Table of Contents
- Delaware Annual and Quarterly Reporting
- What's New for Tax Year 2011
- Set Up
- IDGV - State Registration
- IDGV - State SUI Registration
- State File Procedures
- Annual W2 Wage Reporting – EFW2 (formerly MMREF1) format
- State Media Magnetic Media Reporting – EFW2 (Formerly MMREF1) Format
- Record Name: Code RA - Transmitter Record (Same as the federal code RA)
- Record Name: Code RE - Employer Record (Same as Federal Code RE)
- Record Name: Code RS - State Wage Record (same as federal specified code RS)
- Record Name: Code RF - Final Record (same as federal code RF)
- Quarterly UI Wage Reporting – ICESA Format
- Notes
Delaware Annual and Quarterly Reporting#
What's New for Tax Year 2011#
The following changes have been noted for reporting W2 wages to the Federal Government:- (W2 Form) The ‘Advance Earned Income Credit Payment’ is eliminated for tax year beginning after December 31, 2010. Box 9, Advance EIC payments, has been deleted from the 2011 Form W2.
- (W2 Form) Code DD is added to box 12 of the 2011 form W2 to report the cost of employer-sponsored health coverage. However, this reporting will not be mandatory for 2011.
- (W2 Form) Code EE, Designated Roth contributions under a government section 457(b) plan, has been added to the list of codes in box 12 of Form W2.
- (W2 File) A new field, Kind of Employer, has been added to the RE Employer Record (position 174). This is a required field.
- (W2 File) A new field, Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage, has been added to the RW Employee Record (positions 463-473) and the RT Total Record (positions 295-309).
- (W2 File) A new field, Designated Roth Contributions Under a Governmental Section 457(b) Plan, has been added to the RO Employee Record (positions 111-121) and the RU Total Record (positions 145-159)
Set Up#
This document contains abbreviated set up requirement for the state of Delaware only, please refer to the general document (Tax Reporting - US General) for other setup procedure that may also be required.IDGV - State Registration#
- The IDGV Definition tab must be set up for ‘State Registration’ for State/Province: Delaware.
- The IDGV Variables tab must be set up for ‘State Registration’ for State/Province: Delaware.
- ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ - Delaware state accepts W2 wage report with federal and other state information, therefore, the Media Filing variable can be set to ‘01’, which will include state information in the Federal File. (However, it must be set to ‘02’ if a W2 magnetic media file is required for the state of DE only.)
IDGV - State SUI Registration#
- The IDGV Definition tab must be set up with ‘State SUI Registration’ for State/Province: Delaware
- The IDGV Variables tab must be set up with ‘State SUI Registration’ for State/Province: Delaware
- ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’- Must be ‘02’ to generate UI wage magnetic media file for Delaware
State File Procedures#
- The state of Delaware Department of Revenue accepts filing of W2 wages via magnetic media using the standard EFW2 (formerly MMREF-1) file format supplied by the SSA. The required records are RA,RE,RS and RF.
- The Delaware Department of Labor accepts filing of Quarterly UI wages via magnetic media using the ICESA format. The required record codes are ‘E’, and ‘S’.
- When using the MMREF-1 format to file wage report for the state of Delaware, IDGV must be set up as follows:
- for State Registration of Delaware, the IDGV Variables:
- ‘W2 STATE MEDIA FILING’ 02 – State requires its own file, do not include other state information in the state file.
- for State Registration of Delaware, the IDGV Variables:
Annual W2 Wage Reporting – EFW2 (formerly MMREF1) format#
RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Delaware state file information:| Media Format: | State File Format |
| Select State: | Delaware, USA |
| Parameters, Annual Form Code: | (example: use standard form code‘HL$US-W2-2012’) |
| Parameters, Period Type: | Year |
| Parameters, Period End Date: | Year End Date (i.e. 31-Dec-2011) |
State Media Magnetic Media Reporting – EFW2 (Formerly MMREF1) Format#
Record Name: Code RA - Transmitter Record (Same as the federal code RA) #
| Column | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RA" |
| 3-11 | Submitter’s Employer ID number (EIN) Numeric only | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-ER-EIN’ (seq 1000) |
| 12-28 | Personal Identification Number (PIN) and Software Vendor Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PIN-NUMBER’ (seq 1010) Please note that this field consists of an 8-character PIN code in positions 12-19, a 4 character Software Vendor Code in positions 20-23, and 5 blanks in positions 24-28. |
| 29 | Resub Indicator | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-IND’ (seq 1020) |
| 30-35 | Resub WFID | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-RESUB-WFID’ (seq 1030) |
| 36-37 | Software Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SOFTWARE’ (seq 1040) |
| 38-94 | Company Name | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-NAME’ (seq 1050) |
| 95-116 | Location Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-LOCN’ (seq 1060) |
| 117-138 | Delivery Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-DELIV’ (seq 1070) |
| 139-160 | Company City | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-CITY’ (seq 1080) |
| 161-162 | Company State Abbreviation | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-STATE’ (seq 1090) |
| 163-167 | Company ZIP code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP’ (seq 1100) |
| 168-171 | Company ZIP code extension | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1110) |
| 172-176 | Blank | |
| 177-199 | Company Foreign State/Province | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-STATE’ (seq 1120) |
| 200-214 | Company Foreign Postal Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-F-POST’ (seq 1130) |
| 215-216 | Company Country Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-COMP-COUNTRY’ (seq 1140) |
| 217-273 | Submitter Name | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-NAME’ (seq 1150) |
| 274-295 | Submitter Location Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-LOCN’ (seq 1160) |
| 296-317 | Submitter Delivery Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-DELIV’ (seq 1170) |
| 318-339 | Submitter City | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-CITY’ (seq 1180) |
| 340-341 | Submitter State Abbreviation | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-STATE’ (seq 1190) |
| 342-346 | Submitter ZIP code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP’ (seq 1200) |
| 347-350 | Submitter ZIP code extension | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 1210) |
| 351-355 | Blank | |
| 356-378 | Submitter Foreign State/Province | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-STATE’ (seq 1220) |
| 379-393 | Submitter Foreign Postal Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-F-POST’ (seq 1230) |
| 394-395 | Submitter Country Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-SUBM-COUNTRY’ (seq 1240) |
| 396-422 | Contact Name | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-NAME’ (seq 1250) |
| 423-437 | Contact Phone Number | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL’ (seq 1260) |
| 438-442 | Contact Phone Extension | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-TEL-EXT’ (seq 1270) |
| 443-445 | Blank | |
| 446-485 | Contact E-mail | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-EMAIL’ (seq 1280) |
| 486-488 | Blank | |
| 489-498 | Contact FAX | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-FAX’ (seq 1290) |
| 499-499 | Preferred Method of Problem Notification Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-CONT-METH’ (seq 1300) |
| 500-500 | Preparer Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-PREPARER’ (seq 1310) |
| 501-512 | Blank |
Record Name: Code RE - Employer Record (Same as Federal Code RE)#
| Column | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RE" |
| 3-6 | Tax year CCYY | From user specified FROM-TO period converted to CCYY |
| 7 | Agent Indicator Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-AGENT-IND’ (seq 1500) |
| 8-16 | Employer/Agent EIN | System derived the applicable Federal reporting EIN, from IDGV or IDGR |
| 17-25 | Agent for EIN | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-FOR-EIN’ (seq 1510) |
| 26 | Terminating Business Indicator | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TERM-BUS’ (seq 1520) |
| 27-30 | Establishment Number | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ESTAB’ (seq 1530) |
| 31-39 | Other EIN | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-OTHER-EIN’ (seq 1540) |
| 40-96 | Employer Name | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-NAME’ (seq 2010) |
| 97-118 | Employer Location Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2020) |
| 119-140 | Employer Delivery Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2030) |
| 141-162 | Employer City | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-CITY’ (seq 2040) |
| 163-164 | Employer State Abbreviation | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-STATE’ (seq 2050) |
| 165-169 | Employer ZIP Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP’ (seq 2060) |
| 170-173 | Employer ZIP Code Extension | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2070) |
| 174-174 | Kind of Employer | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-KIND-OF-EMPLOYER’ (seq 2120) |
| 175-178 | Blank | |
| 179-201 | Employer Foreign State/Province | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-STATE’ (seq 2080) |
| 202-216 | Employer Foreign Postal Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2090) |
| 217-218 | Employer Country Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-COUNTRY’ (seq 2100) |
| 219 | Employment Code | From IDGR ‘W2 Employment Type’ or IPRLU FICA and Medicare method If IPRLU.FICA method = "Do not calculate" and MEDICARE method is NOT "Do Not Calculate" then the employee is classified as Employment Type ‘Q’ for W2 reporting, otherwise the W2 Type of employment is derived from IDGR. A set of code RE, RW/RO/RS, RT/RU records will be generated for different type of employment |
| 220 | Tax Jurisdiction Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ER-TAX-JURIS’ (seq 2110) |
| 221 | Third-Party Sick Pay Indicator | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘SUB-3RD-PARTY-SICK’ (seq 1480) |
| 222-512 | Blank |
Record Name: Code RS - State Wage Record (same as federal specified code RS)#
| Column | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RS" |
| 3-4 | State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code | Derived from the State being reported, from IDFDV sequence 7000 e.g. California is code "06" |
| 5-9 | Taxing Entity Code | if County, City or School district tax is reported, this field is derived from IDGV 'W2 TAXING ENTITY' field for the County, City or School district tax being reported |
| 10-18 | Social Security Number | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SSN’ (seq 2500) If an invalid SSN is encountered, this field is entered with zeroes. |
| 19-33 | Employee First Name | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-FIRST-NAME’ (seq 2510) |
| 34-48 | Employee Middle Name or Initial | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-MIDDLE’ (seq 2520) |
| 49-68 | Employee Last Name | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LAST-NAME’ (seq 2530) |
| 69-72 | Employee Suffix | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-SUFFIX’ (seq 2540) |
| 73-94 | Employee Location Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-LOCN-ADDR’ (seq 2600) |
| 95-116 | Employee Delivery Address | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-DELIV-ADDR’ (seq 2610) |
| 117-138 | Employee City | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-CITY’ (seq 2620) |
| 139-140 | Employee State Abbreviation | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-STATE’ (seq 2630) |
| 141-145 | Employee ZIP Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP’ (seq 2640) |
| 146-149 | Employee ZIP Code Extension | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-ZIP-EXT’ (seq 2650) |
| 150-154 | Blank | |
| 155-177 | Employee Foreign State/Province | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-STATE’ (seq 2660) |
| 178-192 | Employee Foreign Postal Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-F-POSTAL’ (seq 2670) |
| 193-194 | Employee Country Code | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-EE-COUNTRY’ (seq 2680) |
- Location 195 to 267 apply to Quarterly Unemployment Reporting
- If the user specified ‘Period Type’ = ‘Quarter’, then Location 195 to 267 will be filled. Please see Tax Reporting - US General for detail for quarterly reporting.
| Column | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 195-196 | Optional code State Specific Data. If not used, enter blanks. | |
| 197-202 | Reporting Period MMCCYY | From user specified Period End Date converted to MMCCYY for the quarter e.g. Period End Date = ‘31-Dec-2003’, then reporting period is ‘122003’ |
| 203-213 | State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Total Wages | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ Note that the IDFDV Identifier ‘W2-SUI-WAGE-ER’ is not used to report this field because the value of Identifier ‘W2-SUI-WAGE-ER’ may already been capped by Vertex during the US Tax calculation in UPCALC. Therefore, for employees who exceed the maximum wage base, this Identifier will contain no SUI Insurance wage and RPYEU uses the State Taxable wages from Identifier ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ that are related to the employee Home GEO and Work GEO code to report SUI Total Wages. |
| 214-224 | State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Taxable Wages | Derived from State Quarterly Unemployment Insurance Total Wages and the SUI Maximum wage base as defined by the state government Please see Tax Reporting - US General for detail for quarterly reporting |
| 225-226 | Number of Weeks Worked | From system derived number of Weeks Worked for the Reporting State The system reads all Pay Headers with pay category = ‘Regular Pay’ that are not reversed with Pay Issue Date falls within the user specified Quarter begin and end date If the Pay Header’s Work State or Home State is the same as the reporting State, then the Pay Header Tax Weeks is accumulated. |
| 227-234 | Date First Employed MMDDCCYY | From system derived latest Employment Hired Date |
| 235-242 | Date of Separation MMDDCCYY | From system derived latest Employment Termination Date that is greater than the Employment Hired Date |
| 243-247 | Blank | |
| 248-267 | State Employer Account Number | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-STATE-REGIST’ for the reporting State When RPYEU is run, if the Media Format = ‘State SUI File Format’, then this field contains the SUI Registration Number from IDGV for the SUI Registration of the State. |
| 268-273 | Blank |
- Location 274 to 337 apply to INCOME TAX REPORTING
- If the user specified ‘Period Type’ = ‘Quarter’ or ‘Year’, then Location 274 to 337 will be filled.
| Column | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 274-275 | State code, appropriate FIPS postal numeric code | Derived from the State being reported e.g. California is code "06" |
| 276-286 | State Taxable Wages | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-WAGE-HOME’(7020) and ‘W2-ST-WAGE-WORK’ (7030) |
| 287-297 | State Income Tax Withheld | Derived from IDFDV, Field Identifier: ‘W2-ST-TAX-HOME’ (7040) and ‘W2-ST-TAX-WORK’ (7050) |
| 298-307 | Other State Data, to be defined by each state | |
| 308 | Tax Type Code This field is used to report County, City or School district tax, If the County, City or School district requires to report taxes along with the State Tax information, then the following values are used for this field: C – City Income Tax D – County Income Tax E – School District Income Tax F – Other Income Tax IDGV must set up for the Local or School Registration by County/City or School district for the following fields on the Variables tab: - 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING' - 'W2 TAX TYPE CODE' - 'W2 TAXING ENTITY' 'W2 STATE MEDIA FILING' indicates whether the County/City or School should report taxes with the State or not 'W2 TAX TYPE CODE' must contain the valid Tax Type Code as defined above 'W2 TAXING ENTITY' contains the Taxing Entity code supplied by the County/City or School government booklet | If County, City or School district tax is reported, this field is derived from IDGV 'W2 TAX TYPE CODE' field. |
| 309-319 | Local Taxable Wages | If School Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-SCHL-WAGE’ (seq 6500) If County Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-CN-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-CN-WAGE-WORK’ If City Tax is reported, this field is derived from: ‘W2-CI-WAGE-HOME’ and ‘W2-CI-WAGE-WORK’ |
| 320-330 | Local Income Tax Withheld | If School Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-SCHL-TAX’ (seq 6510) If County Tax is reported, this field is derived from Identifier ‘W2-CN-TAX-HOME’ and ‘W2-CN-TAX-WORK’ If City Tax is reported, this field is derived from: ‘W2-CI-TAX-HOME’ and ‘W2-CI-TAX-WORK’ |
| 331-337 | State Control Number (optional) Blank | |
| 338-412 | Supplemental Data 1 State Specific Data. If not used, enter blanks. | |
| 413-487 | Supplemental Data 2 State Specific Data. If not used, enter blanks. | |
| 488-512 | Blank |
- Multiple Code RS records
- Multiple code RS records are generated for an employee if there are applicable county, city or school district tax information to be reported for a State. In this case, the State wages and tax will be zero for the subsequent code RS records.
Record Name: Code RF - Final Record (same as federal code RF)#
| Column | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Record Identifier | Constant "RF" |
| 3-7 | Blank | |
| 8-16 | Number of RW Records Total number of code "RW" records on file | |
| 17-512 | Blank |
Quarterly UI Wage Reporting – ICESA Format#
RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Delaware State file information:| Media Format: | State SUI File Format |
| Select State: | Delaware, USA |
- Annual Form Code – Use the standard supplied form code HL$US-W2-2012. The variables need to be entered in this form code for specific use in the installation.
- The ‘Quarterly Form Code’ must be entered in order to produce the UI wage file in ICESA format. Use the supplied form code ‘HL$US-QTR-2012’. The Variables need to be entered in this form code for specific use in the installation.
- Period Type:Quarter
- Period End Date:Enter the quarter end date, i.e. 30-Jun-2011
- Media File Type:State SUI File Format
- If the Directory Name/Media File Name is not supplied, an output file will not be produced.
