbreviation - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-STATE’ (seq 1090)

163-167 - Company ZIP code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP’ (seq 1100)

168-171 - Company ZIP code extension - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1110)

172-176 - Blanks

177-199 - Company Foreign State/Province - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-STATE’ (seq 1120)

200-214 - Company Foreign Postal Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-POST’ (seq 1130)

215-216 - Company Country Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-COUNTRY’ (seq 1140)

217-273 - Submitter Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-NAME’ (seq 1150)

274-295 - Submitter Location Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-LOCN’ (seq 1160)

296-317 - Submitter Delivery Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-DELIV’ (seq 1170)

318-339 - Submitter City - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-CITY’ (seq 1180)

340-341 - Submitter State Abbreviation - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-STATE’ (seq 1190)

342-346 - Submitter ZIP code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP’ (seq 1200)

347-350 - Submitter ZIP code extension - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1210)

351-355 - Blanks.

356-378 - Submitter Foreign State/Province - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-STATE’ (seq 1220)

379-393 - Submitter Foreign Postal Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-POST’ (seq 1230)

394-395 - Submitter Country Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-COUNTRY’ (seq 1240)

396-422 - Contact Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-NAME’ (seq 1250)

423-437 - Contact Phone Number - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL’ (seq 1260)

438-442 - Contact Phone Extension - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL-EXT’ (seq 1270)

443-445 - Blanks

446-485 - Contact E-mail - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-EMAIL’ (seq 1280)

486-488 - Blanks

489-498 - Contact FAX - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-FAX’ (seq 1290)

499-499 - Preferred Method of Problem Notification Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-METH’ (seq 1300)

500-500 - Preparer Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PREPARER’ (seq 1310)

501-512 - Blanks

Record name: Code RE - Employer Record

Column Description

1-2 - Record Identifier - Constant "RE"

3-6 - Tax year CCYY - From user specified FROM-TO period converted to CCYY

7 - Agent Indicator Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-AGENT-IND’ (seq 1500)

8-16 -Employer/Agent EIN - System derived the applicable Federal reporting EIN, from IDGV or IDGR

17-25 - Agent for EIN - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-FOR-EIN’ (seq 1510)

26 - Terminating Business Indicator - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TERM-BUS’ (seq 1520)

27-30 - Establishment Number - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ESTAB’ (seq 1530)

31-39 - Other EIN - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-OTHER-EIN’ (seq 1540)

40-96 - Employer Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-NAME’ (seq 2010)

97-118 - Employer Location Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2020)

119-140 - Employer Delivery Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2030)

141-162 - Employer City - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-CITY’ (seq 2040)

163-164 - Employer State Abbreviation - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-STATE’ (seq 2050)

165-169 - Employer ZIP Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP’ (seq 2060)

170-173 - Employer ZIP Code Extension - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2070)

174-174 - Kind of Employer - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-KIND-OF-EMPLOYER’ (seq 2120)

175-178 - Blanks

179-201 - Employer Foreign State/Province - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-STATE’ (seq 2080)

202-216 - Employer Foreign Postal Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2090)

217-218 - Employer Country Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-COUNTRY’ (seq 2100)

219 - Employment Code - from IDGR ‘W2 Employment Type’ or IPRLU FICA and Medicare method - If IPRLU.FICA method = "Do not calculate" and MEDICARE method is NOT "Do Not Calculate" then the employee is classified as Employment Type ‘Q’ for W2 reporting - otherwise the W2 Type of employment is derived from IDGR screen

- a set of code RE, RW/RO/RS, RT/RU records will be generated for different Type of employment

220 - Tax Jurisdiction Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TAX-JURIS’ (seq 2110)

221 - Third-Party Sick Pay Indicator - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-3RD-PARTY-SICK’ (seq 1480)

222-512 - Blanks.

Record name: Code RS - Supplemental Record (Use for State Wage Reporting)

Column Description

1-2 - Record Identifier - Constant "RS"

3-4 - State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code - system Derived from the State being reported, from IDFDV sequence 7000. - e.g. Arizona numeric code is "04"

5-9 - Taxing Entity Code - if County, City or School district tax is reported, this field is derived from IDGV 'W2 TAXING ENTITY' field for the County, City or School district tax being reported

10-18 - Social Security Number - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SSN’ (seq 2500) - if an invalid SSN is encountered, this field is entered with zeroes.

19-33 - Employee First Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’ (seq 2510)

34-48 - Employee Middle Name or Initial - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ (seq 2520)

49-68 - Employee Last Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ (seq 2530)

69-72 - Employee Suffix - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ (seq 2540)

73-94 - Employee Location Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2600)

95-116 - Employee Delivery Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2610)

117-138 - Employee City - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’ (seq 2620)

139-140 - Employee State Abbreviation - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-STATE’ (seq 2630)

141-145 - Employee ZIP Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ (seq 2640)

146-149 - Employee ZIP Code Extension - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2650)

150-154 - Blanks.

155-177 - Employee Foreign State/Province - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-STATE’ (seq 2660)

178-192 - Employee Foreign Postal Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2670)

193-194 - Employee Country Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-COUNTRY’ (seq 2680)

195-267 - Blanks

274-275 - State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code - system Derived from the State being reported - e.g. Arizona numeric code is "04"

276-286 - State Taxable Wages - Derived from IDFDV screen, - Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’(7020) and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ (7030)

287-297 - State Income Tax Withheld - Derived from IDFDV screen, - Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-TAX-HOME’ (7040) and ‘W2-ST-TAX-WORK’ (7050)

298-307 - Blank

308 - Tax Type Code

- this field is used to report County, City or School district tax - if the County, City or School district requires to report taxes along with the State Tax information, then the following values are used for this field: C – City Income Tax D – County Income Tax E – School District Income Tax F – Other Income Tax

- if County, City or School district tax is reported, this field is derived from IDGV 'W2 TAX TYPE CODE' field

309-319 - Local Taxable Wages - if School Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-SCHL-WAGE’ (seq 6500) - if County Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-CN-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-CN-WAGE-WORK’ - if City Tax is reported, this field is derived from : ‘W2-CI-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-CI-WAGE-WORK’

320-330 - Local Income Tax Withheld - if School Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-SCHL-TAX’ (seq 6510) - if County Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-CN-TAX-HOME’ and ‘W2-CN-TAX-WORK’ - if City Tax is reported, this field is derived from : ‘W2-CI-TAX-HOME’ and ‘W2-CI-TAX-WORK’

331-512 - blank

Multiple Code RS records:

Multiple code RS records are generated for an employee if there are applicable county, city or school district tax information to be reported for a State. In this case, the State wages and tax will be zero for the subsequent code RS records.

Record name: Code RT - Total Record

Column Description

1-2 - Record Identifier - Constant "RT"

3-9 - Number of RS Records - Total number of code "RS" records reported since last code "RE" record

10-24 - Wages, Tips and Other Compensation - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

25-39 - Federal Income Tax Withheld - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

40-54 - Social Security Wages - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

55-69 - Social Security Tax Withheld - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

70-84 - Medicare Wages and Tips - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

85-99 - Medicare Tax Withheld - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

100-114 - Social Security Tips - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TIP’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

115-129 - Advanced Earned Income Credit - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-EIC’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

130-144 - Dependent Care Benefits - Derived from IDFDV screen, Identifier: ‘W2-DEP-CARE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

145-159 - Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 401(k) - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier ‘W2-CODE-D’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

160-174 - Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 403(b) - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier ‘W2-CODE-E’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

175-189 - Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 408(k)(6) - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier ‘W2-CODE-F’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

190-204 - Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 457(b) - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier ‘W2-CODE-G’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

205-219 - Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 501(c)(18)(D) - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier ‘W2-CODE-H’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

220-234 - Military Employee’s Basic Quarters and Combat Pay - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-Q’, total of all code ‘RW’ records since last ‘RE’ record

235-249 - Non-Qualified Plan Section 457 - Derived from IDFDV Identifier ‘W2-NQUAL-457’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

250-264 - Employer Contribution to a Health Savings Account - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-W’, total fo all code ‘RW’ records since last ‘RE’ record

265-279 - Non-Qualified Plan Not Section 457 - Derived from IDFDV Identifier ‘W2-NQUAL-N457’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

280-309 - blank

310-324 - Employer Cost of Premiums for Group Term Life Insurance over $50000 - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier ‘W2-CODE-C’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

325-339 - Income Tax Withheld by Third-Party Payer - Derived from IDFDV Identifier ‘SUB-3RD-PARTY-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

340-354 - Income from Non-statutory Stock options - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier ‘W2-CODE-V’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record

355-512 - blank

Record name: Code RF - Final Record

Column Description

1-2 - Record Identifier - Constant "RF"

3-7 - blank

8-16 - Number of RS Records - Total number of code "RW" records on file

17-512 – blank

STATE Quarterly UI Wage MAGNETIC MEDIA REPORTING – EFW2 (formerly MMREF1) Format

- The user must run RPYEU and select the following to generate State file information: Media Format: - State SUI File Format Select State: - Arizona, USA

- Annual Form Code’ – use the standard HighLine supplied form code HL$US-W2-2012. You will have to enter the ‘Variables’ in this Form Code for use specifically in your installation. - The ‘Quarterly Form Code’ must be blank in order to produce UI wage file in EFW2 format.. - Period Type: Quarter. - Period End Date: Enter the quarter end date, i.e. 30-Jun-2011. - Media File Type: State SUI File Format.

- If the Directory Name/Media File Name is not supplied, an output file will not be produced.

- Only record codes ‘RS’ and ‘RF’ are required for Arizona UI reporting, the other record codes are optional.

(Please note that the following ‘Not Required’ fields may or may not always contain BLANKS).

Note: Columns coded with AZ indicates it is an Arizona specific requirement which is not the standard record format

Record name: Code RS - Supplemental Record

Column Description

1-2 - Record Identifier - Constant "RS"

3-4 - State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code - system Derived from the State being reported, from IDFDV sequence 7000. - Arizona is code ‘04’

5-9 - Taxing Entity Code - Constant ‘UITAX’. - IDGV setup for SUI registration ‘variables’ tab ‘Taxing Entity’ field.

10-18 - Social Security Number - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SSN’ - if an invalid SSN is encountered, this field is entered with zeroes.

19-33 - Employee First Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’

34-48 - Employee Middle Name or Initial - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’

49-68 - Employee Last Name - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’

69-72 - Employee Suffix - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’

73-94 - Employee Location Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’

95-116 - Employee Delivery Address - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’

117-138 - Employee City - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’

139-140 - Employee State Numeric Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-STATE’ - The system will convert the State Abbreviation into the required Numeric State Code (i.e. Arizona is ’04’).

141-145 - Employee ZIP Code - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’

146-149 - Employee ZIP Code Extension - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’

150-196 AZ - Blanks.

197-202 - Reporting Period MMCCYY - From user specified Period End Date converted to MMCCYY for the quarter - e.g. Period End Date = ‘31-Dec-2003’, then reporting period is ‘122003’

203-213 - State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Total Wages - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’

- note that the IDFDV Identifier ‘W2-SUI-WAGE-ER’ is not used to report this field because the value of Identifier ‘W2-SUI-WAGE-ER’ may already been capped by Vertex during the US Tax calculation in UPCALC and therefore for employees who exceed the maximum wage base, this Identifier will contain no SUI Insurance wages, therefore RPYEU is using the State Taxable wages from Identifier ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ that are related to the employee Home GEO and Work GEO code to report SUI Total Wages

214-224 - State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Taxable Wages - this amount is derived from State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Total Wages and the SUI Maximum wage base as defined by the State government - please read document PR_US_QTR_MMREF_Generic.doc for detail for quarterly reporting

225-247 AZ - Blanks

248-267 - State Employer Account Number, including the Branch Number - Derived from IDFDV screen, Field Identifier: ‘W2-STATE-REGIST’ for the reporting State - When RPYEU is run, if the Media Format = ‘State SUI File Format’, then this field contains the SUI Registration Number from IDGV screen for the SUI Registration of the State

268-512 AZ - Blanks.

Multiple Code RS records:

Multiple code RS records are generated for an employee if there are applicable county, city or school district tax information to be reported for a State. In this case, the State wages and tax will be zero for the subsequent code RS records.

Record name: Code RF - Final Record

Column Description

1-2 - Record Identifier - Constant "RF"

3-512 AZ - Blanks