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Pennsylvania Annual and Quarterly Reporting#

What's New for W2 Wage Reporting for Tax Year 2011#

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

Set Up#

This document contains abbreviated set up requirement for the state of Pennsylvania only, please refer to the general document (US_Annual_Qtrly_Reporting_GEN) for other setup procedure that may also be required.

IDGV - State Registration#

IDGV - State SUI Registration#

IDGV - Local Registration#

To report Philadelphia city file:
W2 STATE MEDIA FILINGMust be '03' to generate City tax information in Local File format
W2 TAX TYPE CODEMust enter 'C' for City Tax
W2 TAXING ENTITYMust be 'PHILA' to generate Philadelphia City File

IDFDV - City Tax Set Up#

If there is applicable city tax, the 'Field Variable' column in IDFDV must be set up appropriately. Note that all other columns are pre-defined in IDFD and may not be altered in the IDFDV screen.
SeqIdentifierDescriptionLevelO/R PromptField SourceField Variable
8500 W2-CITY-NAME City Name Local 20-CITY NAME DB column DTX.JURISDICTION_NAME
8510 W2-CI-WAGE-HOME Local Wage, Home city Local 18-HOME CITY WAGE ElementW2-CI-WAGE-RES
8520 W2-CI-WAGE-WORKLocal Wage, Work city Local 18-WORK CITY WAGE ElementW2-CI-WAGE-WORK
8530 W2-CI-TAX-HOME Local Tax, Home city Local 19-HOME CITY TAX ElementW2-CI-TAX-RES
8540 W2-CI-TAX-WORK Local Tax, Work city Local 19-WORK CITY TAX ElementW2-CI-TAX-WORK

State File Procedures#

Annual W2 Wage Reporting - EFW2 File Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Pennsylvania state file information:
Media Format:State File Format
Select State:Pennsylvania, USA
Report List Filters, Select State:Pennsylvania, 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)
Parameters, Media Format:State File Format

The Directory and Media File Name parameters must be populated or an output file will not be produced.

State Media Magnetic Media Reporting - EFW2 File Format#

Record name
Code RA - Transmitter Record

Philadelphia City#

Philadelphia City Website#

Philadelphia City File Procedures#

Philadelphia City Wage Reporting#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Philadelphia city file information:
Media Format:Local File Format
Select State:Pennsylvania, USA
Select City:Philadelphia, PA, USA

Philadelphia City Magnetic Media Reporting - EFW2 Format#

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

State Quarterly UI Wage Reporting - ICESA Format#

RPYEU must be run and the following selected to generate Pennsylvania state file information:
Media Format:State SUI File Format
Select State:Pennsylvania, USA

Quarterly UI Wage Magnetic Media Reporting - ICESA Format#

Record name
Code A - Transmitter Record

ICESA for the State of Pennsylvania#


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