Table of Contents
- US W2 PROCESS EP 2012
- 2011-2012 Year End Changes
- Government Reporting Procedures
- Set Up
- IMUF – Define User Fields for IDGV
- IMUF – Define User Fields for IDDP
- IMUF – Define User Fields for IEID
- IMUF – Define User Fields for IDCO
- IDCO – Define ISO Country Code for Foreign Countries
- IDDP – Department Screen
- IEID – Employee Identity Screen User Field
- IDGR – Define Group for Govt Registration
- IDSP – Define States
- IDCN – Define Counties
- IDTX – Define Tax Jurisdictions
- IDSD – Define School Districts
- IDGV – One or Multiple Government Registrations
- IDGV – Override Employer Name and Address by EIN
- IDGV – Levels of Government Registrations
- IDGV – Define State SUI Registrations for Quarterly Filing
- IDFD – Define Form Code
- IDFD – Starter Scripts
- IDFD – Store Option
- IDFDV – Copy Last Year’s Definition to Current Year
- IDFDV – Form Definition Variables
- IDFDV – Employer Primary Address and Mailing Address
- IDFDV – Employee Primary Address and Mailing Address
- Processing
- Taxation Level Processing
- W2 Type of Employment
- Government Media File Name
- XML File
- RPYEU Trace and Data Dump File
- Government Media File – Code RW, RS when Select by State
- Exclude Employees
- Election Workers
- Reissued / Corrected W2 Form
- Void W2 Form
- RPYEU Registration Set Up Audit
- RPYEU Exception Messages
- RPYEU Summary Report Level
- RPYEU Sort Level
- RPYEU Combined Employment Type
- W2 Form Control Number Print
- RPREGT – Pay Totals Register
- RPREGT – Selection Criteria
- RPYEU – US Year End Summary Report
- RPYEU – Selection Criteria – Annual Reporting
- RPYEU – Selection Criteria – Quarterly Reporting
- RPYEU – Quarterly Form Code Set Up
- RPYEU – Sample Run
- IPGR – Government Reporting Screen
- IPGR – GVT Run tab
- IPGR – Header Tab
- IPGH – Employee Government Reporting Screen
- IPGH
- IPGH – Amount tab
- UPGRUNDO – Undo GVT Run
- UPGRUNDO – Selection Criteria
- RPW2 – W2 Form Print
- RPW2 – W2 Form Print Selection Criteria
- RPW2 – Printer Set Up
- RPW2 – Form Print Processing
- W-2 Wage Form Descriptions - (2011 Format – Reporting in 2011)
- Government Media Reporting
- SSA ACCU Wage Software
- Validate EFW2 File Format
- Notes
US W2 PROCESS EP 2012#
The US W2 Process allows for reporting to the US government from the employees' YTD information according to the government specified requirement and for generating the magnetic media or electronic files to send to the government.
For annual reporting, this allows for reporting from the employees' YTD information according to selected criteria in order to produce the W2 Wage statement and for generating the W2 media file to send to the government.
For quarterly reporting, this allows for reporting from the employees' QTD information according to selected criteria and for generating the media file to send to the government.
2011-2012 Year End Changes#
There is no page called 'W2_2011-2012_YEAR_END_CHANGES'. Would you like to create it?Government Reporting Procedures#
The following steps outline the procedure to produce the W2 Forms and the Government file:
RPREGT
- For annual reporting, run RPREGT to produce the YTD Register
- For quarterly reporting, run RPREGT to produce the QTD Register
IDFD
- This form defines the W2 Form and File Definition for Annual and Quarterly reporting
- This form contains the default values to enter on IDFDV
- The information on this form is provided by High Line with the Year End software. The script only needs to be executed in order to load in the most current information for the year.
IDFDV
- Users MUST set up Annual W2 Form and File Definition with user information
- Users CAN set up Quarterly Form and File Definition with user information
RDFD
RPYEU
- Produces US Year End Summary Report for the reporting Year or the reporting Quarter
- Users must use this report to balance to the YTD Register or QTD Register report (RPREGT)
- Users must check exception messages from this Summary Report and correct any exceptions
- Generates the Federal Government file in federal format
- Generates the State File in the federal file format for States that accept the federal file format
- Generates the State File for States with specific State File format requirements
- Users must run RPYEU one State at a time to generate State specific file
- Each State may have its own requirements. Users must verify if that State specific format is supported by RPYEU prior to running RPYEU for a specific State file
- Generates an XML file for RPW2 (Oracle version only) to print the W2 Forms
- Generates the GVT Run and stores information in IPGR, IPGH for RPW2W4C/RPW2W4TB (Windward versions) to print the W2 forms
- In utility trace mode, RPYEU generates a .txt file for the SQL Select statement and the .csv trace file
- Provides an option to generate data dump file in a .csv format for Federal, State, Local, School data for balancing and debugging purposes
IPGR
- View data by GVT Run Number after RPYEU is run
IPGH
- View data by GVT Header after RPYEU is run for an employee
UPGRUNDO
- Allows users to undo a GVT Run number by employee
- To undo an erroneous GVT Run due to set up issues or to remove archived GVT info
RPW2W4C (Windward Only)
- Produces W2 forms (supports 4-on-a-page formats only)
- Reads GVT file information generated from RPYEU to print the W2 Forms
- Generates grand totals and exception messages with the RPW2W4C Execution ID as Execution Run Logs
RPW2W4TB (Windward Only)
- Produces W2 forms (supports 4-on-a-page, top-to-bottom format only)
- Reads XML file generated from RPYEU to print the W2 Forms
- Generates grand totals and exception messages with the RPW2W4TB Execution ID as Execution Run Logs
- This is the RPW2W4SM function, now re-named RPW2W4TB
RPW2 (Oracle Only) Important: This report (RPW2) will not be supported after the 2018 reporting year.
- Produces W2 forms (supports 2-on-a-page and 4-on-a-page formats)
- Reads the .XML file generated from RPYEU to print the W2 forms
- Prints W2 information on pre-printed W2 forms or prints different copies (Copy A, 1, B, C, 2, D ) of the W2 forms, with the option to print the Employee Instructions on the back
- Generates grand totals and exception messages with the RPW2 Execution ID as Execution Run Logs
- Users MUST use the Execution ID of the RPW2 and run RMEX to get a grand total report
RMEX
Set Up#
IMUF – Define User Fields for IDGV#
On IMUF, define user fields for P2K_CM_GOVT_REGISTRATIONSThe following user fields are used on the IDGV Variables tab. (RPYEU will generate these UDF's if any of the UDF do not exist.)
For Annual and Quarterly Reporting
UDF | Usage |
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W2 STATE MEDIA FILING | Used by all states |
W2 TAX TYPE CODE | Used by all states |
W2 TAXING ENTITY | Used by all states |
W2 WAGE PLAN CODE | Used by the state of California |
W2 BRANCH CODE | Used by the state of California |
W2 ER NAME | Used by Federal reporting, this overrides 'Entity Name' on IDEN |
W2 LOCN CODE | Used by Federal reporting, this overrides 'Location Code' on IDEN |
For Quarterly reporting, these UDF's are used when ‘HL$US-QTR-2004’ Form Code is being used:
IMUF – Define User Fields for IDDP#
On IMUF, define the user fields for P2K_CM_DEPARTMENT_DETAILS.The following user fields are used on IDDP. (RPYEU will generate these UDF's if they do not exist.)
UDF | Usage |
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SUI ER NUMBER | |
W2 DESTINATION |
IMUF – Define User Fields for IEID#
On IMUF, define the user fields for P2K_HR_IDENTITIES.The following user fields are used on IEID for Minnesota. (They be may set up on IMUF manually or RPYEU will generate these UDF's if they do not exist.)
UDF | Usage |
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W2 DESTINATION | |
MMREF PROBATIONARY | Used by the state of Missouri |
MMREF OFFICER CODE | Used by the state of Missouri |
IMUF – Define User Fields for IDCO#
On IMUF, define the user fields for P2K_CM_COUNTRIES. (RPYEU will generate these UDF's if it does not exist.)UDF | Usage |
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ISO COUNTRY CODE |
IDCO – Define ISO Country Code for Foreign Countries#
If the employer or employees have addresses that are not within in USA, the EFW2 file need to report the 2 character International Organization for Standardization (ISO) country code.'Country Code' on IDCO is a user-specified country code; usually the three character United Nations code for a specific country, but can be the two character ISO code.
For Example:
Country | United Nation Code | ISO Country Code |
---|---|---|
Mexico | MEX | MX |
Mozambique | MOZ | MZ |
The ISO country code needs to be entered on the IDCO User Defined field. If it is not entered, then the IDCO country code is used as the ISO country code.
Please read the Employer and Employee Address sections below.
IDDP – Department Screen#
- The State of Minnesota requires a quarterly file report by MN State Unemployment Insurance Account Number and MN Employer Unit Number. These two numbers are defined at the department level, therefore, the UDF ‘SUI ER Number’ must be set up for each department. (e.g. For Department ‘Planning & Zoning’, the MN number is ‘7977999-004’, UDF ‘SUI ER Number’ = 7977999-004 should be entered on IDDP)
- If the ‘SUI ER Number’ is not set up for a department, then the SUI ER Number from IDGV is used.
- On IDDP, the detail section of the screen must be clicked, and then the UDF button must be clicked in order to get to the UDF screen.
- For all other states, ‘W2 Destination’ may be entered for distributing the W2 forms by department.
IEID – Employee Identity Screen User Field#
IEID is used to enter the ‘W2 Destination’, ‘MMREF Officer Code’ for the employee- ‘W2 Destination’ may be entered for distributing the W2 forms for this employee
IDGR – Define Group for Govt Registration#
Important: Federal/State/Local Registration MUST not be changed for a Group for different effective date records. The UPCLOZ program will not cut new YTD records if the Group changes the effective date. Therefore, if the Group requires a change of Registration numbers, either a new Group should be created or all effective records should be changed to the same Registration numbers.For each group at the Federal level, the Federal Registration number is retrieved according to the ‘Fed Regist Set’ and ‘Fed Regist Type’ from IDGV and then displayed on IDGR.
For each group at the State/Prov/Local level, a ‘State/Prov Set’ and ‘State/Prov Type’ can be pointed to. Since each group can be paid in many different states, the State/Prov Registration number cannot be displayed on IDGR. For each employee belongs to this group, the State Registration Number is retrieved from IDGV by ‘State/Prov Set’ and ‘State/Prov Type’ and the Pay Header State/Prov of this employee.
At the local level, the Local Registration Number is retrieved from IDGV by ‘Local Regist Set’ and ‘Local Regist Type’ and the GEO Local of this employee
Each group must define one of the following ‘W2 Employment Type’ for W2 reporting purpose:
- A - Agriculture
- F – Form 944 filer
- H - Household
- M - Military
- Q – Medicare Qualified Government Employment (MQGE)
- R – Regular (All others)
- X - Railroad
IDSP – Define States#
- An entry must exist for a state on IDSP in order for the state to be reported.
- An entry must exist on IDGV for a state with a ‘State Registration’ in order for the state to be reported.
- If a state is missing on IDGV, RPYEU will create a default entry with Regist Number 0 and issue a warning
- There must be a change to the correct State Registration Number for that state in order to file to the state government.
IDCN – Define Counties#
- If there is county tax applicable for a State, an entry must exist for the County Code on IDCN in order for the county tax to be reported.
- The County Code is the first two segments of the GEO code. (e.g. In Indiana, GEO code ‘15-097-0670’ is for the city of ‘Indianapolis’, the County Code ‘15-097-0000’ is for County of ‘Marion’, therefore, set up County Code ‘15-097-0000’ ‘Marion’ on (IDCN).
- The GEO and County codes are provided by Vertex for US taxation, please refer to the VERTEX GEO CODES LIST booklet and enter the required county codes on IDCN.
- An entry must exist on IDGV with ‘Local Registration’ for a County in order for the County tax to be reported.
IDTX – Define Tax Jurisdictions#
- An entry must exist at the ‘City level’ for a tax jurisdiction in order for the city tax to be reported.
- An entry must exist on IDGV with ‘Local Registration’ for a city in order for the city tax to be reported.
IDSD – Define School Districts#
- An entry must exist for a School District in order for the School District tax to be reported.
IDGV – One or Multiple Government Registrations#
For each Entity on IDGV, the Government Registration Set that is used to collect Federal, State and Local Registrations must first be defined. Under the Registration Set, ‘Federal Registration’ must be set up for Country ‘USA with valid ‘Employer Identification Number’. Then State, Local Registrations may be set up for each State or Local under the same Registration Set.User with one Federal Registration
- If the user has one Federal registration, define one government set of Registrations (e.g. "Main Registration Set").
- Then within this set of Government Registrations, set up Federal/State/Local Registrations on IDGV for this set. (For example, on IDGV, the user should set up Federal Registration with Registration Type = ‘US Fed Regist 1’.
User with Multiple Federal Registrations For a user with multiple Federal Registrations, there are two options:
- One "Main Registration Set" can be used, then Registration Type ‘Fed Regist 1’, ‘Fed Regist 2’ up to ‘Fed Regist 9’ can be set up. This allows up to nine Federal Registrations.
- Multiple "Registration Sets" can be used, then set up Registration Type ‘Fed Regist 1’, ‘Fed Regist 2’ up to ‘Fed Regist 9’. This allows for an unlimited number of Federal Registrations.
For Example:
Govt Registration Set | Usage |
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MAIN REGIST | Use as default to group all registrations initially |
REGIST 2 | User may define another set for all level of registrations |
FED REGIST | User may define Federal level registrations for this set |
STATE REGIST | User may define State level registrations for this set |
LOCAL REGIST | User may define Local level registrations for this set |
FULLTIME REGIST | User may define Registrations for Full time employees |
PARTTIME REGIST | User may define Registrations for Part time employees |
SEASONAL REG | User may define Registrations for Seasonal employees |
STATE OHIO | User may define Registrations for Ohio for this set only |
Important Note for IDGV set up:
The IDGV “Govt Registration Set” and Registration Types are used on the IDGR Registration tab for each of the Federal, State and Local level set up.
On IDGV set up, the last digit of Registration Type must match for the same Federal, State and Local level of registrations.
Example #1
If Registration Type = ‘US Fed Regist 1’ is used, then
- FICA Registration Type must = ‘US FICA Regist 1’
- MEDI Registration Type must = ‘US MEDI Regist 1’
- SUI Registration Type must = ‘US SUI Regist 1’
- SDI Registration Type must = ‘US SDI Regist 1’
Example #2
If Registration Type = ‘US Fed Regist 2’ is used, then
- FICA Registration Type must = ‘US FICA Regist 2’
- MEDI Registration Type must = ‘US MEDI Regist 2’
- SUI Registration Type must = ‘US SUI Regist 2’
- SDI Registration Type must = ‘US SDI Regist 2’
On the IDGR Registration tab, when the user specifies to use State/Prov Type = ‘US State Regist 1’, this implies all State level registrations with the last digit matching ‘Regist 1’ should be used, thus ‘US SUI Regist 1’ will be used.
IDGV – Override Employer Name and Address by EIN#
On the IDGV Variables tab, there is the option to define an override for the Employer’s Name and Address.This option allows the users who have multiple government registrations for one entity to report a different Employer Name or Address by each Federal Registration Number (EIN).
W2 ER NAME | Enter the Employer Name to be reported, this overrides the IDEN Entity Name |
W2 LOCN CODE | Enter the Location code to be reported, this overrides the IDEN Location code Note: The exact Location code must be entered in this field, otherwise it will not be used. |
IDGV – Levels of Government Registrations#
The following levels of Government Registration must be set up for the Federal, State, County, City and School tax reporting.Federal Level
- One or multiple Federal Registrations must exist for each entity with each Govt Regist Set for Registration Type ‘US Fed Regist 1’, etc.
State Level
- An entry must exist for each state for an entity with ‘State Registration’ by Govt Regist Set and Registration Type
- When the ‘State Registration’ are being defined, , the ‘Variables’ tab must also be set up.
- RPYEU automatically defines the User Defined fields for the IDGV Variables tab on IMUF for P2K_CM_GOVT_REGISTRATIONS.
- On the IDGV Variables tab, the variable ‘W2 State Media Filing’ must be set up to indicate if this state is required to produce a W2 File for the state.
- The ‘W2 State Media Filing’ values are:
- 00 – Not required to file magnetic media to the state
- 01 – Include State Code RS record in the Federal file, the federal file can be sent to the state
- 02 – State requires its own file, do not include other state information in the State file
- If the State file layout is conforming to the standard federal SSA code RS format and the state accepts a copy of the federal file that includes the code RW records, ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘01’ should be set up
- When RPYEU is run, the State Information Code RS record will automatically be generated in the federal file, only a copy of the federal file needs to be sent to the State
- If the state does not accept other state’s information in their State file, ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘02’ should be set up.
- When RPYEU is run, it should be set to run by one State only and the Media Format = ‘State File Format’ should be selected.
- Then if the state has its own specific State file layout, RPYEU will generate the State file in the specific file layout, otherwise the generic Federal Code RS format layout is used.
- If the state requires its own State file layout, please check for a list of states that are supported by RPYEU.
Local Level
- An entry must exist for each County for an Entity with ‘Local Registration’ in order for the County tax to be reported.
- An entry must exist for each City for an Entity with ‘Local Registration’ in order for the City tax to be reported.
- When the ‘Local Registration’ is defined, the ‘Variables’ tab can optionally be set up in order to indicate if this Local requires to be filed via magnetic media on a W2 file:
- 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING'
- 'W2 TAX TYPE CODE'
- 'W2 TAXING ENTITY'
- The ‘W2 State Media Filing’ values are:
- 00 – Not Required to file magnetic media
- 01 – Include Local Information in Code RS record for Federal File format
- 02 – Include Local Information in Code RS record for the State File format
- 03 – Local requires its own File, do not include other Local information in the File
- If the Local information is to be reported along with the Federal File Code RS information, set up ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘01’ for this local.
- When RPYEU is run, the State Information Code RS record will be generated along with the Local information
- If the Local information is to be reported along with the State File Code RS information, then set up the ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘02’ for this local.
- When RPYEU is run for a state, the State Information Code RS record will be generated along with the Local information.
- If the Local requires its own format, set up ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘03’
- When RPYEU is run and ‘Local File format’ has been selected to be generated, then the specific City or County also needs to be selected, then the Local file format will be generated.
- Note, this feature requires specific program logic for each Local, please check if the local is supported by RPYEU
- If ‘W2 State Media Filing’ is set up for a Local, then the IDGV Variables tab must also be set up for:
- ‘W2 TAX TYPE CODE’ - to contain one of the following values:
- C – City Income Tax
- D – County Income Tax
- E – School District Income Tax
- ‘W2 TAXING ENTITY’ - to define the five character Taxing Entity Code for each local:
- e.g. Ohio Cleveland would be ‘200’, refer to Cleveland filing requirement
- e.g. Indiana would contain the two digit County Code supplied by Indiana
- ‘W2 TAX TYPE CODE’ - to contain one of the following values:
School Level
- An entry must exist for each school district for an Entity with ‘School Registration’ for the school tax to be reported.
- When the ‘School Registration’ is defined, the IDGV Variables tab must be set up for:
- 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING'
- 'W2 TAX TYPE CODE'
- 'W2 TAXING ENTITY'
- The ‘W2 State Media Filing’ values are:
- 00 – Not Required to file magnetic media
- 01 – Include School Information in Code RS record for Federal File format
- 02 – Include School Information in Code RS record for the State for State File format
- 03 – Include School Information in Code RS record for the Local File format
- If the School information is to be reported along with the Federal File Code RS information, set up the ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘01’ for this Local.
- When RPYEU is run, the State Information Code RS record will be generated along with the School information.
- If the School information is to be reported along with the State File Code RS information, set up the ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘02’ for this Local.
- When RPYEU is run, the State Information Code RS record will be generated along with the School information.
- If the School requires its own format, set up ‘W2 State Media Filing’ variable = ‘03’
- Note, this feature requires specific program logic for each school, please check if the local is supported by RPYEU.
- If ‘W2 State Media Filing’ is set up for a School, then IDGV Variables Tab must also be set up:
- ‘W2 TAX TYPE CODE’ to contain the following value: E – School District Income Tax
- ‘W2 TAXING ENTITY’ to define the five character School District code
IDGV – Define State SUI Registrations for Quarterly Filing#
When running RPYEU with Calendar Type = ‘Q’ for a quarter, each state must set up with ‘US SUI Regist’. The last digit of ‘US SUI Regist’ Registration type must match the last digit of ‘US State Regist’ Registration type, i.e. ‘US State Regist 1’ should also define ‘US SUI Regist 1’, ‘US State Regist 2’ should also define ‘US SUI Regist 2’, etc,According to each state’s quarterly filing format, some state may require to submit Taxes Due, Previous Underpayment etc. For each quarter, define the IDGV Variables tab for these quarterly amount for the proper ‘US SUI Regist’ prior to running RPYEU.
Please note each QTR field’s decimal point and enter in the above format.
IDFD – Define Form Code#
- Define Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ for EFW2 format (Year 2011-2012 reporting)
- After loading IDFD form codes from starter scripts, set up each Form Code Field Variables on IDFDV
IDFD – Starter Scripts#
- When installing the US Year End software, a seed data script is executed to load in the IDFD Form Code: ‘HL$US-W2-2012’: SEED_IDFD_HL$US_W2_2012.sql
- This script may be run multiple times and performs the following:
- If Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ does not exist, the script loads all new identifiers for Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’.
- If Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ already exists, the script will update Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ existing identifiers from IDFD and leaving the client’s IDFDV set up untouched for existing identifiers.
- If Form Code Identifier does not exist, the script will insert new identifier, then set up the content on IDFDV for the new identifier.
IDFD – Store Option#
Since 2010-tax year reporting, IDFD Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2011’ has supplied the ‘Store Option’ starting from Seq# 2000 in order for RPYEU to store the Employer Name / Addresses, Employee Name / Addresses and the Amounts of the Seq# in the Government Remittance Tables. Important: RPYEU must be run with the new IDFD Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ or a copy of this Form Code that has the ‘Store Option’ set up to store the Addresses and the Amounts in the Government Remittance Tables. Any prior year’s Form Codes do not supply this option and therefore will not turn on the store feature for RPYEU.IDFDV – Copy Last Year’s Definition to Current Year#
- After the script is loaded for ‘HL$US-W2-2012’, the IDFDV Variable definition may be copied from last year to current year. Go to IDFDV and use the COPY button to copy from last year’s definition as follows:
- On IDFDV, select last year’s Form Code: ‘HL$US-W2-2011’
- Then press the COPY button on the screen
- The Copying dialog box is displayed, within the box, enter the current year New Form Code: ‘HL$US-W2-2012’
- Press the 'Copy Definition with Variables' button, this will copy the variables set up from ‘HL$US-W2-2011’ to ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ for the same Field Identifier name
IDFDV – Form Definition Variables#
- IDFD FORM
- IDFD FORM TYPE
- Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ Identifiers
Field Identifier | Description | Suggested Field Source | Suggested Variable |
---|---|---|---|
SUB-ER-EIN | Submitter’s Employer EIN | Constant | 9 characters EIN |
SUB-USER-ID | Submitter User Identification | Constant | 8 characters User ID assigned to the employee who is attesting to the accuracy of the file |
SUB-RESUB-IND | Resubmitt Indicator | Constant | Enter 1 if file is resubmitted, otherwise 0 |
SUB-RESUB-WFID | Resubmitt SSA WFID from notice | Constant | If resubmitt, enter SSA WFID from notice |
SUB-VENDOR | Software Vendor Code | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-SOFTWARE | Submitter Software Code | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-COMP-NAME | Company Name receive EFW2 | Constant | Enter Company name who receive EFW2 |
SUB-COMP-LOCN | Company Location Address | Constant | Enter company’s location address i.e. Attention, Suite, Room # etc |
SUB-COMP-DELIV | Company Delivery Address | Constant | Enter company’s delivery address i.e. Street or Post Office Box |
SUB-COMP-CITY | Company’s City | Constant | Enter company’s city |
SUB-COMP-STATE | Company’s State Abbrev | Constant | Enter company’s State Abbreviation |
SUB-COMP-ZIP | Company’s ZIP Code | Constant | Enter company’s ZIP code |
SUB-COMP-ZIP-EXT | Company’s ZIP Code Extension | Constant | Enter company’s ZIP code extn |
SUB-COMP-F-STATE | Company’s foreign State/province | Constant | Enter company’s foreign state/province |
SUB-COMP-F-POST | Company’s foreign postal code | Constant | Enter company’s foreign postal code |
SUB-COMP-COUNTRY | Company’s country if applicable | Constant | Enter company’s country if applicable |
SUB-SUBM-NAME | Submitter Organization Name | Constant | Organization Name to receive unprocessed data |
SUB-SUBM-LOCN | Submitter Location Address | Constant | Enter submitter location address i.e. Attention, Suite, Room # etc |
SUB-SUBM-DELIV | Submitter Delivery Address | Constant | Enter submitter delivery address i.e. Street or Post Office Box |
SUB-SUBM-CITY | Submitter City | Constant | Enter submitter city |
SUB-SUBM-STATE | Submitter State Abbrev | Constant | Enter submitter State Abbreviation |
SUB-SUBM-ZIP | Submitter ZIP Code | Constant | Enter submitter ZIP code |
SUB-SUBM-ZIP-EXT | Submitter ZIP Code Extension | Constant | Enter submitter ZIP code extension |
SUB-SUBM-F-STATE | Submitter foreign State/province | Constant | Enter submitter foreign state/province |
SUB-SUBM-F-POST | Submitter foreign postal code | Constant | Enter submitter foreign postal code |
SUB-SUBM-COUNTRY | Submitter country if applicable | Constant | Enter submitter country if applicable |
SUB-CONT-NAME | Contact name for SSA | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-CONT-TEL | Contact telephone # for SSA | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-CONT-TEL-EXT | Contact telephone extension | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-CONT-EMAIL | Contact e-mail address for SSA | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-CONT-FAX | Contact FAX phone # for SSA | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-CONT-METH | Preferred Contact method | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-PREPARER | Preparer Code | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-3RD-PARTY-SICK | Third-Party Sick Pay Indicator | Constant | Enter your company data |
SUB-3RD-PARTY-TAX | Income Tax Withheld by 3rd Party | Constant | Enter your company data |
W2-ER-AGENT-IND | Agent Indicator Code | Constant | If applicable, enter appropriate code |
W2-ER-FOR-EIN | Agent for which EIN | Constant | If you are an agent, enter the EIN for which you are an agent for |
W2-ER-TERM-BUS | Terminating business indicator | Constant | Enter appropriate code from SSA |
W2-ER-ESTAB | Establishment Number | Constant | Further identify within EIN |
W2-ER-OTHER-EIN | Other EIN | Constant | Other EIN used |
W2-ER-EIN | Employer Identification Number | Data Base Column | DGV.GOVT_REGIST_NUMBER |
W2-ER-NAME | Employer Name | Data Base Column | DED.ENTITY_NAME |
W2-ER-LOCN-ADDR | Employer Location Address | Constant | Employer’s location address i.e. Attention, Suite, Room # etc. DLN.ADDRESS_LINE_2 or DLN.MAIL_ADDRESS_LINE_2 Enter the word MAIL or blank To use Primary address, leave this blank To use Mailing address, enter the word MAIL System will derive the complete primary or mailing address and store in the Address Identifiers. |
W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR | Employer Delivery Address | Constant | Employer’s delivery address i.e. Street or Post Office Box DLN.ADDRESS_LINE_1 or DLN.MAIL_ADDRESS_LINE_1 Enter blank, system derived |
W2-ER-CITY | Employer City | Constant | Employer’s city DLN.LOCALITY or DLN.MAIL_LOCALITY Enter blank, system derived |
W2-ER-STATE | Employer State Abbrev | Constant | Employer’s State abbreviation DSP.STATE_PROVINCE_CODE Enter blank, system derived |
W2-ER-ZIP | Employer ZIP Code | Constant | Employer’s ZIP Code DLN.ZIP_POSTAL or DLN.MAIL_ZIP_POSTAL Enter blank, system derived |
W2-ER-ZIP-EXT | Employer ZIP Extension | Constant | Employer’s ZIP Code DLN.ZIP_POSTAL or DLN.MAIL_ZIP_POSTAL Enter blank, system derived |
W2-ER-F-STATE | Employer foreign State/province | Constant | Employer foreign state/province or Constant Enter the word NAME or blank |
W2-ER-F-POSTAL | Employer foreign postal code | Constant | Enter Employer foreign postal code or Constant |
W2-ER-COUNTRY | Employer country if applicable | Constant | Enter Employer country Enter blank, system derived |
W2-ER-F-COUNTRY | Employer foreign country | Constant | Enter the word NAME or the word ISO or blank |
W2-ER-TAX-JURIS | Tax Jurisdiction Code | Constant | Enter appropriate code or null |
W2-KIND-OF-EMPLOYER | Kind of Employer | Constant | |
W2-EE-SSN | Employee Social Security Number | Data Base Column | EID.GOVERNMENT_CODE |
W2-EE-FIRST-NAME | Employee First Name | Data Base Column | EID.FIRST_NAME |
W2-EE-MIDDLE | Employee Middle Name | Data Base Column | EID.MIDDLE_NAME |
W2-EE-LAST-NAME | Employee Last Name | Data Base Column | EID.LAST_NAME |
W2-EE-SUFFIX | Employee Suffix Name | Data Base Column | EID.RANK with derivation expression Decode(~,’01’,’JR’,’02’,’SR’,NULL) |
W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR | Employee Location Address | Constant | Employee’s location address i.e. Attention, Suite, Room # etc EPS.ADDRESS_LINE_2 EPS.MAIL_ADDRESS_LINE_2 Enter the word MAIL or blank To use Primary address, leave this blank. To use Mailing address, enter the word MAIL. System will derive the complete primary or mailing address and store in the Address Identifiers. |
W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR | Employee Delivery Address | Constant | Employee’s delivery address i.e. Street or Post Office Box EPS.ADDRESS_LINE_2 or EPS.MAIL_ADDRESS_LINE_2 Enter blank, system derived |
W2-EE-CITY | Employee City | Constant | Employee’s city EPS.LOCALITY or EPS.MAIL_LOCALITY Enter blank, system derived |
W2-EE-STATE | Employee State Abbrev | Constant | Employee’s State abbreviation DSP.STATE_PROVINCE_CODE Enter blank, system derived |
W2-EE-ZIP | Employee ZIP Code | Constant | Employee’s ZIP Code EPS.ZIP_POSTAL or EPS.MAIL_ZIP_POSTAL Enter blank, system derived |
W2-EE-ZIP-EXT | Employee ZIP Extension | Constant | Enter employee’s ZIP Code EPS.ZIP_POSTAL or EPS.MAIL_ZIP_POSTAL Use derivation expression substr(~,6) for ZIP extension |
W2-EE-F-STATE | Employee foreign State/province | Constant | Employee foreign state/province or Constant Enter the word NAME or blank |
W2-EE-F-POSTAL | Employee foreign postal code | Constant | Employee foreign postal code Enter blank, system derived |
W2-EE-COUNTRY | Employee country if applicable | Constant | Enter Employee country Enter blank, system derived |
W2-EE-F-COUNTRY | Employer foreign country | Constant | Enter the word NAME or the word ISO or blank |
W2-CONTROL-PRT | Print Control Number on Form | Constant | Null, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Null, 0 – Do not print Control Number on W2 Form 1 - Print Control Number as defined in W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier 2 - Print Control Number as defined from RPYEU ‘Sort Level By’ prompt 3 - Print W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier and Person Code 4 - Print ‘Sort Level By’ prompt and Person Code 5 - Print ‘Sort Level By’ prompt and W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier 6 - Print ‘Sort Level By’ prompt and W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier and Person Code |
W2-CONTROL-NUM | Control Number on Form | Data Base Column | Enter your company data |
W2-EXCLUDE-EE | Exclude Employee | Data Base Column | Enter your company data |
W2-FIT-WAGE | Wages, Tips, Other Compensation | Element | W2-BOX-01 |
W2-FIT-TAX | Federal Income Tax Withheld | Element | W2-BOX-02 |
W2-SSN-WAGE | Social Security Wages | Element | W2-BOX-03 Derivation expression LEAST(~,94200.00) may be used for year 2006 max System verify Box 3 + Box 7 does not exceed annual max, otherwise issue msg |
W2-SSN-TAX | Social Security Tax Withheld | Element | W2-BOX-04 Derivation expression LEAST(~,5840.40)may be used for year 2006 max |
W2-MEDI-WAGE | Medicare Wages and Tips | Element | W2-BOX-05 |
W2-MEDI-TAX | Medicare Tax Withheld | Element | W2-BOX-06 |
W2-SSN-TIP | Social Security Tips | Element | W2-BOX-07 |
W2-ALLOC-TIP | Allocated Tips | Element | W2-BOX-08 |
W2-EIC | Advanced EIC Credit | Element | W2-BOX-09 |
W2-DEP-CARE | Dependent Care Benefit | Element | W2-BOX-10 |
W2-NQUAL | Non Qualified Plans | Element | W2-BOX-11 |
W2-NQUAL-457 | Non Qualified Plans Sect 457 | Element | W2-BOX-11-457 |
W2-NQUAL-N457 | Non Qualified Plans Not Sect 457 | Element | W2-BOX-11-N457 |
W2-CODE-A | Uncollect SSA/RRTA tax on tips | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-B | Uncollect Medicare tax on tips | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-C | Group Term Life Ins > 50000 | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-D | Deferred 401(k) cash | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-E | Deferred 401(b) Salary reduction | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-F | Deferred 408(k)(6) Salary reduct | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-G | Deferred 457(b) compensation | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-H | Deferred 501(c)18(D) tax exempt | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-J | Non taxable sick pay | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-K | 20% excise parachute payment | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-L | Employee business expense reimburse | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-M | Uncollect SSA/RRTA group ins | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-N | Uncollect medicare group ins | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-P | Moving expense | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-Q | Nontaxable combat pay | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-R | Employer Contrib to MSA | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-S | Salary reduction to 408(p) | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-T | Adoption benefits | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-V | Income of nonstat stock opt | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-W | ER contrib Health Saving Account | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-Y | Deferrals 409A Nonqual plan | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-Z | Income 409A Nonqual plan | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-AA | Roth contrib 401(k) | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-BB | Roth contrib 403(b) | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-CC | HIRE exempt wages | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-DD | ER sponsored Health Coverage | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-CODE-EE | Roth Contribution 457(b) | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
The values from W2-OTHER-01 to W2-OTHER-20 are printed on W2 Form Box 14.
Field Identifier | Description | Suggested Field Source | Suggested Variable |
---|---|---|---|
W2-OTHER-01 | Your company description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-OTHER-nn | Your company description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-OTHER-20 | Your company description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
Please enter Box 14 Description in the Prompt field in format of 14-xxxxxxx.
The values from W2-USER-01 to W2-USER-20 are used by CLIENTS only, the values are not printed on the W2 form or file. These identifiers are used by users to obtain amounts to show on RPYEU Summary report. e.g. 125 plan, 401 plan, benefit amounts, or employer portion of certain employee contribution etc.
Field Identifier | Description | Suggested Field Source | Suggested Variable |
---|---|---|---|
W2-USER-01 | Your company description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-USER-nn | Your company description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-USER-20 | Your company description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
The values from W2-HL-01 to W2-HL-10 are used only internally. These identifiers are used internally to obtain amounts to show on RPYEU Summary report or for other purposes. These are internally reserved areas to allow users to define additional new variables that are not available or defined at time when the programming is done. If needed, Support will give instruction for users to set these up.
Field Identifier | Description | Suggested Field Source | Suggested Variable |
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W2-HL-01 | Internally defined description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-HL-nn | Internally defined description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-HL-10 | Internally defined description | Pay Component | Enter your company data |
W2-STAT-EE | Statutory employee | Statistics | Enter your company data |
W2-RETIRE-PLAN | Retirement plan employee | Statistics | Enter your company data |
W2-3PARTY-SICK | Third-party sick pay | Statistics | Enter your company data |
W2-SCHL-WAGE | School Taxable Wages | Element | W2-SCHL-WAGE |
W2-SCHL-TAX | School Tax | Element | W2-SCHL-TAX |
W2-STATE-CODE | State Code | Data Base Column | DSP.STATE_PROVINCE_CODE |
W2-STATE-REGIST | State Registration I.D. No | Data Base Column | DGV.GOVT_REGIST_NUMBER |
W2-STATE-WAGE-HOME | State Wages and Tips (Home State) | Element | W2-STATE-WAGE-H |
W2-STATE-WAGE-WORK | State Wages and Tips (Work State) | Element | W2-STATE-WAGE-W |
W2-STATE-TAX-HOME | State Income Tax (Home State) | Element | W2-STATE-TAX-H |
W2-STATE-TAX-WORK | State Income Tax (Work State) | Element | W2-STATE-TAX-W |
W2-SUI-WAGE-EE | State SUI Wages (Employee) | Element | W2-SUI-WAGE-EE |
W2-SUI-WAGE-ER | State SUI Wages (Employer) | Element | W2-SUI-WAGE-ER |
W2-SUI-TAX-EE | State SUI Tax (Employee contrib) | Element | W2-SUI-TAX-EE |
W2-SUI-TAX-ER | State SUI Tax (Employer contrib) | Element | W2-SUI-TAX-ER |
W2-SDI-WAGE-EE | State SDI Wages (Employee) | Element | W2-SDI-WAGE-EE |
W2-SDI-WAGE-ER | State SDI Wages (Employer) | Element | W2-SDI-WAGE-ER |
W2-SDI-TAX-EE | State SDI Tax (Employee contrib) | Element | W2-SDI-TAX-EE |
W2-SDI-TAX-ER | State SDI Tax (Employer contrib) | Element | W2-SDI-TAX-ER |
W2-SUI-HRS-WRK | SUI Hours Worked | Element | W2-SUI-HRS-WORK |
W2-SUI-WK-WRK | SUI Weeks Worked (From User) | Element | W2-SUI-WK-WORK |
W2-SUI-WEEKS-WRK | SUI Weeks Worked (Derived) | Not specified | System Derived, no need to set up |
W2-SUI-TAXABLE-WAGES | SUI Taxable Wages | Not specified | System Derived, no need to set up |
W2-SUI-EXCESS-WAGES | SUI Excess Wages | Not specified | System Derived, no need to set up |
W2-SUI-MTH1-WORK | SUI Worked on 12th day of mth 1 | Not specified | System Derived, no need to set up |
W2-SUI-MTH2-WORK | SUI Worked on 12th day of mth 2 | Not specified | System Derived, no need to set up |
W2-SUI-MTH3-WORK | SUI Worked on 12th day of mth 3 | Not specified | System Derived, no need to set up |
W2-TIP-WAGE-WORK | Work State Tips Wages | Element | Tips Wages for each State |
W2-ST-TIP-WORK | Work State Tips | Pay Component | Tips for each State |
W2-WC-WORK | Workers Compensation Contribution | Element | W2-WC-WORK |
W2-CNTY-NAME | County Name | Data Base Column | DCN.COUNTY_NAME |
W2-CN-WAGE-HOME | County Wages (Home County) | Element | W2-CNTY-WAGE-H |
W2-CN-WAGE-WORK | County Wages (Work County) | Element | W2-CNTY-WAGE-W |
W2-CN-TAX-HOME | County Tax (Home County) | Element | W2-CNTY-TAX-H |
W2-CN-TAX-WORK | County Tax (Work County) | Element | W2-CNTY-TAX-W |
W2-CITY-NAME | City Name | Data Base Column | DTX.JURISDICTION_NAME |
W2-CI-WAGE-HOME | City Wages (Home City) | Element | W2-CITY-WAGE-H |
W2-CI-WAGE-WORK | City Wages (Work City) | Element | W2-CITY-WAGE-W |
W2-CI-TAX-HOME | City Tax (Home City) | Element | W2-CITY-TAX-H |
W2-CI-TAX-WORK | City Tax (Work City) | Element | W2-CITY-TAX-W |
For California SDI reporting, there are two options to print SDI on W2 forms:
- For California, if IDFDV Identifier Seq 7260 W2-SDI-TAX-EE is not zero, then Box 19 will print the employee SDI contribution and Box 20 will print the description ‘CASDI’.
- For California, if IDFDV Identifier Seq 7260 W2-SDI-TAX-EE is not set up, the Box 14 may be set up to print ‘CASDI’ and the SDI amount.
IDFDV – Employer Primary Address and Mailing Address#
- In order to use the Employer Primary Address, Identifiers 2020 – 2070 does not need to be set up, just leave these Identifiers blank, the system will use the Primary Address as default
- In order to use the Employer Mailing Address, the following needs to:
Seq | Field Identifier | Description | Field Variable |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | W2-ER-LOCN-ADDR | Employer Location Address | |
2030 | W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR | Employer Delivery Address | blank |
2040 | W2-ER-CITY | Employer City | blank |
2050 | W2-ER-STATE | Employer State Abbrev | blank |
2060 | W2-ER-ZIP | Employer Zip Code | blank |
2070 | W2-ER-ZIP-EXT | Employer Zip Code Extension | blank |
2100 | W2-ER-COUNTRY | Employer country | blank |
- The Reference Text field will guide the set up of each Address Identifier.
- If the mailing address is not defined for the employer on IDLN of IDEN location, the IDLN primary address will be used.
- If the user has previous Address set up prior to 2006 and if the word ‘MAIL’ is defined, the mailing address will be used, otherwise the primary address will be used.
Foreign Country Primary and Mailing Address set up:
Seq | Field Identifier | Description | Field Variable |
---|---|---|---|
2080 | W2-ER-F-STATE | Employer foreign State Abbrev | Blank or enter the word NAME If ‘NAME’ is entered, the State name is used, otherwise the State code is used This foreign state description is printed on W2 and reported on EFW2 file |
2090 | W2-ER-F-POSTAL | Employer foreign postal Code | Blank |
2105 | W2-ER-F-COUNTRY | Employer foreign country | Blank or enter the word NAME, or ISO If ‘NAME’ is entered, the Country name is used If ‘ISO’ is entered, the ISO Country code from IDCO UDF ‘ISO COUNTRY CODE’ is used, otherwise the IDCO Country code is used |
IDFDV – Employee Primary Address and Mailing Address#
- In order to use the Primary Address, Identifiers 2600 – 2650 does not need to be set up, just leave these Identifiers blank, the system will use the Primary Address as default
- In order to use the Mailing Address, the following needs to set up:
Seq | Field Identifier | Description | Field Variable |
---|---|---|---|
2600 | W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR | Employer Location Address | |
2610 | W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR | Employer Delivery Address | Blank |
2620 | W2-EE-CITY | Employer City | Blank |
2630 | W2-EE-STATE | Employer State Abbrev | Blank |
2640 | W2-EE-ZIP | Employer Zip Code | Blank |
2650 | W2-EE-ZIP-EXT | Employer Zip Code Extension | Blank |
2680 | W2-EE-COUNTRY | Employer country | Blank |
- The Reference Text field will guide the set up of each Address Identifier.
- If the mailing address for the employee is not defined on IEPI, the primary address on IEPI will be used.
- If the user a has previous Address set up prior to 2006 and if the word ‘MAIL’ is defined, then the mailing address will be used, otherwise the primary address will be used.
Foreign Country Primary and Mailing Address set up:
Seq | Field Identifier | Description | Field Variable |
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2660 | W2-EE-F-STATE | Employee foreign State Abbrev | Blank or enter the word NAME \If ‘NAME’ is entered, the State name is used, otherwise the State code is used This foreign State description is printed on W2 and reported on EFW2 file |
2670 | W2-EE-F-POSTAL | Employee foreign postal code | Blank |
2685 | W2-EE-F-COUNTRY | Employee foreign country | Blank or enter the word NAME, or ISO If ‘NAME’ is entered, the Country name is used If ‘ISO’ is entered, the ISO Country code from IDCO UDF ‘ISO COUNTRY CODE’ is used, otherwise the IDCO Country code is used |
Processing#
Taxation Level Processing#
If an employee has worked in and/or lived in multiple tax jurisdictions during one taxation year, the reporting of W2 for this employee is as follows:Federal Level
- Federal information is totaled for all states for all employments for the reporting year by Federal Government Registration, this includes Box 1 to 14.
- The reporting of W2 Form and Government file is sorted and grouped by Federal Government Registration.
- After all federal information is summarized by Federal Government Registration and when W2 Forms are printed, if the employee has information overflow onto multiple W2 Forms, then the first W2 Form will print the Federal Information (Box 1 to 11, with Box 12 first 4 entries, Box 14 first 2 entries).
- Additional Box 12 and 14 information will be printed on subsequent W2 form for the same employee and the federal information (Box 1 to 11) will not be repeated.
State Level
- State information is summarized by each individual state regardless of whether the State Tax is generated from Work State Tax or Residence State Tax.
- If an employee has multiple tax jurisdictions within one state, the State tax information is summarized. This includes Box 15 to 17, SUI quarterly information.
- After all the information for states is summarized, the states are printed on the W2 form and overflows onto subsequent W2 form until all states are printed.
Local Level
- Local information is reported for County Tax Information and City Tax Information.
- If County tax has been withheld for a GEO code, the County tax information is summarized by the GEO code regardless of whether the tax is generated as Work County or Residence County tax
- If City tax has been withheld for a GEO code, the City tax and wages are summarized by the GEO code regardless of whether the tax is generated as Work City or Residence City tax. This includes Box 18 to 20.
School Level
- School District tax information is reported in Box 14 with School Wage Base and School Tax
- On each W2 form, Box 14 - "Other Information" allows up to four lines to be reported. Each Box 14 information requires 2 lines to be printed, first line to print the description and second line to print the amount, School information will be printed using 4 lines, therefore subsequent W2 forms will be used if more Box 14 entries (4 lines) are required.
- On each W2 form, Box 12 code allows for up to four entries to be reported and subsequent W2 forms will be used if more than four entries are required.
W2 Type of Employment#
- On IDGR, ‘W2 Employment Type’ must be defined on the Registrations tab for each group
- A - Agriculture
- F – Form 944 filer
- H - Household
- M - Military
- Q – Medicare Qualified Government Employment
- R – Regular (All others)
- X - Railroad
- The ‘W2 Employment Type’ for a group MUST NOT BE CHANGED even if there are multiple effective date records for a group.
- If the ‘W2 Employment Type’ is changed for a group for different effective date, then the W2 reporting will be incorrect because it cannot qualify the YTD information under the proper ‘W2 Employment Type’.
- An employee may work for multiple ‘Types of Employment’ during a year, for example, an employee is a ‘Regular Employment’ employee during the year and is an ‘Agriculture Employment’ employee during the summer. In this case, the Agriculture Employment requires the reporting of the earnings on 943 and the agriculture earnings to be separate from the regular reporting of W2. A different group for Agriculture should be set up and the employees should be paid under the Agriculture group.
- When RPYEU is run, the employee will automatically be reported under the proper ‘W2 Type of Employment’ from IDGR.
- For Medicare Qualified Government Employees, a specific Group with ‘W2 Type of Employment’ = ‘Q’ does not need to be set up in order for the employees to be reported with ‘Q’ type employment. The employee is classified as MQGE by the FICA and Medicare tax method on IPRLU.
- If IPRLU FICA method = ‘Do not Calculate’ and the Medicare method is set up, this employee is qualified as MQGE employee and will be reported under ‘W2 Type of Employment’ ‘Q’ regardless of which group the employee belongs to.
Government Media File Name#
- When RPYEU is run, the government media file may be selected to be generated
- A valid directory name must be provided and a magnetic media file name {e.g. W2_2012.txt) specified.
- The RPYEU Execution ID may also be attached to the file name by specifying the word ‘mex’ in the file name. For example:
- W2_2012_mex.txt - this will generate magnetic media file W2_2012_67109.txt for Execution ID 67109
- W2_mex_ohio.txt - this will generate magnetic media file W2_67109_ohio.txt for Execution ID 67109
XML File#
- When RPYEU is run, a valid File Directory name must be selected in order for the XML file to be generated.
- The XML file contains all employees information to be read by the Oracle W2 Form Print program RPW2.
- RPYEU attaches the ‘.xml’ extension to the specified Media File name for the XML file, for example:
- Media File Name: W2_2012_mex.txt
XML File Name: W2_2012_mex.xml - Media File Name: W2_2012_mex
XML File Name: W2_2012_mex.xml
- Media File Name: W2_2012_mex.txt
- After RPYEU is run, Notepad or PFE editor can be used to review the XML file content.
- Double click on the .xml file to open the XML file using an xml editor.
- This XML file may be archived for historical purpose or for reprinting purpose by Oracle version RPW2
RPYEU Trace and Data Dump File#
- RPYEU should always be run with Trace Level = ‘Exceptions only’ for all employees
- if there is problem in RPYEU and there is a need to determine which employee has the problem, RPYEU should be run with Trace Level = ‘Program Trace'. This will print a list of processed employees in order to determine which employee has the problem.
- When Trace Level = ‘Program Trace’, the SQL SELECT Statements for Federal, State and Local levels are written as Trace messages.
- When Trace Level = ‘Program Trace’, after each employee is processed, the estimated performance time for this employee is displayed.
- After determining which employee has the problem, RPYEU should be run for one employee with Trace Level = ‘Utility Trace’ to determine the problem in detail.
- When RPYEU is run with any Trace level, all trace messages are also written to a ‘_trace.csv’ file so that the file can be open with Excel for investigation, the dynamic SQL SELECT statement is written to ‘_select.txt’ file
- When the parameter ‘Create Data Dump’ toggle is checked, RPYEU will generate data dump files with .csv extension for any available Federal, State, Local, School information. These data dump files can be opened with an Excel spreadsheet for debugging and balancing purposes. For example, mex id 750234 is run with trace and data dump and following files are generated:
- rpyeu_w2_750234.txt - Government magnetic media file to be sent to the government
- rpyeu_w2_750234.xml - xml file to be read by RPW2 to print W2 forms
- rpyeu_w2_750234_select.txt - SQL SELECT statement, may be used in SQL+
- rpyeu_w2_750234_trace.csv - Trace file for debugging
- rpyeu_w2_750234_fed.csv - Data dump file with Federal information for debugging or balancing
- rpyeu_w2_750234_state.csv - Data dump file with State information for debugging or balancing
- rpyeu_w2_750234_local.csv - Data dump file with Local information for debugging or balancing
- rpyeu_w2_750234_school.csv - Data dump file with School information for debugging or balancing
- If RPYEU is not run in Trace mode, then only the first two files are generated:
- rpyeu_w2_150277.txt - Government magnetic media file to be sent to the government
- rpyeu_w2_150277.xml - xml file to be read by RPW2 to print W2 forms
Government Media File – Code RW, RS when Select by State#
- When RPYEU is run and and 'By State' is not selected, then the Federal media file will be generated with Code RW records on the media file.
- When RPYEU is run and one state is selected, then RPYEU will be processed for that specific state only. Code RW and RS records will be generated according the State government requirement and the IDGV Variables tab ‘W2 State Media Filing’ set up.
Exclude Employees#
- The user may exclude certain employees may be excluded W2 reporting by setting up IDFDV Identifier ‘W2-EXCLUDE-EE’
- If the value of this ‘W2-EXCLUDE-EE’ identifier is evaluated to ‘Y’, then the employee is bypassed.
e.g. If employees whose Assignment Title = ‘Election Worker’ or ‘Self Employed’ are not to be reported, then for Identifier ‘W2-EXCLUDE-EE’, set up the following:- Field variable = EASD.ASSIGNMENT_TITLE
- Derivation Expression = decode(UPPER(~),’ELECTION WORKER','Y',‘SELF EMPLOYED’,'Y','N')
Note: UPPER(~) should be used to convert alphanumeric field to compare all Upper case letters.
- If there is a complex situation to exclude an employee, a STAT CODE may be used to indicate that the employee is excluded.
e.g. An employee is excluded when he works in certain groups or with certain hours, then his work activity may kept track by using a STAT CODE. If the employee is to be excluded, then set the STAT CODE value to 1.00. In this case, IDFDV for Identifier ‘W2-EXCLUDE-EE’, the following should be set up:- Field Source = Statistics
- Field variable = the STAT CODE that is used to exclude employee
- Derivation Expression = decode(~,1,'Y','N')
Election Workers#
The election workers earnings should be reported on W2 if the payment is $600 or more. If the payment is less than $600 and if social security and medicare taxes are withheld, then the earnings should be reported.In this situation, that means if the election worker’s earnings is less than $600 and there is no social security and medicare tax withheld, then the payment should not be reported on W2. The Election Worker situation should be handled as follows:
- Use a separate pay component to record the election worker payment. If FICA and Medicare are not calculated for these payments, then the election worker payment can be excluded by not putting the pay component in the element for each W2 Box.
- If the employee is paid with election worker payment and FICA and Medicare tax are withheld, then determine if the employee should be excluded or not. If employee is excluded, a STAT CODE may be set up for IDFDV Identifier ‘W2-EXCLUDE-EE’ to exclude the employee from reporting on W2 form.
- All Election Workers may be excluded by using the EASD.ASSIGNMENT_TITLE = ‘ELECTION WORKER’, then the Identifier ‘W2-EXCLUDE-EE’ should be used to exclude EASD.ASSIGNMENT_TITLE = ‘’ELECTION WORKER’.
Reissued / Corrected W2 Form#
If an employee has lost the W2 Form, the W2 Form can be reissued by running RPW2 with the employee selected.For Oracle version RPW2, prior to reissue of the W2 Forms by RPW2, the XML file must be ready for the RPW2 program. The XML file can be from one of the followings:
- RPYEU may be re-run to generate the XML file for the reissued employees, OR
- The archive XML file may be used from the previous RPYEU run and the employees from XML file selected
For Windward version RPW2, the GVT Run number that the employee belongs to when RPYEU is run must be selected:
- RPYEU may be re-run to generate a new GVT Run number for the employee, OR
- The existing GVT Run number that the employee’s W2 was originally issued may be located
When RPW2 is run, the word ‘REISSUED’ or ‘CORRECTED’ should be entered for the prompt ‘Reissued/Corrected:’, then the W2 form will be printed with word specified.
Void W2 Form#
- If an error is discovered on the W2 forms and the W2 Forms have not be distributed to the employees yet, the problem should be fixed and RPYEU and RPW2 rerun.
- If an error is discovered on the W2 forms after the employee receives the W2 Forms, the error W2 should still be filed to the government and the W2 Forms manually corrected by completing Form W2-C for corrections. RPYEU and RPW2 do not use the VOID box on the W2 Form to indicate error situation.
RPYEU Registration Set Up Audit#
When RPYEU is run, there is an option to audit and fix the government registrations set up on IDGV.The following prompt can be answered: Regist/Set Up Audit: Print and Run
This prompt is validated from lexicon ‘X_PRINT_AND_RUN’
- 00 – Do not print, run
- 01 – Print, do not run
- 02 – Print and Run
- 03 – Excp and Run
- ‘00 – Do not print, run’
- After the Government Registration is audited, do not print all registrations, continue to run RPYEU. This option suppresses all exception messages to be printed.
- ‘01 – Print, do not run’
- After the Government Registration is audited, print all registrations, do not run RPYEU. This is used when all government registration set up needs to be verified prior to the RPYEU run. This option allows exception messages to be printed.
- ‘02 – Print and Run’
- After the Government Registration is audited, print all registrations, continue to run RPYEU. This should be the default so all government registration set up can be verified and RPYEU run. This option allows exception messages to be printed.
- ‘03 – Excp and Run’
- After the Government Registration is audited, do not print registrations, continue to run RPYEU. This option allows exception messages to be printed.
RPYEU Exception Messages#
Negative (credit) amounts are never allowed for W2 reporting and therefore if negative amounts are encountered, an exception message is printed, the negative amount must be resolved and the report re-run.The following set up exception messages are highlighted if the ‘Set Up Exceptions’ are selected to be printed:
IMUF | User Field: W2 STATE MEDIA FILING is not set up for P2K_CM_GOVT_REGISTRATIONS |
IMUF | User Field: W2 TAX TYPE CODE is not set up for P2K_CM_GOVT_REGISTRATIONS |
IMUF | User Field: W2 TAXING ENTITY is not set up for P2K_CM_GOVT_REGISTRATIONS |
IDGV | Federal Registration is not set up for Entity: entity name |
IDGR | W2 EMP TYPE is not set up for Entity: entity code Unit: unit code Group: group code Effective date |
IDGV | State Registration is not set up for State: State name |
IDGV Variables | State: State name W2 STATE MEDIA FILING = xx is invalid, value must be 00,01,02,03 |
IDGV | Local Registration is not set up for County Tax Jurisdiction: County name |
IDGV Variables | County: county name W2 STATE MEDIA FILING = xx is invalid, value must be 00,01,02,03 |
IDGV | Local Registration is not set up for City Tax Jurisdiction: City name |
IDGV Variables | City: city name W2 STATE MEDIA FILING = xx is invalid, value must be 00,01,02,03 |
IDGV | School Registration is not set up for School: School name |
IDFDV Identifier Name is not set up
IDFDV Identifier Name contains CONSTANT
The following exception messages are always printed for an employee:
- Empl nnn
- Invalid SSN: ssn, SSN must be 11 positions, position 4 and 7 must be a hyphen (-)
The SSN number must be verified and corrected, otherwise W2 form and Magnetic media filing will be incorrect for the employee
- Empl nnn
- Term date CCYYMMDD is prior to reporting year CCYY
This is a warning to indicate the employee has been terminated in prior years and has YTD information for this calendar year
- Empl nnn
- Box 3 999999.99 + Box 7 999999.99 = 999999.99 exceeds Annual Max Wage Base 999999.99
Either Box 3 or Box 7 set up must be corrected, the system does not adjust this number because it does not know if Box 3 or 7 is correct. If this situation is not corrected, the W2 will be rejected because the government does not allow these wage base to exceed the annual maximum.
- Empl nnn
- Employee has no Federal Information for Employment Type R, employee is bypassed
- Empl nnn
- Identifier Amt 999999.99-, negative amount not allowed, amount change to 0.00
This situation must be reviewed and the negative amount corrected, otherwise the system reports zero for this field.
- Empl nnn
- Identifier Amt 999999.9999 exceeds 2 decimals, amount change to 999999.99
This situation may cause a rounding error and should be reviewed in order to find out why the amount exceeds 2 decimals and corrected if necessary.
- Empl nnn
- Identifier Amt 999999999.99 exceeds 11 digits, check printed Form and Govt File size
The system highlights the amount that exceeds 11 digits, the printing of W2 for this field and the government file size to report this amount should be reviewed.
- Empl nnn
- Error: RS record posn 999 length = nn only, Field size exceeded for Amt 99999999.99
This Error message is issued when the Length of the Field Size available on the magnetic media file is not large enough to hold the amount. The field size is always checked for each numeric field prior to writing the amount into the file
This situation must be corrected because Oracle will report ‘#######’ in the field and the government will reject this file. The ‘#######’ is not corrected to report zero in the file because this will result in incorrect reporting for the W2 between the W2 form print and the W2 file.
The printing of the W2 will probably be large enough to print the field size while the magnetic media reporting could not report this large amount.
An investigation must be made to see if incorrect data is the cause of the problem, or Support must be contacted.
RPYEU Summary Report Level#
There are five levels of reporting for RPYEU Summary Report:- Federal
- State
- County
- City
- School District
The Federal level print is reported and sorted by employee and has all levels of details for an employee The State, County, City and School District levels are reported and sorted by State, County, City and School District.
The printing of ‘Set Up Exceptions’ may be suppressed for IDFDV, IDGV, etc. However, the employee level of exception are always printed, as error or warning situations are encountered for each employee.
RPYEU Sort Level#
There are three prompts to allow sorting of employees in RPYEU for distribution of W2 Form purposes:1. Sort Level By
The lexicon X_W2_SORT_LEVEL is used for this prompt.
The department is the prime assignment details’ department that is effective as of the user specified ‘As of date’
A special ‘W2 Destination’ may be defined at the department level or employee level for W2 distribution purpose.
‘Provide Sort Level Totals’ may also be specified if a ‘Sort Level By’ level has been specified
2. Sort by Active/Inactive
This prompt is useful for sorting Terminated employees from Active employees in order that the W2 forms for terminated employees can be mailed.
The lexicon X_W2_SORT_ACTIVE is used for this prompt.
If 00 is selected, the terminated employees will not be sorted before active employees
If 01 is selected, all terminated employees will be sorted before the sort Level from the previous prompt.
For example:
If Department A has 2 terminated employees (A1, A2), 3 active employees (A3, A4, A5)
If Department B has 2 terminated employees (B1, B3), 3 active employees (B3, B4, B5) RPYEU will show in this order
Department A | Status: Inactive | Employee A1 |
Employee A2 | ||
Department B | Status: Inactive | Employee B1 |
Employee B2 | ||
Department A | Status: Active | Employee A3 |
Employee A4 | ||
Employee A5 | ||
Department B | Status: Active | Employee B3 |
Employee B4 | ||
Employee B5 |
If 02 is selected, all terminated employees will be sorted After the Sort Level from the previous prompt.
RPYEU will show in this order:
Department A | Status: Inactive | Employee A1 |
Employee A2 | ||
Status: Active | Employee A3 | |
Employee A4 | ||
Employee A5 | ||
Department B | Status: Inactive | Employee B1 |
Employee B2 | ||
Status: Active | Employee B3 | |
Employee B4 | ||
Employee B5 |
3. Sort Employees By
The lexicon X_W2_SORT_PERSON is used for this prompt.
This prompt is sorted within the ‘Sort Level By’ and ‘Sort by Active / Inactive’ prompt
RPYEU Combined Employment Type#
The EFW2 media file code RE Employer record requires to report one of the following types of employment:- A - Agriculture
- F – Form 944 filer
- H - Household
- M - Military
- Q – Medicare Qualified Government Employment
- R – Regular (All others)
- X - Railroad
The Employment Code is retrieved from IDGR ‘W2 Employment Type’ or employee’s IPRLU FICA and Medicare method.
- All employees with the same Employment Code are grouped together under one Code RE record.
- If IPRLU FICA method = ‘Do not calculate’ and MEDICARE method is NOT ‘Do not calculate’, then this employee is classified as Employment Type ‘Q’ for W2 reporting. Otherwise, the W2 Type of Employment is derived from the IDGR ‘W2 Employment Type’ field.
- The Federal Filing of EFW2 requires Code RE records to be reported by 'Type of Employment'. However, filing for some states do not require that employees be separated by type of Employment, therefore, on RPYEU, the following prompt is used:
Combine Employment Types: Yes/No - The default should be ‘No’ for most RPYEU file reporting. However, if the State filing does not require filing by ‘Types of Employment’, then this may be changed to ‘Yes’ in order to combine all types of employment under one Code RE record.
- If there is only ‘Regular’ types of employment, then this prompt can be ignored and ‘No’ will default all the time.
W2 Form Control Number Print#
On W2 Form 2-on-1-page Box d, the Control Number may be printed on the form for reference or distribution purpose, 9e.g. Person Code). The following identifiers may be set up on IDFDV:Seq 2800 W2-CONTROL-PRT Print Control Number on Form Constant
- Null, 0 – Do not print Control Number on W2 Form
- 1 - Print Control Number as defined in W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier
- 2 - Print Control Number as defined from RPYEU ‘Sort Level By’ prompt
- 3 - Print W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier and Person Code
- 4 - Print ‘Sort Level By’ prompt and Person Code
- 5 - Print ‘Sort Level By’ prompt and W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier
- 6 - Print ‘Sort Level By’ prompt and W2-CONTROL-NUM Identifier and Person Code
Seq 2810 W2-CONTROL-NUM Control Number on Form Data Base Column
- Enter your company data (e.g. ‘EID.PERSON_CODE’, or ‘DLN.LOCALITY’, or ‘PPA.PAYROLL_CODE’ etc.)
- Suppose a situation where Seq 2810 W2-CONTROL-NUM specifies a Data Base Column (e.g. ‘PPA.PAYROLL_CODE’) and within this year the employee has been paid by more than one entry of this database column (e.g. employee is paid under 2 Payroll Codes). If the Government Registrations are the same, the YTD values will be accumulated together and W2 Form Box d Control Number will be printed with one PAYROLL_CODE only (usually the PAYROLL_CODE with the name that is sorted last). For example:
Employee is paid by - PAYROLL_CODE: US CENTRAL BW
Employee is also paid by - PAYROLL_CODE: US WEST BW
Then ‘US WEST BW’ will be printed.
RPREGT – Pay Totals Register#
RPREGT – Selection Criteria#
For auditing purpose between RPREGT and RPYEU, the following should be selected when RPREGT is run:- Provide Totals By
- Fed Regist Number
RPYEU – US Year End Summary Report#
RPYEU – Selection Criteria – Annual Reporting#
Report Criteria TabReport Parameters | Description |
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Annual Form Code | Mandatory HL$US-W2-2012 NOTE: always use the most current year form code ‘HL$US-W2-2011’ Enter the most current year’s Form Code because RPYEU is programmed with identifiers from the most current year information. Prior year’s Form Code should not be used because prior year’s identifiers may be obsolete. For 2011-2012 reporting, Form Code from current year ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ contains the STORE OPTION field to store the Employer Addresses, Employee Addresses and Amounts in the Government Remittance Tables to be viewed on IPGR/IPGH |
Quarterly Form Code | Blank for Annual reporting |
Govt Interface Format | Blank for Annual reporting |
Period Type | Enter ‘Year’ for Annual reporting |
Period End Date | Enter the Year Ending Date |
As of Date | This date is used to retrieve employee information such as name, address, etc. |
Combine Employment Type | Check this toggle to combine ‘Regular’, ‘Agriculture’ employment, etc. |
Combine Fed Regist | Check this toggle to combine all selected ‘Federal Regist’ for State/Local reporting. Do not check this toggle when generating the Federal File When this toggle is checked, RPYEU will not store the Federal Level amounts on IPGH because the Federal Registration Number are combined and will not be linked to a specific Federal Registration Number. |
Media Format | Enter ‘Federal File Format’ for SSA reporting |
Directory Name | Enter a valid directory name |
Media File Name | Enter a file name for govt magnetic media file |
Create Data Dump | Optional toggle If checked, RPYEU will generate data dump files with .csv extension for Federal, State, Local, School information. The data dump file can be opened with Excel spreadsheet for debugging and balancing purposes. |
Trace Level | Should always run with Exception only unless for tracing |
Regist/Set Up Audit | Can select to audit Govt Registration set up and continue processing, etc. Print and Run lexicon available. |
User Comment | Enter any comment to be printed on RPYEU report |
Report Filters | Description |
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Entity | Optional Enter one or more Entities |
Federal Regist Set | Optional Enter only if you want to select by different ‘Federal Regist Set’. Otherwise, do not select Federal Regist Set if run for all employees. |
Federal Regist Number | Optional Enter one or more Federal Registration Number |
People List | Optional Specify if a 'People List' is to be used |
Person | Optional Enter one or more Person Codes |
Select State | Optional Do not enter any state when generating the Federal File for W2. If a state is entered, RPYEU automatically switches to report by state. |
State Regist Set | Optional Enter one or more State Registration Sets |
State Regist Number | Optional Enter one or more State Registration Numbers Enter State Regist Set and State Regist Number only when running for one state. |
Local Regist Set | Optional Enter one or more Local Registration Sets |
Local Regist Number | Optional Enter one or more Local Registration Numbers Enter Local Regist Set and Local Regist Number only when running for one Local |
Select County | Optional Enter one or more Counties If a County is entered, RPYEU may switch to report by this County |
Select City | Optional Enter one or more Cities If a City is entered, RPYEU may switch to report by this City |
Select School | Optional Enter one or more Schools If School list are entered, RPYEU reports for these schools only |
Report Run Options Tab
For Annual reporting, RPYEU generates .xml file for RPW2 to print W2 Forms and generates Federal media file for SSA government.
Report Options | Description |
---|---|
Sort by Level | Enter ‘Sort by Level’ if necessary |
Sort by Active/Inactive | This prompt is used to separate Active and Inactive employees for distribution purpose |
Sort People by | Enter ‘Sort People by’ if necessary |
Provide Sort Level Totals | Optional, if the toggle is ON, the total is generated for ‘Sort by Level’ |
Federal Level Print | Enter‘Federal Level Print’ to show the amount detail for Federal level |
State Level Print | Enter ‘State Level Print’ to show the amount detail for State level |
SUI Level Print | Enter ‘SUI Level Print’ to show the amount detail for SUI level |
Local Level Print | Enter ‘Local Level Print’ to show the amount detail for County and City level |
School Level Print | Enter ‘School Level Print’ to show the amount detail for School level |
RPYEU – Selection Criteria – Quarterly Reporting#
Report Parameters | Description |
---|---|
Annual Form Code | Mandatory HL$US-W2-2012, use most current year Form Code |
Quarterly Form Code | Optional If not specified, it defaults to the Annual Form Code with EFW2 format. If the State is using the format such as the ICESA, TIB-4 and special format for quarterly reporting, enter ‘HL$US-QTR-2012. ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’ may not be updated after 2012 because this format code is only used for prior year format ICESA and TIB-4, most states are converted to EFW2 |
Govt Interface Format | Optional Some states require specific government XML file format that is defined on IDIF, e.g. Florida State format HL$US-QTR-FL2008 Please refer to the State document that indicates if this parameter should be used |
Period Type | Enter ‘Quarter’ for Quarterly reporting |
Period End Date | Enter the Quarter Ending Date |
As of Date | This date is used to retrieve employee information such as Name and address etc |
Combine Employment Type | Check this toggle to combine ‘Regular’, ‘Agriculture’ employment etc |
Combine Fed Regist | Check this toggle to combine all selected ‘Federal Regist’ for State/Local reporting |
Media Format | Enter ‘State File Format’ or ‘SUI File Format’ for State reporting For ‘SUI File Format’, the IDGV ‘SUI Registration’ number is used. |
Report Filters | Description |
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Federal Regist Set | Optional Enter only if you want to select by different ‘Federal Regist Set’ |
Federal Regist Number | Optional Enter only if you want to select by different Federal Registration Number |
Select State | Mandatory for Quarterly State Filing, if State is not entered, then it’s a Federal run |
State Regist Set | Optional Enter only if you want to select by different ‘State Regist Set’ |
State Regist Number | Optional Enter one or more State Registration Numbers Enter State Regist Set and State Regist Number only when running for one state |
Please enter other prompts accordingly.
RPYEU – Quarterly Form Code Set Up#
- For quarterly filing, IDFDV Annual Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ must be set up for all Federal and State identifiers, including SUI/SDI, respecting the Work and Home State pay components. Form Code ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’ may also need to be set up, depending on each state.
- Annual Form code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ is used to report the Federal File and W2 Form Information for 2011 year end, this Form Code information is also used to report quarterly information for the states for 2012.
- The difference for Federal and State Filing is the file format for each state, e.g. EFW2, ICESA, TIB4 or specific State Format
- Prior to Jan 1, 2004, if the state is using ICESA, TIB4 or specific State Format, the RPQTR program was used to report the quarterly file with Form Code ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’
- Effective Jan 1, 2004, RPYEU supports the filing of multiple Government Registrations at Federal/State/Local level. RPYEU and the RPQTR program are now merged together, therefore RPQTR was no longer used after Jan 1, 2004
- The quarterly Form Code ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’ is being used and may not be changed because it contains all necessary identifiers to support the ICESA, TIB-4 and State specific format. However, all main processing is derived from Annual Form Code ‘HL$US-W2-2012’.
- When RPYEU is run for quarterly reporting, the Annual Form Code MUST be entered. It is optional to enter the Quarterly Form Code to use ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’ or to default to EFW2 ‘HL$US-W2-2012’ format.
- All identifiers from ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’ fields 3100, 3110, etc. will be calculated by RPYEU by retrieving values from HL$US-W2-2012 sequence #'s 7010, 7020 etc. Any value may be entered on ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’ sequence 3100, 3110, etc. and it will not be used.
- HL uses ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’ identifiers to obtain values that are applicable for ICESA, TIB4 formats.
- After IDFDV HL$US-W2-2012 State and SUI info are set up, the employees must also be paid in UPCALC with the State/SUI info for that state in order to be reported for the quarterly filing.
RPYEU – Sample Run#
- RPYEU produces Summary Total Report by Government Registrations, this report must be verified with the RPREGT report for balancing purpose.
- Each RPYEU run generates one GVT Run (Government Run Number).
- All employees processed by this RPYEU run belong to this GVT Run Number.
- At the end of RPYEU, the Government Reporting Statistics are printed with the GVT Run Number generated.
- After RPYEU is run, IPGR (Government Run) can be used for online inquiry by GVT Run number.
- From IPGR the employee’s detail government reporting information on IPGH(Government Header) can be accessed.
- Many RPYEU runs may be run for different sets of employees for testing or auditing purposes
- All employees must be run together in one RPYEU by Federal Registration in order to generate the Government Media file. Thus this RPYEU GVT Run number or xml file should be used to run RPW2 in order to print W2 for the same set of employees that have been reported on the Government Media file.
- In a subsequent RPYEU run, the employee’s Government Header (PGH) information are re-generated, the same PGH information will be removed automatically when the new PGH is re-generated.
- At the end of each run, RPYEU removes any GVT Run Number that does not have any GVT Header associates with it.
- RPYEU may be run concurrently for different sets of employees.
- At the beginning of the RPYEU run, the Execution Run Log is stamped with the Execution Start Date, then at the end of RPYEU, the Execution End Date is stamped
- For a concurrent RPYEU run that has not been finished with the Execution End Date, the other concurrent RPYEU run will not remove the GVT Run Number even if there are no GVT Headers.
IPGR – Government Reporting Screen#
IPGR – GVT Run tab#
- The GVT Run tab is for viewing only in order to display the GVT Run numbers and general information for the GVT Run.
- IPGR displays the Form Code that was used when generating this GVT Run.
- The ‘Gvt Run’ column can be clicked in order to sort this column in either ascending or descending order of the Gvt Run #.
- Any column can be clicked and dragged to the first column position in order to sort and display the record information by that column data.
For instance, clicking and dragging 'Period' to the first column will sort the information by the period (either by ascending or descending order).
IPGR – Header Tab#
- The Header tab is for viewing only in order to display GVT Headers information by employees for the GVT Run.
- The ‘Tax Info’ is displayed from GVT Headers taxation_level_suffix or State/Province, this Taxation Level Suffix is the ‘Type of Employment’ from IDGR.
- The ‘Employee Remittance’ line stores the Federal Govt Registration information with the employer’s name and addresses along the total amounts. This employer name and address information will be printed on W2 Form by the Windward version of RPW2.
- The ‘Govt Reg – Tax Suffix’, ‘Employee Name’, or ‘Tax Info’ column can be clicked in order to sort these columns in either ascending or descending order.
IPGH – Employee Government Reporting Screen#
IPGH#
- This screen is for viewing only in order to display the GVT Headers information for the selected employee.
- The ‘Tax Level’, ‘Type’, ‘Period’ or ‘Govt Registration’ column can be clicked in order to sort these columns in either ascending or descending order.
- Any column can be clicked and dragged to the first column position in sort and display the record information by that column data.
For instance, clicking and dragging 'Employee Name' to the first column will sort the information by the employee name (either by ascending or descending order.)
IPGH – Amount tab#
- The Amount tab is for viewing only in order to display GVT Amount information by employees.
- The Seq, Identifiers and Description fields are from IDFDV definitions.
- The amount or the alphanumeric value of the identifier is displayed.
- The employee’s name and address information are stored for historical reference purpose, these name and address information will be printed on W2 Form by the Windward version of RPW2.
UPGRUNDO – Undo GVT Run#
UPGRUNDO – Selection Criteria#
- GVT Run Number
- Mandatory, at least one GVT Run Number must be entered
A list of GVT Run Numbers generated by RPYEU for undo can be selected.
- Person Code
- Optional, Enter one or more Person Codes
The selected Person codes within the GVT Run Numbers are processed.
- Trace Level
- "Exception Only" should always be run, unless for tracing.
- Trial
- Optional toggle allows for review of the report for verification prior to undo.
In non-trial mode, UPGRUNO removes GVT Headers and GVT Run for the qualified GVT Run.
UPGRUNO allows the GVT Run number to be undone by employees. This procedure should be used to undo erroneous GVT Run due to set up issues or to remove any archived GVT information that are not needed.
RPW2 – W2 Form Print#
RPW2 – W2 Form Print Selection Criteria#
For Oracle version RPW2, run RPW2 must be run and the report sent to PDF file instead of to the Previewer. RPW2 aligned the W2 government forms in PDF format, allowing the user to adjust the parameters for ‘Top Margin’ and the ‘Between Form Space’ when generating the PDF file. Once the PDF file is generated, the page set up does not need to be adjusted when printing.Report Parameters - (For both Oracle and Windward RPW2)
Report Parameters | Description |
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EE/ER Copy | Specifies if the Employee Copy or Employer Copy of W2 are to be printed From the X_W2_COPY lexicon. 01 – Employer Copy On one page, print multiple Employees W2 info For ‘2 on 1 Page’, print two employees on one page For ‘4 on 1 Page’, print four employees on one page 02 – Employee Copy - on one page, print one Employee W2 info For ‘2 on 1 Page’, print one employee twice For ‘4 on 1 Page’, print one employee four times |
Show Form | Specifies which W2 Form Copy image is to be shown on the background This option is for ‘2 On 1 Page’ only, there is no form image for ‘4 On 1 Page’ from the government From the X_W2_FORM_COPY lexicon 00 – Not Specified - do not show W2 Form image This option is used to print W2 Forms on the pre-printed W2 Forms 01 – Copy A, SSA copy - This Copy A option is for viewing purpose only Copy A should not be sent to SSA with this option. Copy A should be printed on the pre-printed Copy A that are machine-readable 02 – Copy 1, State,Local copy 03 – Copy B, EE Federal copy 04 – Copy C, EE Record copy 05 – Copy 2, EE State,Local copy 06 – Copy D, ER copy 20 – Copy B + C (1 Pg)- Show Copy B and Copy C on one page 21 – Copy C + 2 (1 Pg)- Show Copy C and Copy 2 on one page 22 – Copy B + C + 2 (2 Pg) - Show Copy B and Copy C on one page follow by Copy 2 and Copy 2 on the next page |
For Windward RPW2
Only ‘2-on-1-Page’ format is supported, the '4-on-1-Page' format is not available
Only option ‘01 – Copy A, SSA copy’ is supported, the other options are not available
Employment Type | Optional A specific employment type may be chosen to print, e.g. Agriculture employees |
State | Optional If used, only one state can be entered This prompt should not be entered when the EMPLOYEE copy is being printed The employee MUST have all the states printed on their W2 forms. When the EMPLOYER copy is being printed, there is an option to print by state so the paper W2 copy can be filed to the state. If the filing W2 is in magnetic media format, then the W2 forms should not be printed by state. |
Reissued/Corrected | Optional If an employee has lost their W2 Forms and have requested a replacement copy, RPW2 should be run with the ‘Person Code’ specified and the word ‘REISSUED’ or ‘CORRECTED’ entered for this prompt. RPW2 will then print the W2 Form with the exact wording ‘REISSUED’ or ‘CORRECTED’ as entered on the W2 form. |
Exception Level | should always be run with 'Exception Only' unless for tracing |
Test Form Set Up | Optional All users should test their printer with this ‘Form Set Up’ toggle to find out the correct Page Set Up for ‘Top Margin Adjustment’ and ‘Between Form Space’ adjustment prior to printing the actual W2 Forms. Since each printer’s page set pp margin varies differently, each time the W2 forms are printed on a different printer, the Printer set up test should be run. |
User Comment | Enter any comment to be printed on RPW2 report parameter page |
Report Parameters (* Oracle Report Only)
Report Parameters | Description |
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Directory Name | Mandatory For Oracle version RPW2, enter a valid directory name Should be the same Directory Name from the RPYEU run |
XML File Name | Mandatory for Oracle version RPW2 Enter the xml file that is generated from RPYEU with file extension .xm |
Print W2 Forms | Specifies the W2 Format to be printed: From X_W2_PRINT lexicon 01 – 2 On 1 Page - ‘2 On 1 page’ W2 format is used 02 – 4 Corner Form - ‘4 Corners Form’ W2 format is used 03 – 4 Corner, Addr. Back - ‘4 Corners Form’ W2 format is used with Address printed on the back of form The printer must be set to to Duplex mode when printing 04 – 4 On 1 Page (Top-bottom) - ‘4 On 1 Page’ W2 Top to Bottom format is used EE instruction on back - when the ‘Show Form (2 on 1 pg)’ parameter is selected to print on the employee’s copy, (i.e. Copy B, C, 2), the associated employee instructions can also be printed on the back of these W2 Forms. Note that for each employee copy (i.e. Copy B, C, 2), the EE Instructions are different. In order to print a complete set of all Employee’s W2 Copies and Instructions, select: 22 – Copy B + C + 2 (2 Pg) - Show Copy B and Copy C on one Page followed by Copy 2 and Copy 2 on the next page |
Adjust Top Margin | Optional Specifies the Top Margin Adjustment for the printing of the form Default to NULL or ‘00 – 0 line’ adjustment to begin testing After the PDF file is generated, print one page on blank paper, align the paper with the pre-printed form and check if the alignment fits into the box. If adjustment is needed, then re-run RPW2 by entering the Top Margin adjustment From X_TOP_MARGIN_ADJ lexicon 00 – 0 line 11 – Up 1/5 line 12 – Up 2/5 line 13 – Up 3/5 line 21 – Down 1/5 line 22 – Down 2/5 line 23 – Down 3/5 line |
Between Form Space | Optional Specifies the space increment between 2 forms on the same page Default to NULL or ‘0 – 0 line space’ to begin testing After the PDF file is generated, print one page on blank paper, align the paper with the pre-printed form and check if the alignment fits between 2 forms If adjustment is needed, then re-run RPW2 by entering the ‘Between Form Space’ From X_BTWN_FORM_SPACE lexicon 0 – 0 line space 1 – 1/5 line space 2 – 2/5 line space 3 – 3/5 line space 4 – 4/5 line space 5 – 1 line space |
Show Frame | When testing the margin set up or to debug a Print Format problem, this toggle may be used to show the line border of the internal frames. |
Report Filters (For Oracle and Windward RPW2)
GVT Run (WW only) | If running Oracle version of RPW2, this GVT Run parameter is not used For Windward version of RPW2, one GVT Run number MUST be entered. |
Person Code | Optional Enter one or more Person Codes |
When running RPW2 for pre-printed forms, please do not toggle the ‘Show W2 Form’, ‘Show Frame’ parameters.
RPW2 Example:
Show Form (2 on 1 Pg) | Copy B + C (1 Pg) |
Show Frame (Test Only) | Yes |
For 'Top Margin' adjustment, on the top form, the darker red line above the top form is between several green lines, in the center. It can be adjusted up or down from the ‘Adjust Top Margin’ parameter.
For ‘Between Form Space’, the blue line in the middle is the bottom of the Top form. The space increment can be increased for the Bottom form from the ‘Between Form Space’ parameter.
RPW2 – Printer Set Up#
Important: When printing from the pdf file, the Page Scaling option must be set to ‘None’ to avoid re-sizing of the form on a page.RPW2 – Form Print Processing#
- The P2K Oracle version RPW2 Form Print program prints all information retrieved from the RPYEU xml file according to selection criteria.
- If an employee has multiple States and Local tax jurisdictions to be printed, each W2 form is printed with information for two States and two Locals until all State and Local information are printed. The Local information printed may not necessary coincide with the information for the State where the Local resides.
- RPW2 program generates Summary Totals by each Employer Identification Number and Employment Type. At the end of the RPW2 run, a grand total is generated for all employers.
- RMEX must be run with the RPW2 mex id to obtain the Summary and Grand totals to balance to the RPYEU Summary report
- RPW2 Summary and Grand Totals are accumulated for Federal Level Box 1 to 11 only, Box 12 and 14 are not totaled.
- RPW2 Box 1 to 11 totals should be verified to balance to RPYEU Box 1 to 11
- For Box 12 ‘Code Information’ and Box 14 ‘Other Information’, since the printing on W2 Forms are free format, RPW2 will not total these boxes, RPYEU Summary Report contains the totals for these boxes for user reference.
- RPW2 accumulates the Summary Totals and Grand Totals for all States and Locals regardless if the tax is from WORK or HOME tax jurisdiction and regardless of which States and Locals the taxes are in.
- RPW2 does not accumulate the State and Local tax totals by each State and Local. The RPYEU Summary report should be used to obtain the totals by each State and Local.
- If RPW2 cannot select any information from the xml file to print, RMEX must be run with the RPW2 mex id to review the errors or exception messages to locate the problem, usually the problem is because of an invalid Directory or File name
- From this link http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw2.pdf, there are different copies of the W2 form that needs to be distributed to the employees and send to the government: Copy A, 1, B, C, 2, D
- RPW2 provides options from Selection criteria parameter ‘Show Form (2 on 1 pg)’ to print different copies of the W2 forms and the Employee Instructions on the back.
- There is an to print the W2 forms on the pre-printed W2 forms or to show Copy A, 1, B, C, 2, D of the W2 forms
- W2 Form Copy A, 1, B, C, 2, D and instructions are taken directly from the government link above. It is, however, the user’s responsibility to ensure these employee copies are accepted by the government as substitute of the pre-printed forms prior to distributing to the employees.
W-2 Wage Form Descriptions - (2011 Format – Reporting in 2011)#
There is no page called 'W2_WAGE_FORM_DESCRIPTIONS'. Would you like to create it?Government Media Reporting#
Submitting W-2 Copy A to SSA (EFW2 Format)#
The EFW2 Format is used for Annual and Quarterly Reporting.
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RA - Submitter Record#
Column | Description | Source |
---|---|---|
1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RA" |
3-11 | Submitter’s Employer ID Number (EIN) | Required. Derived from the ‘SUB-ER-EIN’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1000). Numeric only. |
12-19 | User Identification (User ID) | Required. Enter the eight-character BSO User ID assigned to the employee who is attesting to the accuracy of this file. |
20-23 | Software Vendor Code | Enter the numeric four-digit Software Vendor Identification Code assigned by the National Association of Computerized Tax Processors (NACTP). If "99 (Off-the-Shelf Software)" is entered in the Software Code field (positions 36-37) enter the Software Vendor Code. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
24-28 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
29 | Resub Indicator | Enter "1" if this file is being resubmitted. Otherwise, enter "0" (zero). |
30-35 | Resub Wage File Identifier (WFID) | If "1" was entered in Resub Indicator field (position 29), enter the WFID displayed on the notice SSA sent. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
36-37 | Software Code | Enter "99" to indicate 'Off-the-Shelf Software' |
38-94 | Company Name | Enter the Company Name. Left justify and fill with blanks. |
95-116 | Location Address | Enter the company's location address (Attention, Suite, Room Number, etc). Left justify and fill with blanks |
117-138 | Delivery Address | Enter the company's delivery address (Street or Post Office Box). Example: 123 Main Street. Left justify and fill with blanks |
139-160 | City | Enter the company's city. Left justify and fill with blanks |
161-162 | State Abbreviation | Enter the company's State or commonwealth/territory. Use a postal abbreviation. For a foreign address, fill with blanks |
163-167 | ZIP Code | Enter the company's ZIP code. For a foreign address, fill with blanks |
168-171 | ZIP Code Extension | Enter the company's four-digit extension of the ZIP code. If not applicable, fill with blanks |
172-176 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
177-199 | Foreign State/Province | If applicable, enter the company's foreign State/Province. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
200-214 | Foreign Postal Code | If applicable, enter the company's foreign postal code. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
215-216 | 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. |
217-273 | Submitter Name | Required. Enter the name of the organization's submitter to receive error notification if this file cannot be processed. Left Justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-SUBM-NAME’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1150). |
274-295 | Submitter Location Address | Enter the submitter's location address (Attention, Suite, Room Number, etc.) Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-SUBM-LOCN’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1160). |
296-317 | Submitter Delivery Address | Required. Enter the submitter's delivery address (Street or Post Office Box). Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-SUBM-DELIV’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1170). |
318-339 | Submitter City | Required. Enter the submitter's city. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-SUBM-CITY’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1180). |
340-341 | Submitter State Abbreviation | Required. Enter the submitter's State or commonwealth/territory. Use a postal abbreviation. For a foreign address, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-SUBM-STATE’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1190). |
342-346 | Submitter ZIP Code | Required. Enter the submitter's ZIP Code. For a foreign address, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1200). |
347-350 | Submitter ZIP Code extension | Enter the submitter's four-digit extension of the ZIP code. If not applicable, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP-EXT’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1210). |
351-355 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use |
356-378 | Foreign State/Province | If applicable, enter the submitter's foreign State/Province. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
379-393 | Foreign Postal Code | If applicable, enter the submitter's foreign Postal Code. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
394-395 | 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. |
396-422 | Contact Name | Required. Enter the name of the person to be contacted by SSA concerning processing problems. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-CONT-NAME’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1250). |
423-437 | Contact Phone Number | Required. Enter the contact's phone number with numeric valies only (including area code). Do not use any special characters. Left justify and fill with blanks. NOTE: It is imperative that the contact's telephone number be entered in the appropriate positions. Failure to include correct and complete submitter contact information may, in some cases, delay the timely processing of your file. Derived from the ‘SUB-CONT-TEL’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1260). |
438-442 | Contact Phone Extension | Enter the contact's telephone extension. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-CONT-TEL-EXT’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1270). |
443-445 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
446-485 | Contact E-mail/Internet | Enter the contact's e-mail/internet address. Derived from the ‘SUB-CONT-EMAIL’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1280). |
486-488 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
489-498 | Contact Fax | If applicable, enter the contact's fax number (including area code). Otherwise, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘SUB-CONT-FAX’ IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 1290). |
499 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
500 | Preparer Code | Enter one of the following codes to indicate who prepared this file: * A = Accounting Firm * L = Self Prepared * S = Service Bureau * P = Parent Company * O = Other If more than one code applies, use the code that best describes who prepared this file. |
501-512 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
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. |
40-96 | Employer Name | Required. Enter the name associated with the EIN entered in positions 8 - 16. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the 'W2-ER-NAME' IDFDV Field Identifier (seq 2010). |
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. |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RW - Employee Wage Record #
Column | Description | Source |
---|---|---|
1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RW" |
3-11 | Social Security Number | Required. Enter the employee's SSN. If an invalid SSN is encountered, this field is filled with zeros. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-SSN’ (seq 2500) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
12-26 | Employee First Name | Required. Enter the employee's first name. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’ (seq 2510) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
27-41 | Employee Middle Name or Initial | If applicable, enter the employee's middle name or initial. Left Justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ (seq 2520) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
42-61 | Employee Last Name | Required. Enter the employee's last name. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ (seq 2530) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
62-65 | Employee Suffix | If applicable, enter the employee's alphabetic suffix. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ (seq 2540) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
66-87 | Employee Location Address | Enter the employee's location address (Attention, Suite, Room Number, etc.) Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2600) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
88-109 | Employee Delivery Address | Enter the employee's delivery address (Street or Post Office Box). Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2610) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
110-131 | Employee City | Enter the employee's City. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-CITY’ (seq 2620) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
132-133 | Employee State Abbreviation | Enter the employee's State or commonwealth/territory. For a foreign address, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-STATE’ (seq 2630) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
134-138 | Employee ZIP Code | Enter the employee's ZIP code. For a foreign address, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ (seq 2640) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
139-142 | Employee ZIP Code Extension | Enter the employee's four-digit ZIP code extension. If not applicable, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2650) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
143-147 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
148-170 | Employee Foreign State/Province | If applicable, enter the employee's foreign State/Province. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-F-STATE’ (seq 2660) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
171-185 | Employee Foreign Postal Code | If applicable, enter the employee's foreign postal code. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2670) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
186-187 | Employee 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. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-COUNTRY’ (seq 2680) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
188-198 | Wages, Tips and Other Compensation | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-FIT-WAGE’ (seq 3000) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
199-209 | Federal Income Tax Withheld | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-FIT-TAX’ (seq 3010) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
210-220 | Social Security Wages | Zero fill if the Employment Code reported in position 219 of the preceding RE (Employer) Record is 'Q-MGQE' or 'X-Railroad'. If Employment Code is 'H-Household' and the tax year is 1994 or later, the sum of this field and the Social Security Tips field must be equal to or greater than the annual Household minimum for the tax year being reported. Otherwise, reports zeros. The sum of this field and the Social Security Tips field should not exceed the annual maximum Social Security wage base for the tax year being reported. No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-SSN-WAGE’ (seq 3020) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
221-231 | Social Security Tax Withheld | Zero fill if the Employment Code reported in position 219 of the preceeding RE (Employer_ Record is 'Q-MGQE' or 'X-Railroad'. If the Employement Code is not 'Q-MGQE' or 'X-Railroad' and the amount in this field is greater than zero, then the Social Security Wages field and/or the Social Security Tips field must be greater than zero. No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-SSN-TAX’ (seq 3030) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
232-242 | Medicare Wages and Tips | Zero fill if the Employment Code reported in position 219 of the preceding RE (Employer) Record is 'X-Railroad'. If Employment Code is 'H-Household' and the tax year is 1994 or later, this field must be equal to or greater than the annual Household minimum for the tax year being reported. Otherwise, fill with zeros. No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-MEDI-WAGE’ (seq 3040) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
243-253 | Medicare Tax Withheld | Zero fill if the Employment Code reported in position 219 of the preceding RE (Employer) Record is 'X-Railroad'. No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-MEDI-TAX’ (seq 3050) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
254-264 | Social Security Tips | Zero fill if the Employment Code reported in position 219 of the preceding RE (Employer) Record is 'Q-MGQE' or 'X-Railroad'. The sum of this field and the Social Security Wages field should not exceed the annual maximum Social Security wage base for the tax year being reported. Otherwise, reports zeros. If Employment Code is 'H-Household' and the tax year is 1994 or later, the sum of this field and the Social Security Wages field must be equal to or greater than the annual Household minimum for the tax year being reported. Otherwise, report zeros. No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-SSN-TIP’ (seq 3060) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
265-275 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
276-286 | Dependent Care Benefits | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-DEP-CARE’ (seq 3090) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
287-297 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 401(k) (Code D) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-D’ (seq 4030) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
298-308 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 403(b) (Code E) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-E’ (seq 4040) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
309-319 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 408(k)(6) (Code F) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-F’ (seq 4050) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
320-330 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 457(b) (Code G) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-G’ (seq 4060) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
331-341 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 501(c)(18)(D) (Code H) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-H’ (seq 4070) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
342-352 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
353-363 | Nonqualified Plan Section 457 Distributions or Contributions | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-NQUAL-457’ (seq 3102) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
364-374 | Employer Contributions to a Health Savings Account (Code W) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-W’ (seq 4190) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
375-385 | Nonqualified Plan Not Section 457 Distributions or Contributions | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-NQUAL-N457’ (seq 3104) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
386-396 | Nontaxable Combat Pay (Code Q) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
397-407 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
408-418 | Employer Cost of Premiums for Group Term Life Insurance Over $50,000 (Code C) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-C’ (seq 4020) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
419-429 | Income from the Exercise of Non-Statutory Stock Options (Code V) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-CODE-V’ (seq 4180) IDFDV Field Identifier. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
430-440 | Deferrals Under a Section 409A Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (Code Y) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
441-451 | Designated Roth Contributions to a Section 401 (k) Plan (Code AA) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
452-462 | Designated Roth Contributions to a Section 403 (b) Salary Reduction Agreement (Code BB) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
463-473 | Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Code DD) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
474-484 | Permitted Benefits Under a Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (Code FF) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. |
485 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
486 | Statutory Employee Indicator | Enter "1" for statutory employee. Otherwise, enter "0" (zero). Derived from the ‘W2-STAT-EE’ (seq 6000) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
487 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
488 | Retirement Plan Indicator | Enter "1" for a retirement plan. Otherwise, enter "0" (zero). Derived from the ‘W2-RETIRE-PLAN’ (seq 6020) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
489 | Third-Party Sick Pay Indicator | Enter "1" for a sick pay indicator. Otherwise, enter "0" (zero). Derived from the ‘W2-3PARTY-SICK’ (seq 6060) IDFDV Field Identifier. |
490-512 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RO - Employee Wage Record #
Column | Description | Source |
---|---|---|
1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant ‘RO’ |
3-11 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
12-22 | Allocated Tips | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ALLOC-TIP’ (seq 3070) |
23-33 | Uncollected Employee Tax on Tips (Codes A and B) | Combine the uncollected Social Security tax and the uncollected Medicare tax. No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-A’ + Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-B’ (seq 4010) |
34-44 | Medical Savings Account (Code R) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-R’ (seq 4150). Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
45-55 | Simple Retirement Account (Code S) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-S’ (seq 4160). Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
56-66 | Qualified Adoption Expenses (Code T) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-T’ (seq 4170). Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
67-77 | Uncollected Social Security or RRTA Tax on Cost of Group Term Life Insurance over $50,000 (Code M) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-M’ (seq 4110). Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
78-88 | Uncollected Medicare Tax on Cost of Group Term Life Insurance over $50,000 (Code N) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-N’ (seq 4120). Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. |
89-99 | Income Under a Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan That Fails to Satisfy Section 409A (Code Z) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
100-110 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
111-121 | Designated Roth Contributions Under a Governmental Section 457(b) Plan )(Code EE) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. |
122-132 | Income from Qualified Grants Under Section 83(i) (Code GG) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. |
133-143 | Aggregate Deferrals Under Section 83(i) Elections as of the Close of the Calendar Year (Code HH) | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. |
144-274 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
275-285 | Wages Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
286-296 | Commissions Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
297-307 | Allowances Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
308-318 | Tips Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | SNo negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
319-329 | Total Wages, Commissions, Tips, and Allowances Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
330-340 | Puerto Rico Tax Withheld | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
341-351 | Retirement Fund Annual Contributions | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
352-362 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
363-373 | Total Wages, Tips and Other Compensation Subject to Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa or Northern Mariana Islands Income Tax | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or Northern Mariana Islands employees only. |
374-384 | Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or Northern Mariana Islands Income Tax Withheld | No negative amounts. Right justify and zero fill. For Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or Northern Mariana Islands employees only. |
385-512 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RS - State Record#
Column | Description | Source |
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1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RS" |
3-4 | State Code | Enter the appropriate postal numeric code. Derived from the State being reported. |
5-9 | Taxing Entity Code | Defined by State/local agency. |
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 the ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
34-48 | Employee Middle Name or Initial | If applicable, enter the employee's middle name or initial. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
49-68 | Employee Last Name | Enter the employee's last name. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
69-72 | Employee Suffix | If applicable, enter the employee's alphabetic suffix. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
73-94 | Employee Location Address | Enter the employee's location address (Attention, Suite, Room Number, etc.) Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
95-116 | Employee Delivery Address | Enter the employee's delivery address. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
117-138 | Employee City | Enter the employee's city. Left justify and fill with blanks. Derived from the 'W2-EE-CITY’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
139-140 | Employee State Abbreviation | Enter the employee's State or commonwealth/territory. Use a postal abbreviation. For a foreign address, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-STATE’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
141-145 | Employee ZIP Code | Enter the employee's ZIP Code. For a foreign address, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
146-149 | Employee ZIP Code Extension | Enter the employee's four-digit extension of the ZIP code. If not applicable, fill with blanks. Derived from the ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ IDFDV Field Identifier. |
150-154 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
155-177 | Foreign State/Province | If applicable, enter the employee's foreign State/Province. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
178-192 | Foreign Postal Code | If applicable, enter the employee's foreign postal code. Left justify and fill with blanks. Otherwise, fill with blanks. |
193-194 | 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. |
- Locations 195 to 267
- Apply to Quarterly Unemployment Reporting
If the user has defined ‘Period Type’ as ‘Quarter’, then Locations 195 to 267 will be filled.
Please read the document Tax Reporting - US General for details on quarterly reporting.
195-196 | Optional Code | Defined by State/local agency. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
197-202 | Reporting Period | Enter the last month and four-digit year for the calendar quarter that this report applies. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
203-213 | State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Total Wages | Right justify and zero fill. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
214-224 | State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Total Taxable Wages | Right justify and zero fill. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
225-226 | Number of Weeks Worked | Defined by State/local agency. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
227-234 | Date First Employed | Enter the month, day and four-digit year. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
235-242 | Date of Separation | Enter the month, day and four-digit year. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
243-247 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
248-267 | State Employer Account Number | Enter the State's Employer Account Number. Applies to unemployment reporting. |
268-273 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
- Locations 274 to 337
- Apply to Income Tax Reporting
If the user has defined ‘Period Type’ as ‘Quarter’ or ‘Year’, then Locations 274 to 337 will be filled.
274-275 | State code | Enter the appropriate postal numeric code. Derived from the State being reported. Applies to income tax reporting. |
276-286 | State Taxable Wages | Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ IDFDV Field Identifiers. Applies to income tax reporting. |
287-297 | State Income Tax Withheld | Right justify and zero fill. Derived from the ‘W2-ST-TAX-HOME’ and ‘W2-ST-TAX-WORK’ IDFDV Field Identifiers. Applies to income tax reporting. |
298-307 | Other State Data | Defined by State/local agency. Applies to income tax reporting. |
308 | Tax Type Code | Enter the appropriate code for entries in fields 309-330: * C = City Income Tac * D = County Income Tax * E = School District Income Tax * F = Other Income Tax. Applies to income tax reporting. |
309-319 | Local Taxable Wages | To be defined by State/local agency. Applies to income tax reporting. |
320-330 | Local Income Tax Withheld | To be defined by State/local agency. Applies to income tax reporting. |
331-337 | State Control Number | Optional. Applies to income tax reporting. |
338-412 | Supplemental Data 1 | To be defined by user. |
413-487 | Supplemental Data 2 | To be defined by user. |
488-512 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RT - Total Record #
Column | Description | Source |
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1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RT" |
3-9 | Number of RW Records | Total number of "RW" records reported since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. |
10-24 | Wages, Tips and Other Compensation | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands emplyees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-WAGE’ |
25-39 | Federal Income Tax Withheld | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands emplyees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-FIT-TAX’ |
40-54 | Social Security Wages | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Zero fill if the Employment Code is position 219 of the preceeding RE Employer Record is "Q-MQGE" or "X-Railroad". Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-WAGE’ |
55-69 | Social Security Tax Withheld | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Zero fill if the Employment Code is position 219 of the preceeding RE Employer Record is "Q-MQGE" or "X-Railroad". Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TAX’ |
70-84 | Medicare Wages and Tips | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Zero fill if the Employment Code is position 219 of the preceeding RE Employer Record is "X-Railroad". Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-WAGE’ |
85-99 | Medicare Tax Withheld | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Zero fill if the Employment Code is position 219 of the preceeding RE Employer Record is "X-Railroad". Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-MEDI-TAX’ |
100-114 | Social Security Tips | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Zero fill if the Employment Code is position 219 of the preceeding RE Employer Record is "Q-MQGE" or "X-Railroad". Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-SSN-TIP’ |
115-129 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
130-144 | Dependent Care Benefits | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-DEP-CARE’ |
145-159 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 401(k) (Code D) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-D’ |
160-174 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 403(b)(Code E) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-E’ |
175-189 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 408(k)(6) (Code F) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-F’ |
190-204 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 457(b) (Code G) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-G’ |
205-219 | Deferred Compensation Contributions to Section 501(c)(18)(D) (Code H) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-H’ |
220-234 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
235-249 | Nonqualified Plan Section 457 Distributions or Contributions | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-NQUAL-457’ |
250-264 | Employer Contribution to a Health Savings Account (Code W) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. No negative amounts. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-W’ |
265-279 | Nonqualified Plan Not Section 457 Distributions or Contributions | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-NQUAL-N457’ |
280-294 | Nontaxable Combat Pay (Code Q) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. Right justify and zero fill. |
295-309 | Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Code DD) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. Right justify and zero fill. |
310-324 | Employer Cost of Premiums for Group Term Life Insurance over $50,000 (Code C) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-C’ |
325-339 | Income Tax Withheld by Payer of Third-Party Sick Pay | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Total Federal Income Tax withheld by third-parties (generally insurance companies) from sick or disability payments made to your employees. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘SUB-3RD-PARTY-TAX’ |
340-354 | Income from the Exercise of Non-statutory Stock Options (Code V) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-V’ |
355-369 | Deferrals Under a Section 409A Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (Code Y) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Mariana Islands employees. Right justify and zero fill. |
370-384 | Designated Roth Contributions to a Section 401(k) Plan (Code AA) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. |
385-399 | Designated Roth Contributions to a Section 403(b) Salary Reduction Agreement (Code BB) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Right justify and zero fill. |
400-414 | Permitted Benefits Under a Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (Code FF) | Total of all "RW" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. |
415-512 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RU - Total Record #
Column | Description | Source |
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1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RU" |
3-9 | Number of RO Records | Total number of "RO" records reported since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. |
10-24 | Allocated Tips | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam or Northern Maraina Islands employees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-ALLOC-TIP’ |
25-39 | Uncollected Employee Tax on Tips (Code A and B) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-A’ and ‘W2-CODE-B’ |
40-54 | Medical Savings Account (Code R) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Maraina Islands employees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-R’ |
55-69 | Simple Retirement Account (Code S) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-S’ |
70-84 | Qualified Adoption Expenses (Code T) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Maraina Islands employees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-T’ |
85-99 | Uncollected SSA tax or RRTA Tax on Cost of Group Term Life Insurance over $50,000 (Code M) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-M’ |
100-114 | Uncollected Medicare Tax on Cost of Group Term Life Insurance over $50,000 (Code N) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico employees. Derived from IDFDV Field Identifier: ‘W2-CODE-N’ |
115-129 | Income Under a Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan That Fails to Satisfy Section 409A (Code Z) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Maraina Islands employees. |
130-144 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
145-159 | Designated Roth Contributions Under a Governmental Section 457(b) Plan (Code EE) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. Does not apply to Puerto Rico or Northern Maraina Islands employees. |
160-174 | Income from Qualified Equity Grants Under Section 83(i) (Code GG) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. |
175-189 | Aggregate Deferrals Under Section 83(i) Elections as of the Close of the Calendar Year (Code HH) | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. |
190-354 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
355-369 | Wages Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
370-384 | Commissions Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
385-399 | Allowances Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
400-414 | Tips Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
415-429 | Total Wages, Commissions, Tips and Allowances Subject to Puerto Rico Tax | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
430-444 | Puerto Rico Tax Withheld | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
445-459 | Retirement Fund Annual Contributions | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Puerto Rico employees only. |
460-474 | Total Wages, Tips and Other Compensation Subject to Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa or Northern Mariana Islands Income Tax | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa or Northern Mariana Islands employees only. |
475-489 | Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or Northern Mariana Islands Income Tax Withheld | Total of all "RO" records since last "RE" record. Right justify and zero fill. For Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa or Northern Mariana Islands employees only. |
490-512 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use. |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RV - State Total Record#
Column | Description | Source |
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1-2 | Record Indentifier | Constant "RV" |
3-512 | Supplemental Data | To be Defined by user |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - SSA EFW2 File Format for Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
Record Name: Code RF - Final Record#
Column | Description | Source |
---|---|---|
1-2 | Record Indentifier | Constant "RF" |
3-7 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use |
8-16 | Number of RW Records | Total number of RW (Employee) Records reported on the entire file. Right justify and zero fill |
17-512 | Blank | Fill with blanks. Reserved for SSA use |
SSA ACCU Wage Software#
Validate EFW2 File Format#
The Social Security Administration has provided a software program AccuWage for users to download from SSA website to validate the EFW2 file prior to submitting to SSA.
The web link is http://www.ssa.gov/employer/accuwage/index.html#download
Please download the AccuWage software for the current year with this link. Then user should always run AccuWage software with the EFW2 file generated by RPYEU to verify and correct all potential errors prior to sending the EFW2 file to SSA.
AccuWage Error Example: