[{TableOfContents }] !!!Massachusetts Annual and Quarterly Reporting !!Set Up This document contains abbreviated set up requirements for the state of Massachusetts only. Please refer to the general document ([Tax Reporting - US General]) for other setup procedures that may also be required. !IDGV - State Registration *The [IDGV Definition|IDGV#DefinitionTab] tab must be set up for ‘State Registration’ for State/Province: Massachusetts. *The [IDGV Variables|IDGV#VariablesTab] tab must be set up for ‘State Registration’ for State/Province: Massachusetts. *‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ - Must be set to ‘02’ to generate the MA state magnetic media file for MA state only. !IDGV - State SUI Registration *The [IDGV Definition|IDGV#DefinitionTab] tab must be set up with ‘State SUI Registration’ for State/Province: Massachusetts *The [IDGV Variables|IDGV#VariablesTab] tab must be set up with ‘State SUI Registration’ for State/Province: Massachusetts *‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’- Must be set to ‘02’ to generate the UI wage magnetic media file for State of Massachusetts. !!State File Procedures *The Massachusetts Department of Revenue accepts filing of W-2s via magnetic media using the EFW2 format, and the filing of Quarterly UI wages via magnetic media using the [ICESA] format. *Records required for the W2 reporting are: Codes RA, RE, RS and RT; and for the UI wage reporting: Codes S. Optional records are: RW, RO, RU, RF and RV and follow the SSA Specifications for Filing Form W-2 *The State of Massachusetts requires to file the MA state file by itself, therefore [IDGV] must be set up as follows: **for State Registration of Massachusetts, the IDGV Variable ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ must be set to 02 – Massachusetts. The State of Massachusetts requires its own file, do not include other State information in the State file !Annual W2 Wage Reporting – EFW2 File Format [RPYEU] must be run with the following parameters and filters defined to generate the Massachusetts State file information: \\ __RPYEU Report Parameters__ |Annual Form Code|Mandatory. \\Annual Form Code HL$US-W2-20YY, defined on the IDFDV form. \\NOTE: Always use the current year form code. __DO NOT__ use a prior year form code as the Identifiers may be obsolete. |Period Type|Mandatory. Defines the period type. Enter "Year" for Annual reporting and "Quarter" for quarterly reporting. |Period End Date|Mandatory. Defines the end date of the reporting period. |Media Format|Mandatory. Defines the Federal file format for SSA reporting (includes 'RW' and 'RS' records). |Directory Name| Mandatory. Defines the name of the government Magnetic Media file. Must be defined or an output file will not be produced |Media File Name|Mandatory. Defines the media file name of the data being uploaded. Must be defined or an output file will not be produced __RPYEU Report Filters__ |Select State|Massachusetts, USA !!State Media Magnetic Media Reporting – EFW2 File Format !Record Name: Code RA – Transmitter Record (Required) [{InsertPage page='W2_EFW2_RECORD_RA'}] !Record Name: Code RE - Employer Record ||Column||Description||Source |1-2|Record Identifier|Constant "RE" |3-6|Tax year|Required. Enter the tax year for this report (YYYY). \\ Derived from the user defined FROM-TO period, converted to YYYY. |7|Agent Indicator Code|If applicable, enter one of the following codes:\\* 1 = 2678 Agent \\* 2 = Common Paymaster \\* 3 = 3504 Agent\\If more than one code applies, use the one that best describes your status as an agent.\\Otherwise, fill with a blank. |8-16|Employer/Agent EIN|Required. \\ Derived from the applicable Federal reporting EIN, from [IDGV] or [IDGR]. |17-25|Agent for EIN|If "1" was entered in the Agent Indicator Code field (position 7), enter the client-employer's EIN for which you are an Agent. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |26|Terminating Business Indicator|If this is the last tax year that W-2s will be filed under this EIN, enter "1". Otherwise, enter 0 (zero). |27-30|Establishment Number|For multiple RE (Employer) Records with the same EIN, you can use this field to assign a unique identifier for each RE (Employer) Record. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |31-39|Other EIN|For this tax year, if you submitted tax payments to the IRS under Form 941, 943, 944, CT-1 or Schedule H or W2 data to SSA, and a different EIN was used from the EIN in positions 8-16, enter the other EIN. Otherwise, fill with blanks. __IMPORTANT NOTE:__ The Employer's Name field (positions 40-96) and the Employer's Address fields (positions 97-173) should normally match the employer name and address under which tax payments were submitted to the IRS under Form 941, 943, 944, 945, CT-1 or Schedule H. |40-96 MA|Employer Name|Required. If you entered a “1” in position 7, agent Indicator Code field, enter the Employer name associated with the EIN in position 17-25. \\If you entered a “2” in position 7, enter the employer name associated with the EIN in position 8-16. \\If you entered a “blank” in position 7, enter the employer name associated With the EIN in position 8-16. |97-118|Employer Location Address|Enter the employer's location address (Attention, Suite, Room Number, etc.) \\Left justify and fill with blanks. \\Derived from the 'W2-ER-LOCN-ADDR' [IDFDV] Field Identifier (seq 2020). |119-140|Employer Delivery Address|Enter the employer's delivery address (Street or Post Office Box). \\Left justify and fill with blanks. \\Derived from the 'W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR' [IDFDV] Field Identifier (seq 2030). |141-162|Employer City|Enter the employer's city. \\Left justify and fill with blanks. \\Derived from the 'W2-ER-CITY' [IDFDV] Field Identifier (seq 2040). |163-164|Employer State Abbreviation|Enter the employer's State or commonwealth/territory. Use a postal abbreviation. \\For a foreign address, fill with blanks. \\Derived from the 'W2-ER-STATE' [IDFDV] Field Identifier (seq 2050). |165-169|Employer ZIP Code|Enter the employer's ZIP Code. \\For a foreign address, fill with blanks. \\Derived from the 'W2-ER-ZIP' [IDFDV] Field Identifier (seq 2060). |170-173|Employer ZIP Code Extension|Enter the employer's four-digit extension of the ZIP code. If not applicable, fill with blanks. \\Derived from the 'W2-ER-ZIP-EXT' [IDFDV] Field Identifier (seq 2070). |174|Kind of Employer|Required. \\ Enter the appropriate kind of employer: \\ \\* F = Federal Government \\* State/local non-501c \\* T = 501c non-government \\* Y = State/local 501c \\* N = None apply \\ \\ __NOTE: Leave blank if the tax jurisdiction Code in position 220 of the RE (Employer) Records is "P" (Puerto Rico).__ \\ |175-178|Blank|Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |179-201|Foreign State/Province|If applicable, enter the employer's foreign State/Province. \\ Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |202-216|Foreign Postal Code|If applicable, enter the company's foreign postal code. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |217-218|Country Code|If one of the following applies, fill with blanks: \\ \\* One of the 50 States of the U.S.A. \\* District of Columbia \\* Military Post Office (MPO) \\* American Samoa \\* Guam \\* Northern Mariana Islands \\* Puerto Rico \\* Virgin Islands \\ \\Otherwise, enter the applicable Country Code. |219|Employment Code|Required. \\ Enter the appropriate employment code: \\ \\* A = Agriculture (Form 943)\\* H = Household (Schedule H)\\* M = Military (Form 941) \\* Q = Medicare Qualified Government Employment (Form 941)\\* X = Railroad (CT-1) \\* F = Regular (Form 944)\\* R = Regular (all others) (Form 941). \\ NOTE: Railroad reporting is not applicable for Puerto Rico and territorial employers. |220|Tax Jurisdiction Code|Required. \\ Enter the code that identifies the type of income tax withheld from the employee's earnings: \\ \\* Blank (W-2) \\* V = Virgin Islands (W-2VI) \\* G = Guam (W-2GU) \\* S = American Samoa (W-2AS) \\* N = Northern Mariana Islands (W-2CM) \\* P = Puerto Rico (W-2PR/499R-2) |221|Third Party Sick Pay Indicator|Enter "1" for a sick pay indicator. Otherwise, enter "0" (zero). |222-248|Employer Contact Name|Enter the name of the employer's contact. \\Left justify and fill with blanks. |249-263|Employer Contact Phone Number|Enter the employer's contact telephone number with numeric values only (including area code). Do not use any special characters.\\Left justify and fill with blanks. |264-268|Employer Contact Phone Extension|Enter the employer's contact telephone extension with numeric values only. Do not use any special characters. \\ Left justify and fill with blanks. |269-278|Employer Contact Fax Number|If applicable, enter the employer's contact fax number with numeric values only (including area code). Do not use any special characters. \\Otherwise, fill with blanks. \\ __ For US and US Territories only __ |279-318|Employer Contact E-Mail/Internet|Enter the employer's contact e-mail/internet address. |319-512|Blank|Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. !Record Name: Code RS - State Wage Record ||Column||Description||Source |1-2|Record Identifier|Constant "RS" |3-4|State Code|Numeric Code, use ‘25’ for Massachusetts |5-9 MA|Blank|Fill with blanks |10-18|Social Security Number|Enter the employee's SSN. __If no SSN is available, enter zeros.__ \\Derived from the ‘W2-EE-SSN’ [IDFDV] Field Identifier. |19-33|Employee First Name|Enter the employee's first name. Left justify and fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] W2-EE-FIRST-NAME Field Identifier |34-48|Employee Middle Name or Initial|Enter the employee's middle name or initial, if applicable. Left justify and fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ |49-68|Employee Last Name|Enter the employee's last name. Left justify and fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ |69-72|Employee Suffix|Enter the employee's alphabetical suffix, if applicable. Left justify and fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ |73-94|Employee Location Address|Enter the employee's location address. Include suite, room number, etc. Left justify and fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ |95-116|Employee Delivery Address|Enter the employee's delivery address. Left justify and fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ |117-138|Employee City|Enter the employee's city. Left justify and fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’ |139-140|Employee State Abbreviation|Enter the employee's State postal abbreviation. Left justify and fill with blanks. For a foreign address, fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-STATE’ |141-145|Employee ZIP Code|Enter the employee's zip code. For a foreign address, fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ |146-149|Employee ZIP Code Extension|Enter the employee's four-digit zip code extension. If not applicable, fill with blanks.|Derived from [IDFDV] Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ |150-273 MA|Blank|Fill with blanks |274-275|State code|Enter the appropriate FIPS postal numeric code.\\Massachusetts numeric code is "25"|Derived from the State being reported. |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) |298-337 MA|Blank|Fill with blanks |338-348 MA|Fica Medicare Tax|Right justify and zero fill |349-359 MA|Federal Mass Retirement|Right justify and zero fill |360-370 MA|Federal Mass Wages|Right justify and zero fill |371-381 MA|MAPFML|Employee contribution for Paid Family and Medical Leave. Right justifY and zero fill. |382-512 MA|Blank|Fill with 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 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. Right justify and zero fill |10-24 MA|Total State Taxable Wages|Total for all employee records Code RS reported on Code RE records. Right justify and zero fill |25-39 MA|Total State Income Tax Withheld|Enter the total for all employee records Code RS reported since the last RE record. Right justify and zero fill |40-512 MA|Blank| !Quarterly UI Wage Reporting – ICESA Format *The state of Massachusetts only reads the ‘S’ record in UI Wage Reporting. [RPYEU] must be run with the following parameters and filters defined to generate the Massachusetts State file information: __RPYEU Report Parameters__ |Quarterly Form Code|Mandatory. Quarterly Form Code HL$US-W2-20YY, defined on the IDFDV form. Must be entered in order to produce the UI wage file in [ICESA] format. \\NOTE: Always use the current year form code. __DO NOT__ use a prior year form code as the Identifiers may be obsolete. |Period Type|Mandatory. Defines the period type. Enter "Quarter" for quarterly reporting. |Period End Date|Mandatory. Defines the end date of the reporting period. |Media Format|Mandatory. Enter State SUI File Format. Defines the Federal file format for SSA reporting (includes 'RW' and 'RS' records). |Directory Name| Mandatory. Defines the name of the government Magnetic Media file. Must be defined or an output file will not be produced |Media File Name|Mandatory. Defines the media file name of the data being uploaded. Must be defined or an output file will not be produced __RPYEU Report Filters__ |Select State|Massachusetts, USA !!Quarterly UI Wage Magnetic Media Reporting - ICESA Format %%information NOTE: The following ‘Not Required’ fields may or may not always contain blanks. Columns marked with MA indicates it is a Massachusetts specific requirement which is not the standard record format.%% !Record Name: Code S – Employee Wage Record ||Column||Description||Source |1-1|Record Identifier|Constant ‘S’ |2-10|Social Security Number|Enter the Employee’s social security number. If not known, enter ‘I’ in position 2 and blanks in position 3-10 |11-30 MA|Employee Last Name| |31-42 MA|Employee First Name| |43-43 MA|Employee Initial| |44-45 MA|State Code|Not Required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |46-46 MA|Adjustment Code|Enter ‘0’ to indicate original submission |47-49 MA|Blank| |50-63 MA|State Quarterly Gross Wages|Enter the State gross quarterly wages |64-77 MA|Total State Quarterly Wages subject to unemployment taxes|Not required by the State of Massachusetts |78-131 MA|Other State Wages|Not required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |132-134 MA|Hours Worked|Enter total hours worked during the reporting period. Decimals are not allowed |135-142 MA|Blank|Not required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |143-146 MA|Taxing Entity Code|Not required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |147-154 MA|State Unemployment Insurance Employer Account Number| |155-161 MA|Blank|Not required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |162-165 MA|Unit/Division Location (plant code)| |166-176 MA|Blank|Not required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |177-190 MA|Total State Taxable Wages| |191-204 MA|State Income Tax Withheld| |205-209 MA|Various|Not required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |210-210 MA|Officer Code|Default value is ‘0’| |211-211 MA|Wage Plan Code|Not required by the State of Massachusetts. Fill with blanks |212-212 MA|12th of the Month Employment Indicator – Month 1|Enter ‘1’ if the employee worked on the 12th day of the 1st month of the reporting period |213-213 MA|12th of the Month Employment Indicator – Month 2|Enter ‘1’ if the employee worked on the 12th day of the 2nd month of the reporting period |214-214 MA|12th of the Month Employment Indicator – Month 3|Enter ‘1’ if the employee worked on the 12th day of the 3rd month of the reporting period |215-220 MA|Reporting Quarter and Year|Enter the quarter (2-digits) and the year (4-digits) that is being reported. Example: 01YYYY for January-March |221-232 MA|Not required by the State of Massachusetts.|Fill with blanks |233-275 MA|Not required by the State of Massachusetts.|Fill with blanks ---- ![Notes|Edit:Internal.Tax Reporting - MA] [{InsertPage page='Internal.Tax Reporting - MA' default='Click to create a new notes page'}]