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TENNESSEE ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTING#

What's New for Tax Year 2012#

There are no format changes in wage reporting for tax year 2012

SET UP#

This document contains abbreviated set up requirements for TENNESSEE only. Please refer to the general document for other set up that may be required.

IDGV - State SUI Registration#

State File Procedures#

Tennessee does not have state personal income tax.

The Tennessee Department of Labor accepts filing of UI quarterly wages via magnetic media using the ICESA format.

Quarterly UI Wage Reporting – ICESA format #

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

Quarterly UI Wage Magnetic Media Reporting - ICESA Format#

Please note that the following ‘Not Required’ fields may or may not always contain blanks.

Record Name: Code E - Employer Record#

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-1Record IdentifierConstant ‘E’
2-5Payment Year

Enter the year for which the report is being prepared
6-14Federal EIN

Enter only numeric characters
Derived from the IDGV State SUI Registration
15-23 TNBlank
24-73 TNEmployer Name

Not required
74-113 TNEmployer Street Address

Not required
114-138 TNEmployer City

Not required
139-140 TNEmployer State

Enter the standard two character FIPS postal abbreviation of the employer’s address
Derived from the Entity Location
141-148 TNBlank
149-153 TNZIP code extension

Not required
154-158 TNZIP code

Not required
159-159 TNBlank
160-160 TNType of Employment

Not required
161-162Blocking Factor

Enter blocking factor of the file, must be 25

Enter blanks for diskette
163-166 TNEstablishment Number or Coverage Group/PRU

Not required
167-170 TNTaxing Entity Code

Not required
171-172State Identifier Code

Enter the state FIPS postal numeric code for the state to which wages are being reported

Enter ‘47’ for Tennessee
173-187State Unemployment Insurance Account Number

Enter state UI employer account number
Derived from the IDGV State SUI Registration
188-189Reporting Period

‘03’, ‘06’, ‘09’, or ‘12’
190-190No Workers/No Wages

Not required
191-208 TNNot Used

Enter blanks
209-255Blank
256-256 TNForeign Indicator

Not required
257-257Blank
258-266 TNOther EIN

Not required
267-275Blank

Record Name: Code S – Employee Wage Record #

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-1Record IdentifierConstant ‘S’
2-10Social Security Number

Employee’s social security number; if not known, enter ‘I’ in position 2 and blanks in position 3-10
11-30Employee Last Name
31-42Employee First Name
43-43Employee Middle Initial

Enter employee middle initial

Leave blank if no middle initial
44-45State Code

Enter the state FIPS postal numeric code for the state to which wages are being reported
46-49Blank

50-63 TNState QTR Total Gross Wages

Not Required

64-77State QTR Unemployment Insurance Total Wages

Enter quarterly wages subject to unemployment taxes

78-91 TNState QTR Unemployment Insurance Excess Wages

Not Required

92-105 TN - State QTR Unemployment Insurance Taxable Wages

Not Required|

106-120 TN - Quarterly State Disability Insurance Taxable Wages

Not Required|

121-129 TN - Quarterly Tip Wages

Not Required|

130-131 TN - Number of Weeks Worked

Not Required|

132-134 TN - Number of Hours Worked. - Not Required.

135-138 TN - Date First Employed (MMYY) - Not Required.

139-142 TN - Date of Separation (MMYY) - Not Required.

143-146 - Taxing Entity Code. - Constant ‘UTAX’.

147-161 - State Unemployment Insurance Account Number. - Enter state UI employer account number - SUI Registration Number from IDGV

162-176 - Unit/Division Location/Plant Code - The ID assigned to identify wages by work site.

177-190 - State Taxable Wages. - Enter wages subject to state income tax.

191-204 - State Income Tax withheld - Enter wages subject to state income tax.

205-209 TN - Not Used - Enter blanks.

210-210 - Officer Code. - Enter ‘1’ for officers of the corporation, else enter ‘0’.

211-211 - Wage Plan Code. - Enter blank.

212-212 - Month-1 Employment. - Enter ‘1’ if employee covered by UI worked or receive pay for the pay period including the 12th day of the first reporting month, else enter ‘0’.

213-213 - Month-2 Employment. - Enter ‘1’ if employee covered by UI worked or receive pay for the pay period including the 12th day of the second reporting month, else enter ‘0’.

214-214 - Month-3 Employment. - Enter ‘1’ if employee covered by UI worked or receive pay for the pay period including the 12th day of the third reporting month, else enter ‘0’.

215-275 TNBlank

Record Name: Code F - Final Record #

ColumnDescriptionSource
1-1Record IdentifierConstant ‘F’
2-275Blank