US W2 ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY PROCESSING - NEW YORK#

What's New for Tax Year 2011#

The following changes have been noted for reporting W2 wages to the Federal Government using the standard EFW2 file format:

  • (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 New York 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: New York.
  • The IDGV Variables tab must be set up for 'State Registration' for State/Province: New York.
  • 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING' - Must be ‘02’ to generate NY state magnetic media file for state of NY only.

IDGV - State SUI Registration#

  • The IDGV Definition tab must be set up with ‘State SUI Registration’ for State/Province: New *The IDGV Variables tab must be set up with ‘State SUI Registration’ for State/Province: New York
  • ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ - Must be ‘02’ to generate UI wage magnetic media file for state of New York

State File Procedures #

  • The state of New York Department of Revenue accepts filing of W-2s and Quarterly UI filing via magnetic media using the EFW2 (formerly MMREF1) file format.
  • Records required for both the W2 and UI reporting are: Codes RA,RE,RS,RU,RF;
  • New York state requires to file the NY state file by itself, therefore IDGV must be set up as follows:
    • for State Registration of New York, the IDGV Variables:
      • ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ 02 – State requires its own file, do not include other state information in the NY state file

Annual W2 Wage Reporting – EFW2 (Formerly MMREF1) Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate New York state file information:
Report List Filters, Select StateNew York, 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 Magnetic Media Reporting – EFW2 (Formerly MMREF-1) Format#

Record Name: Code RA - Transmitter Record (Same as the Federal Code RA) #

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)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PIN-NUMBER’ (seq 1010)
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 (Same as the Federal Code RE)#

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 from 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 RW - Employee Wage Record (Same as the Federal Code RW)#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RW"
3-11Social Security NumberDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SSN’ (seq 2500)

If an invalid SSN is encountered, this field is entered with zeroes
12-26Employee First NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’ (seq 2510)
27-41Employee Middle Name or InitialDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ (seq 2520)
42-61Employee Last NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ (seq 2530)
62-65Employee SuffixDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ (seq 2540)
66-87Employee Location AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2600)
88-109Employee Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2610)
110-131Employee CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’ (seq 2620)
132-133Employee State AbbreviationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-STATE’ (seq 2630)
134-138Employee ZIP CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ (seq 2640)
139-142Employee ZIP Code ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2650)
143-147Blank
148-170Employee Foreign State/ProvinceDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-STATE’ (seq 2660)
171-185Employee Foreign Postal CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2670)
186-187Employee Country CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-COUNTRY’ (seq 2680)
188-198Wages, Tips and Other CompensationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-WAGE’ (seq 3000)
199-209Federal Income Tax WithheldDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-TAX’ (seq 3010)
210-220Social Security WagesDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-WAGE’ (seq 3020)
221-231Social Security Tax WithheldDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TAX’ (seq 3030)
232-242Medicare Wages & TipsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-WAGE’ (seq 3040)
243-253Medicare Tax WithheldDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-TAX’ (seq 3050)
254-264Social Security TipsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TIP’ (seq 3060)
265-275Advanced Earned Income CreditDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EIC’ (seq 3080)
276-286Dependent Care BenefitsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-DEP-CARE’ (seq 3090)
287-297Deferred Compensation contribution to Section 401(k)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-D’ (seq 4030)
298-308Deferred Compensation contribution to Section 403(b)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-E’ (seq 4040)
309-319Deferred Compensation contribution to Section 408(k)(6)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-F’ (seq 4050)
320-330Deferred Compensation contribution to Section 457(b)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-G’ (seq 4060)
331-341Deferred Compensation contribution to Section 501(c)(18)(D)Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-H’ (seq 4070)
342-352Military Employee’s Basic Quarters and Combat PayDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-Q’ (seq 4140)
353-363Non-qualified Plan section 457Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-NQUAL-457’ (seq 3102)
364-374Employer Contribution to a Health Savings AccountDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-W’ (seq 4190)
375-385Non-qualified Plan Not section 457Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-NQUAL-N457’ (seq 3104)
386-407Blank
408-418Employer cost of premiums for Group Term Life insurance over $50000Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-C’ (seq 4020)
419-429Income from Non-statutory Stock OptionsDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-V’ (seq 4180)
430-462Blank
463-473Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health CoverageDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-DD’ (seq 4250)
474-485Blank
486Statutory Employee IndicatorDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-STAT-EE’ (seq 6000)

If the amount is non zero, then ‘1’ is entered, otherwise ‘0’ is entered
487Blank
488Retirement Plan IndicatorDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: 'W2-RETIRE-PLAN’ (seq 6020)

If the amount is non zero, then ‘1’ is entered, otherwise ‘0’ is entered
489Third-Party Sick Pay IndicatorDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-3PARTY-SICK’ (seq 6060)

If the amount is non zero, then ‘1’ is entered, otherwise ‘0’ is entered
490-512Blank

Record Name: Code RS - State Wage Record#

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

Numeric code for New York is ‘36’
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 CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2670)
193-194Employee Country CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-COUNTRY’ (seq 2680)
Location 195 to 267
Applicable to Quarterly Unemployment Reporting
ColumnDescriptionSource
195-196Optional Code

State Specific Data

If not used, enter blanks
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 have 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. RPYEU will then be 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
225-226Number of Weeks Worked

From system derived number of Weeks Worked for the Reporting State

The system reads all pay headers with pay category = ‘Regular Pay’ that are not reversed with Pay Issue Date falls within the user specified Quarter begin and end date

If the Pay Header’s Work State or Home State is the same as the reporting State, then the Pay Header Tax Weeks is accumulated
227-234Date First Employed MMDDCCYYFrom system derived latest Employment Hired Date
235-242Date of Separation MMDDCCYYFrom system derived latest Employment Termination Date that is greater than the Employment Hired Date
243-247Blank
248-267State Employer Account 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
268-273Blank
274-275State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric codeDerived from the State being reported

e.g. Numeric code for New York is "36"
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)
298-307Other State Data, to be defined by each state
308Tax 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

IDGV must be set up for the Local or School Registration by County/City or School district for the following fields on the Variables Tab:

'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING'
'W2 TAX TYPE CODE'
'W2 TAXING ENTITY'

'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING' indicates whether the County/City or School should report taxes with the State or not

'W2 TAX TYPE CODE' must contain the valid Tax Type Code as defined above

'W2 TAXING ENTITY' contains the Taxing Entity code supplied by the County/City or School government booklet
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 WithheldIf 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’
331-337State Control Number (optional)

Blank
338-412Supplemental Data 1

State Specific Data

If not used, enter blanks
413-487Supplemental Data 2

State Specific Data

If not used, enter blanks
488-512Blank
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 (Same as the Federal Code RT)#

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

Total number of code "RW" 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
280-294Blank
295-309Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health CoverageDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-DD’, total of all code "RW" records since last "RE" record
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 (Same as the Federal Code RF)#

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

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

Quarterly UI Wage Reporting – EFW2 (Formerly MMREF-1) Format#

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

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 specific specifically in the installation.

Period TypeQuarter.
Period End DateEnter the quarter end date, i.e. 30-Jun-2011.
Select StateNew York, USA
Media File TypeState SUI File Format.
If the Directory Name/Media File Name is not supplied, an output file will not be produced.

Quarterly UI Wage Magnetic Media Reporting – EFW2 File Format#

Please note that the following ‘Not Required’ fields may or may not always contain blanks. Note: Columns coded with NY indicates it is a New York specific requirement which is not the standard record format.

Record Name: Code RA - Transmitter Record #

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant ‘RA’
3-13Submitter’s Employer ID number (EIN)

Numeric only
Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-ER-EIN’
14-216Blank
217-273Submitter NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-NAME’
274-295Submitter Location AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-LOCN’
296-317Submitter Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-DELIV’
318-339Submitter CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-CITY’
340-341Submitter State AbbreviationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-STATE’
342-346Submitter ZIP CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP’
347-350Submitter ZIP Code ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP-EXT’
351-395Blank
396-422Contact NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-NAME’
423-437Contact Phone NumberDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL’
438-442Contact Phone ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL-EXT’
443-445Blank
446-485Contact E-mailDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-EMAIL’
486-488Blank
489-512Contact FAXDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-FAX’

Record Name: Code RE - Employer Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant ‘RE’
3-7Blank
8-18Employer/Agent EINSystem derived the applicable Federal reporting EIN, from IDGV or IDGR
19-39Blank
40-118Employer NameDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-NAME’
119-140Employer Delivery AddressDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR’
141-162Employer CityDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-CITY’
163-164Employer State FIPS Postal AbbreviationDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-STATE’
165-169Employer ZIP CodeDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP’
170-173Employer ZIP Code ExtensionDerived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP-EXT’
174-178Quarter and Year Being Reported

Format should be QYYYY with Q values of 1,2,3, or 4. and YYYY values being the tax year
179-512Blank

Record Name: Code RS - Supplemental Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant "RS"
3-4State Code

Appropriate FIPS postal numeric code
Derived from the State being reported, from IDFDV sequence 7000

e.g. New York numeric code is "36"
5-9Blank
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’
73-202 NYBlank
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. RPYEU would be 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.
214-242Blank
243-243 NYWage Type

Wages type identifier

‘W’ for regular wages, and ‘O’ for other wages
Derived from IDGV setup (‘Variables’ tab).
244-275Blank
276-286Gross Wages subject to withholding

Enter zeros for Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Quarter 3

Enter Annual Amount for Quarter 4 only
Derived from IDFDV, Annual Amount, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’ (seq 7020) plus ‘W2_ST_WAGE_WORK’ (sequence 7030)
287-297Total Tax Withheld

NYS, NYC, and Yonkers income tax withheld (lump sum)

Enter zeros for Quarter 1, Quarter 2, and Quarter 3

Enter Annual Amount for Quarter 4 only
Derived from IDFDV, Annual Amount, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-TAX-HOME’ (seq 7040) plus ‘W2_ST_TAX_WORK’ (sequence 7050)
298-512 NYBlank
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 RU - Total Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant ‘RU’
3-9Number of RS Records

Total number of code "RS" records reported for this employer
10-512Blank

Record Name: Code RF - Final Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-2Record IdentifierConstant ‘RF’
3-512 NYBlank

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