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Nebraska 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:using the EFW2 file format:

• (W2 Form) The ‘Advance Earned Income Credit Payment’ field 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 Nebraska 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 Definitiontab must be set up for 'State Registration' for State/Province: Nebraska.
• The IDGV Variables tab must be set up for 'State Registration' for State/Province: Nebraska.
• ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ - The state of Nebraska 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 NE only)

IDGV - State SUI Registration#

• The IDGV Definitiontab must be set up with 'State SUI Registration' for State/Province: Nebraska.
• The IDGV Variables tab must be set up with 'State SUI Registration' for State/Province: Nebraska.
  • 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING' - Must be ‘02’ to generate State UI wage file for state of Nebraska.

State File Procedures#

• The Nebraska 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,RW,RS,RT,RV,RF; and for the UI wage reporting: Code ‘E’, ‘S’ and ‘T’.
• The State of Nebraska requires to file the NE state file by itself, therefore IDGV must be set up as follows:
  • for State Registration of Nebraska, the IDGV Variable:
    • 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING' 02 - Nebraska state 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 and the following selected to generate Nebraska state file information:

Media Format:	State File Format
Select State:	Nebraska, USA

State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - EFW2 File Format#

Record name

Code RA - Transmitter Record (same as federal code RA)

Quarterly UI Wage Reporting - ICESA Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Nebraska state file information:

Media Format:	State SUI File Format
Select State:	Nebraska, USA

• To produce a SUI file format in the ICESA format, the Quarterly Form Code must be entered.
• The state of Nebraska must be selected in the 'Report List Filters'.
• Annual Form Code - Use the standard supplied form code HL$US-W2-2012. The Variables need to be entered in this form code for specific use in the installation.
• The 'Quarterly Form Code' must be entered in order to produce the UI wage file in ICESA format.
• Use the supplied form code 'HL$US-QTR-2012'. The Variables need to be entered in this form code for specific use in the installation.
• 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.

- The ‘Quarterly Form Code’ must be entered in order to produce UI wage file in ICESA format. – use the HighLine supplied Form Code ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’.. You will have to enter the ‘Variables’ in this Form Code for use specifically in your installation. - 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.

State Quarterly UI Wage Reporting – ICESA Format Record name: Code A - Transmitter Record

ICESA for the State of North Dakota#

• The format details are found at the Job Service North Dakota website.

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Notes#

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- Required record codes are ‘E’, ‘S’, and ‘T’.