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ARIZONA ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTING#

What's New for Tax Year 2012#

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

• (W2 File) The 'Preferred Method of Problem Notification Code' field inthe 'RA' record (position 499) has been removed and now shown as filler.
• (W2 File) The 'Military Employee Basic Quarters, Subsistence and Combat Pay' field in the 'RW' record (positions 342-352) has been removed.
• (W2 File) The 'Military Employee Basic Quarters, Subsistence and Combat Pay' field in the 'RT' record (positions 220-234) has been removed.

Set Up#

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

IDGV - State Registration#

• The IDGV Definition tab must be set up for 'State Registration' for State/Province: Arizona.
• The IDGV Variables tab must be set up for 'State Registration' for State/Province: Arizona.
• 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING' - AZ state accepts W2 wage report with Federal and other state information, therefore, the Media Filing variable can be set to ‘01’, which will include state information in the Federal File. (However it must be set to ‘02’ if a W2 magnetic media file is required for the state of AZ only)

State File Procedures#

• The Arizona Department of Revenue accepts filing of W-2s via magnetic media using the EFW2 (formerly MMREF1) format.
• Records required for the W2 reporting are: Code RA,RB,RE,RS,RT,RF.
• Arizona State requires to file the AZ State file by itself, therefore IDGV must be set up 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 Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Arizona State file information:

Media Format	State SUI File Format
Select State	Arizona, USA
Report List Filters, Select State	Arizona USA
Parameters, Annual Form Code	(example: use standard form code‘HL$US-W2-2013’)
Parameters, Period Type	Year
Parameters, Period End Date	Year End Date (i.e. 31-Dec-2012)
Parameters, Media Format	State File Format

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

State W2 Wage Magnetic Media Reporting – EFW2 Format#

Arizona accepts Annual W2 wage report in the standard Social Security Administration EFW2 specification.

Record Name: Code RA - Transmitter Record #

Column	Description	Source
1-2	Record Identifier	Constant "RA"
3-11	Submitter’s Employer ID number (EIN) Numeric only	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-ER-EIN’ (seq 1000)
12-28	Personal Identification Number (PIN) and Software Vendor Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PIN-NUMBER’ (seq 1010) Please note that this field consists of an eight character PIN code in positions 12-19, a four character Software Vendor Code in positions 20-23, and five blanks in positions 24-28.
29	Resub Indicator	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-IND’ (seq 1020)
30-35	Resub WFID	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-WFID’ (seq 1030)
36-37	Software Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SOFTWARE’ (seq 1040)
38-94	Company Name	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-NAME’ (seq 1050)
95-116	Location Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-LOCN’ (seq 1060)
117-138	Delivery Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-DELIV’ (seq 1070)
139-160	Company City	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-CITY’ (seq 1080)
161-162	Company State Abbreviation	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-STATE’ (seq 1090)
163-167	Company ZIP code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP’ (seq 1100)
168-171	Company ZIP code extension	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1110)
172-176	Blank
177-199	Company Foreign State/Province	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-STATE’ (seq 1120)
200-214	Company Foreign Postal Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-POST’ (seq 1130)
215-216	Company Country Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-COUNTRY’ (seq 1140)
217-273	Submitter Name	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-NAME’ (seq 1150)
274-295	Submitter Location Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-LOCN’ (seq 1160)
296-317	Submitter Delivery Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-DELIV’ (seq 1170)
318-339	Submitter City	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-CITY’ (seq 1180)
340-341	Submitter State Abbreviation	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-STATE’ (seq 1190)
342-346	Submitter ZIP code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP’ (seq 1200)
347-350	Submitter ZIP code extension	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1210)
351-355	Blank
356-378	Submitter Foreign State/Province	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-STATE’ (seq 1220)
379-393	Submitter Foreign Postal Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-POST’ (seq 1230)
394-395	Submitter Country Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-COUNTRY’ (seq 1240)
396-422	Contact Name	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-NAME’ (seq 1250)
423-437	Contact Phone Number	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL’ (seq 1260)
438-442	Contact Phone Extension	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL-EXT’ (seq 1270)
443-445	Blank
446-485	Contact E-mail	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-EMAIL’ (seq 1280)
486-488	Blank
489-498	Contact FAX	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-FAX’ (seq 1290)
499-499	Filler
500-500	Preparer Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PREPARER’ (seq 1310)
501-512	Blank

Record Name: Code RE - Employer Record#

Column	Description	Source
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 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 Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-FOR-EIN’ (seq 1510)
26	Terminating Business Indicator	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TERM-BUS’ (seq 1520)
27-30	Establishment Number	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ESTAB’ (seq 1530)
31-39	Other EIN	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-OTHER-EIN’ (seq 1540)
40-96	Employer Name	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-NAME’ (seq 2010)
97-118	Employer Location Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2020)
119-140	Employer Delivery Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2030)
141-162	Employer City	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-CITY’ (seq 2040)
163-164	Employer State Abbreviation	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-STATE’ (seq 2050)
165-169	Employer ZIP Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP’ (seq 2060)
170-173	Employer ZIP Code Extension	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2070)
174-174	Kind of Employer	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-KIND-OF-EMPLOYER’ (seq 2120)
175-178	Blank
179-201	Employer Foreign State/Province	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-STATE’ (seq 2080)
202-216	Employer Foreign Postal Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2090)
217-218	Employer Country Code	Derived from IDFDV 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 A set of code RE, RW/RO/RS, RT/RU records will be generated for different types of employment
220	Tax Jurisdiction Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TAX-JURIS’ (seq 2110)
221	Third-Party Sick Pay Indicator	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-3RD-PARTY-SICK’ (seq 1480)
222-512	Blank

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

Column	Description	Source
1-2	Record Identifier	Constant "RS"
3-4	State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code	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 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 Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’ (seq 2510)
34-48	Employee Middle Name or Initial	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ (seq 2520)
49-68	Employee Last Name	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ (seq 2530)
69-72	Employee Suffix	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ (seq 2540)
73-94	Employee Location Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2600)
95-116	Employee Delivery Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2610)
117-138	Employee City	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’ (seq 2620)
139-140	Employee State Abbreviation	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-STATE’ (seq 2630)
141-145	Employee ZIP Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ (seq 2640)
146-149	Employee ZIP Code Extension	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2650)
150-154	Blank
155-177	Employee Foreign State/Province	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-STATE’ (seq 2660)
178-192	Employee Foreign Postal Codev‘W2-EE-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2670)
193-194	Employee Country Code	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-COUNTRY’ (seq 2680)
195-267	Blank
274-275	State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code	Derived from the State being reported e.g. Arizona numeric code is "04"
276-286	State Taxable Wages	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’(7020) and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ (7030)
287-297	State Income Tax Withheld	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-TAX-HOME’ (7040) and ‘W2-ST-TAX-WORK’ (7050)
298-307	Blank
308	Tax Type Code 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	Source
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 Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
25-39	Federal Income Tax Withheld	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
40-54	Social Security Wages	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
55-69	Social Security Tax Withheld	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
70-84	Medicare Wages and Tips	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
85-99	Medicare Tax Withheld	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
100-114	Social Security Tips	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TIP’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
115-129	Advanced Earned Income Credit	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EIC’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
130-144	Dependent Care Benefits	Derived from IDFDV Field 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 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 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 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 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 Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-H’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
220-234	Filler
235-249	Non-Qualified Plan Section 457	Derived from IDFDV Field 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 Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-W’, total of all code ‘RW’ records since last ‘RE’ record
265-279	Non-Qualified Plan Not Section 457	Derived from IDFDV Field 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 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 Field 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 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	Source
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 Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Arizona State file information:

Media Format	State SUI File Format
Select State	Arizona, USA

• Annual Form Code’ – use the standard supplied form code HL$US-W2-2013. The ‘Variables’ will need to be entered in this Form Code for use specifically in the 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-2012.
• 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. 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	Source
1-2	Record Identifier	Constant "RS"
3-4	State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code	Derived from the State being reported, from IDFDV 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 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 Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’
34-48	Employee Middle Name or Initial	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’
49-68	Employee Last Name	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’
69-72	Employee Suffix	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’
73-94	Employee Location Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’
95-116	Employee Delivery Address	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’
117-138	Employee City	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’
139-140	Employee State Numeric Code	Derived from IDFDV 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 Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’
146-149	Employee ZIP Code Extension	Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’
150-196 AZ	Blank
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 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 see Tax Reporting - US General for detail for quarterly reporting
225-247 AZ	Blank
248-267	State Employer Account Number, including the Branch Number	Derived from IDFDV 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 for the SUI Registration of the State
268-512 AZ	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 RF - Final Record#

Column	Description	Source
1-2	Record Identifier	Constant "RF"
3-512 AZ	Blank

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