ARIZONA 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:
  • (W2 Form) The ‘Advance Earned Income Credit Payment’ is eliminated for tax year beginning after December 31, 2010. Box 9, Advance EIC payments, has been deleted from the 2011 Form W2.
  • (W2 Form) Code DD is added to box 12 of the 2011 form W2 to report the cost of employer-sponsored health coverage. However, this reporting will not be mandatory for 2011.
  • (W2 Form) Code EE, Designated Roth contributions under a government section 457(b) plan, has been added to the list of codes in box 12 of Form W2.
  • (W2 File) A new field, 'Kind of Employer', has been added to the RE Employer Record (position 174). This is a required field.
  • (W2 File) A new field, Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage, has been added to the RW Employee Record (positions 463-473) and the RT Total Record (positions 295-309).
  • (W2 File) A new field, 'Designated Roth Contributions Under a Governmental Section 457(b) Plan', has been added to the RO Employee Record (positions 111-121) and the RU Total Record (positions 145-159)

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#

  • 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 (Formerly MMREF-1) Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Arizona State file information:
Media FormatState SUI File Format
Select StateArizona, USA
Report List Filters, Select StateArizona USA
Parameters, Annual Form Code(example: use standard form code‘HL$US-W2-2012’)
Parameters, Period TypeYear
Parameters, Period End DateYear End Date (i.e. 31-Dec-2011)
Parameters, Media FormatState 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 (Formerly MMREF1) Format#

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

Record Name: Code RA - Transmitter Record #

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RA"
3-11Submitter’s Employer ID number (EIN)

Numeric only
Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-ER-EIN’ (seq 1000)
12-28Personal Identification Number (PIN) and Software Vendor CodeDerived 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.
29Resub IndicatorDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-IND’ (seq 1020)
30-35Resub WFIDDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-WFID’ (seq 1030)
36-37Software CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SOFTWARE’ (seq 1040)
38-94Company NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-NAME’ (seq 1050)
95-116Location AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-LOCN’ (seq 1060)
117-138Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-DELIV’ (seq 1070)
139-160Company CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-CITY’ (seq 1080)
161-162Company State AbbreviationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-STATE’ (seq 1090)
163-167Company ZIP codeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP’ (seq 1100)
168-171Company ZIP code extensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1110)
172-176Blank
177-199Company Foreign State/ProvinceDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-STATE’ (seq 1120)
200-214Company Foreign Postal CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-POST’ (seq 1130)
215-216Company Country CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-COUNTRY’ (seq 1140)
217-273Submitter NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-NAME’ (seq 1150)
274-295Submitter Location AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-LOCN’ (seq 1160)
296-317Submitter Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-DELIV’ (seq 1170)
318-339Submitter CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-CITY’ (seq 1180)
340-341Submitter State AbbreviationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-STATE’ (seq 1190)
342-346Submitter ZIP codeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP’ (seq 1200)
347-350Submitter ZIP code extensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1210)
351-355Blank
356-378Submitter Foreign State/ProvinceDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-STATE’ (seq 1220)
379-393Submitter Foreign Postal CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-POST’ (seq 1230)
394-395Submitter Country CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-COUNTRY’ (seq 1240)
396-422Contact NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-NAME’ (seq 1250)
423-437Contact Phone NumberDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL’ (seq 1260)
438-442Contact Phone ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL-EXT’ (seq 1270)
443-445Blank
446-485Contact E-mailDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-EMAIL’ (seq 1280)
486-488Blank
489-498Contact FAXDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-FAX’ (seq 1290)
499-499Preferred Method of Problem Notification CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-METH’ (seq 1300)
500-500Preparer CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PREPARER’ (seq 1310)
501-512Blank

Record Name: Code RE - Employer Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RE"
3-6Tax year CCYYFrom user specified FROM-TO period converted to CCYY
7Agent Indicator CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-AGENT-IND’ (seq 1500)
8-16Employer/Agent EINSystem derived the applicable Federal reporting EIN, from IDGV or IDGR
17-25Agent for EINDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-FOR-EIN’ (seq 1510)
26Terminating Business IndicatorDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TERM-BUS’ (seq 1520)
27-30Establishment NumberDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ESTAB’ (seq 1530)
31-39Other EINDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-OTHER-EIN’ (seq 1540)
40-96Employer NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-NAME’ (seq 2010)
97-118Employer Location AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2020)
119-140Employer Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2030)
141-162Employer CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-CITY’ (seq 2040)
163-164Employer State AbbreviationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-STATE’ (seq 2050)
165-169Employer ZIP CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP’ (seq 2060)
170-173Employer ZIP Code ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2070)
174-174Kind of EmployerDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-KIND-OF-EMPLOYER’ (seq 2120)
175-178Blank
179-201Employer Foreign State/ProvinceDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-STATE’ (seq 2080)
202-216Employer Foreign Postal CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2090)
217-218Employer Country CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-COUNTRY’ (seq 2100)
219Employment CodeFrom 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
220Tax Jurisdiction CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TAX-JURIS’ (seq 2110)
221Third-Party Sick Pay IndicatorDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-3RD-PARTY-SICK’ (seq 1480)
222-512Blank

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

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RS"
3-4State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric codeDerived from the State being reported, from IDFDV sequence 7000

e.g. Arizona numeric code is "04"
5-9Taxing Entity CodeIf 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
10-18Social Security NumberDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SSN’ (seq 2500)

If an invalid SSN is encountered, this field is entered with zeroes
19-33Employee First NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’ (seq 2510)
34-48Employee Middle Name or InitialDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ (seq 2520)
49-68Employee Last NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ (seq 2530)
69-72Employee SuffixDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ (seq 2540)
73-94Employee Location AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2600)
95-116Employee Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2610)
117-138Employee CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’ (seq 2620)
139-140Employee State AbbreviationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-STATE’ (seq 2630)
141-145Employee ZIP CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ (seq 2640)
146-149Employee ZIP Code ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2650)
150-154Blank
155-177Employee Foreign State/ProvinceDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-STATE’ (seq 2660)
178-192Employee Foreign Postal Codev‘W2-EE-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2670)
193-194Employee Country CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-COUNTRY’ (seq 2680)
195-267Blank
274-275State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric codeDerived from the State being reported

e.g. Arizona numeric code is "04"
276-286State Taxable WagesDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’(7020) and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ (7030)
287-297State Income Tax WithheldDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-TAX-HOME’ (7040) and ‘W2-ST-TAX-WORK’ (7050)
298-307Blank
308Tax 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
309-319Local Taxable WagesIf 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’
320-330Local 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’
331-512Blank
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#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RT"
3-9Number of RS Records

Total number of code "RS" records reported since last code "RE" record
10-24Wages, Tips and Other CompensationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
25-39Federal Income Tax WithheldDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
40-54Social Security WagesDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
55-69Social Security Tax WithheldDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
70-84Medicare Wages and TipsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-WAGE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
85-99Medicare Tax WithheldDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
100-114Social Security TipsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TIP’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
115-129Advanced Earned Income CreditDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EIC’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
130-144Dependent Care BenefitsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-DEP-CARE’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
145-159Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 401(k)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-D’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
160-174Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 403(b)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-E’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
175-189Deferred 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
190-204Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 457(b)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-G’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
205-219Deferred 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
220-234Military Employee’s Basic Quarters and Combat PayDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-Q’, total of all code ‘RW’ records since last ‘RE’ record
235-249Non-Qualified Plan Section 457Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-NQUAL-457’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
250-264Employer Contribution to a Health Savings AccountDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-W’, total of all code ‘RW’ records since last ‘RE’ record
265-279Non-Qualified Plan Not Section 457Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-NQUAL-N457’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
280-309Blank
310-324Employer Cost of Premiums for Group Term Life Insurance over $50000Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-C’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
325-339Income Tax Withheld by Third-Party PayerDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: SUB-3RD-PARTY-TAX’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
340-354Income from Non-statutory Stock optionsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-V’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
355-512Blank

Record Name: Code RF - Final Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RF"
3-7Blank
8-16Number of RS Records

Total number of code "RW" records on file
17-512Blank

State Quarterly UI Wage Magnetic Media Reporting – EFW2 (Formerly MMREF1) Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Arizona State file information:
Media FormatState SUI File Format
Select StateArizona, USA
  • Annual Form Code’ – use the standard supplied form code HL$US-W2-2012. 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-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. Columns coded with AZ indicates it is an Arizona specific requirement which is not the standard record format.

Record Name: Code RS - Supplemental Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RS"
3-4State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric codeDerived from the State being reported, from IDFDV 7000

Arizona is code ‘04’
5-9Taxing Entity Code

Constant ‘UITAX’

IDGV setup for SUI registration ‘variables’ tab ‘Taxing Entity’ field
10-18Social Security NumberDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SSN’

If an invalid SSN is encountered, this field is entered with zeroes
19-33Employee First NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’
34-48Employee Middle Name or InitialDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’
49-68Employee Last NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’
69-72Employee SuffixDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’
73-94Employee Location AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’
95-116Employee Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’
117-138Employee CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’
139-140Employee State Numeric CodeDerived 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’).
141-145Employee ZIP CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’
146-149Employee ZIP Code ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’
150-196 AZBlank
197-202Reporting Period MMCCYYFrom user specified Period End Date converted to MMCCYY for the quarter

e.g. Period End Date = ‘31-Dec-2003’, then reporting period is ‘122003’
203-213State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Total WagesDerived 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
214-224State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Taxable WagesThis 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 US_ANNUAL_QTRLY_REPORTING_GEN for detail for quarterly reporting
225-247 AZBlank
248-267State Employer Account Number, including the Branch NumberDerived 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 AZBlank
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#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RF"
3-512 AZBlank

Notes#

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