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                             Table of Contents 

1. What’s New & General information            page 3 

2. My Taxes                                    page 4 

3. Record Format & Record Delimiter            page 5 

4. Required RS record layout                   page 6 

5. Required RV record layout                   page 7 

6. Splitting Large Files                       page 8 

7. Importing W-2 Files via MyTaxes             page 9 

8. Contact information                         page 10 

9. CD Rom                                      page 11 

10. WV-IT 105 Transmitter Summary              page 12 

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                                   What’s New for 2019 

       Any employer who uses a payroll service or is required to file a withholding return for 25  or more 
        employees must file electronically. 
         
       West Virginia is operating on a January 31 due date.    
 
       2019 withholding data must be submitted via MyTaxes secure website (see pg. 4) 
         
       All files MUST contain the IT-103 in the RV record (see pg. 7) 
           Note!  the money fields in the RV record differ from the standard EFW2 format 
              Use only WHOLE DOLLAR entries (see pg. 7) 
                
       The submission MUST include the RS and RV record (pgs. 6-7)   
           For every RE, there must be a corresponding RV record 
             
       Failure to include these records will result in the submission being rejected. 
         
                                   General Information West Virginia Accepts EFW2 Format ONLY!  We follow the current Social Security Administration’s 
        EFW2 publication located:  
        https://www.ssa.gov/employer/efw/19efw2.pdf#zoom=100    
         
 •      ONLY Submit your file ONE time. Duplicate submissions will negatively impact your account and the 
        accounts of those you have submitted for.   
         
 •      ALL Files submitted to West Virginia MUST be in text (.txt) format, 512 bytes in length per line  
         
 •      All files MUST have record delimiters. 
         
 •      Corrected W-2s must be submitted on paper with an amended WV/IT-103 form  
         
 •      Prior year data must be submitted on CD Rom (see pg. 11 & 12) 
         
 •      File size can be no larger than 30,000 records per file. Large files will need to be split.  Each file must 
        contain a full set of record types:  RA, RE, RW, RS, RT, RV & RF (see page 8 for details) 

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MyTaxes provides a more secure environment to submit data files and requires less paperwork to process.  If 
you are not already registered for MyTaxes, when accessing https://mytaxes.wvtax.gov you will be required to 
complete the following steps: 

 •      Taxpayer Verification  –This requires your Federal Tax ID Number, individual taxpayer ID number, social 
        security number or WV tax ID number.  (If you are unsure of your WV ID, contact Taxpayer Services at 
        1-800-982-8297) 
 •       You will choose a tax account type, the account number and your zip code. 
 •      Create Logon Information 
 •      Add Access to Accounts (Optional) 
 •      Once registered, you may request access to any or all your tax accounts that are available on MyTaxes.  
 
 If you are a Payroll Service Provider and have not yet registered, contact Christine.D.Stephenson@wv.gov 

        ALL OTHER registration questions must contact Taxpayer Services Division at 1-800-982-8297 

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                                         Record Format 
 
 •        Fixed File Length of 512 bytes per SSA  
 •        Character Set must be ASCII 
 •        Record delimiter must be carriage return and line feed 
 •        All non-numeric data must be uppercase 
           
                                         Record Delimiter 
 
A Record delimiter must follow each record in the file except for the last record. The record delimiter must 
consist of two characters, carriage return and line feed (CR/LF).    
 
Make sure each record is exactly 512 characters by adding spaces at the end as needed. The carriage return 
and the line feed character must be placed in positions 513 and 514, respectively.  
 
                                * DO NOT Place a record delimiter before the first record  
 
        * DO NOT Place more than one record delimiter i.e., more than one carriage return / line- feed 
                                         combination, following a record   
 
                              * DO NOT Place record delimiters after a field within a record.  
  
                                       Required Record Sequence 

                      Code RA     -    Submitter Record              REQUIRED 

                      Code RE      -   Employer Record               REQUIRED 

                      Code RW     -    Employee Wage Record          REQUIRED 

                      Code RS      -   State Record                  REQUIRED for WV 

                      Code RT      -   Total Record                  REQUIRED 

                      Code RV     -    Total Record                  REQUIRED modified for WV 

                      NOTE:  Blank Fill to achieve the correct file length of 512 

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  Code RS - State Record (Employee Information) * REQUIRED * 

 Location     Field                             Length           Specification 

 1-2          Record Identifier          2                       Required. Enter “RS” 

 3-4          State Code                 2                       Required. Enter "54”. cannot be “WV” 

 10-18        Social Security Number     9                       cannot be 000, 111, 999, etc.                   

                                                                 Must send paper if no SSN assigned 

 19-33        First Name                 15 

 34-48        Middle Name or Initial     15 

 49-68        Last Name                  20 

 248-267      Employer Account Number    20                      Use 9 digit FEIN. Left Justify. No spaces or dashes. 

 274-275      State Code                 2                       Required. Enter "54". cannot be “WV” 

      276-286 State Taxable Wages        11                      Required. Currency. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

      287-297 State Income Tax Withheld  11                      Required. Currency. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 298-512      Blank Filled 

         The carriage return and the line feed character must be placed in positions 513 and 514, respectively. 
                                                                                    
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 Code RV  State Record (WV/IT-103) *REQUIRED* 

 1-2      Record Identifier                    2       Required. Enter "RV" 

 3-4      State Code                           2       Required. Enter "54" 

 5-11     Form Identification                  7       Required. Enter "WVIT103". Omit hyphen. 

 12-15    Tax Year                             4       Required. Enter "2019" 

 16-24    FEIN                                 9       Required. Numeric. Omit hyphen. 

 25-32    WV 8 digit account number            8       Required. Numeric. Omit hyphen.  

 33-44    First Quarter Tax Due                12      Required. Whole Dollars. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 45-56    Second Quarter Tax Due               12      Required. Whole Dollars. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 57-68    Third Quarter Tax Due                12      Required. Whole Dollars. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 69-80    Fourth Quarter Tax Due               12      Required. Whole Dollars. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 81-92    TOTAL Tax Due for the year           12      Required. Whole Dollars. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 93-104   Number Of Tax Statements Transmitted 12      Required. Numeric. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 105-116  Total Tax Withheld                   12      Required. Whole Dollars. Right Justify, Zero Fill 

 117-512  Filler                               395     Zero or Blank Fill. 

        The carriage return and the line feed character must be placed in positions 513 and 514, respectively. 
                                                       
        NOTE:  the money fields in this RV record differ from the standard EFW2 RS 

                                     record money fields. 

                              Round and use whole dollars only! 

                                      Ex:  $950.75 = 951 

                                     DO NOT  NTERE     95100 

        Records and fields not specifically mentioned may be considered optional. It is your responsibility to resubmit 
  corrected media in an acceptable format within 45 days. However, the original submission is considered a timely 
  filing if it was postmarked by January 31.  You must keep a copy, or be able to reconstruct the data, for 5 years after 
                                      the due date of the report. 

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Requirements for splitting large files   

There is a file submission constraint allowing a maximum of 30,000 RW - Employee Wage Records and 30,000 RS  –State 
Wage Records.  Therefore, any file resulting in more than either 30,000 RW or 30,000 RS records must be split into 
smaller files.  Each of the split files must contain the following required record types and follow the specifications for the 
EFW2 format unless otherwise specified in this West Virginia specification book. 

1 RA Record - Submitter Record (required) 
 •      Must be the first data record on each split file 

1 or more RE Record - Employer Record (required) 
 •      The first RE record must follow the RA record in each split file 
 •      Following the last RS record for the employer, create an RT and RV record and then either the:  
           o    RE Record for the next employer in the split file submission; or 
           o    RF record if this is the last report in the split file submission 

1 or more RW Record - Employee Wage Record (required) 
 •      Following each RE record, include the RW and RS records for that RE record 
 •      There is a file size constraint allowing a maximum of 30,000 RW records per file submission; If you do not split 
        files allowing 30,000 or less RW records per file, your submission will error and not be processed 

1 or more RS Record - State Wage Record (required) 
 •      There is a file size constraint allowing a maximum of 30,000 RS records per file submission; If you do not split 
        files allowing 30,000 or less RS records per file, your submission will error and not be processed 
 •      The RS Record should follow the related RW Record 
 •      If there are multiple Wage Records for an employee, include each State Wage Record for the employee 
        immediately after the related RW Record 

1 or more RT Record - Total Record (required) 
 •       1 RT Record must be generated for each RE Record within each split file 
 •       If you are splitting the file and multiple files include RS records for the same employer, the totals on the RT 
         Record should represent the total for the individual split file submission in which it is contained.  This will be a 
         partial total for the employer. 

1 or more RV Record - State Total Record (required) 
 •       The RV Record must be generated for each RE Record within each split file 
 •       If you are splitting the file and multiple files include RS records for the same employer, the totals on the RV 
         Record should represent the total for the employer across split file submissions.  The RV Record represents the 
         WV/IT-103 and will result in duplicate RV Records for the same employer (1 for each split file that contains RS 
         records for that employer).  However, the system will file the WV/IT-103 once for each employer, even though 
         multiple RV Records will be received. 

1 RF - Final Record (required for split files) 
 •      Must be the last record on the split file 
 •      Must appear only once on each split file 
 •      Must contain the total number of RW records on the split file 
                            
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                                              How do I? 

                                            Import a File …

 •      Select the Submit W-2 hyperlink (to the right) 
 •      Select IMPORT button (top right corner) 
 •      Select Browse to locate your W-2 file 
 •      Choose the file you want to import, Select Open 
 •      SelectIMPORT button  –click only once as large files may take a minute to import.  Only one file may 
        be imported per submission 
 •      Once file is imported, the gray boxes will populate the number of Employers and Employees in the file. 
 •      Click NEXT (lower right) to view your file data on the screens  
 •      Once you’ve viewed all the data, the SUBMIT button will be available (lower right) 
 •      Enter your password and OK 
 •      you will receive a confirmation number 

 NOTE: if there are errors detected, you will be unable to proceed until they are resolved.  Any corrections needed must 
                                 be made within the actual file, not on screen.   

                                    Manually Enter W-2’s… 

               *** Required Fields are designated by tiny orange triangle in the upper Left corner *** 

 •      Select the Submit W-2 hyperlink (to the right)  
 •      Select Checkbox to manually input W-2 forms, click Next (lower right) 
 •      Type the 4 digit Tax Year in the last box of the prepopulated Employer Record, click Next (Note: this 
        page is prepopulated with the business name/address as you are registered in our system) 
 •      Enter the Employees SSN and other required fields (delivery address is NOT required) 
          o    You may either click Next to enter their wage data or remain on this page and enter all 
               employees at one time then proceed to the wage data entry by clicking Next.  
 •      Once all employees wage data is entered, click Next (lower right) 
 •      You may now view each employee W-2 by clicking the View W-2 circle, then choosing the          View W-2 
        hyperlink next to it 
 •      You now have the option to SUBMIT (lower right) 
 •      Enter your password and select OK 
 •      you will receive a confirmation number 

NOTE:  you may SAVE at any point during entry and return later to Edit Submission and Submit.                             
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          Contact Information 

          Mailing Address: 

          West Virginia State Tax Department 

          TAAD/ Withholding 

          PO Box 3943 

          Charleston, WV 25339-3943 

          Courier or Overnight Deliveries (ONLY): 

          West Virginia State Tax Department 

          Revenue Center / Withholding 

          1001 Lee Street East 

          Charleston, WV 25301-1725 

          Email 

          Christine.D.Stephenson@wv.gov 

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          If unable to comply with new guidelines…                       

          CD ROM will be permitted for a transition year ONLY  
 
          CD ROM must have External Label containing the following: 
                                            
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         Name, address and FEIN of sender 
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         Name and telephone number of contact person 
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         Type of information being reported (e.g. W-2) and tax year 
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         Volume number (if multi-volume reports)  
  
          FILE NAME MUST BE:   w2report.txt or w2report.zip and open to w2report.txt 

          Your package must include a WV/IT-105 Transmitter Summary Report  
          and WV/IT-103 Annual Reconciliation or it will be rejected & returned. 
 
             WV/IT-103 can be found on our website: 

          http://tax.wv.gov/Documents/TaxForms/it103.pdf                

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          West Virginia State Tax Department 
                                                 
                           W-2 Transmitter Summary Report 

                           Tax Year _________ 

          Transmitter Name                                           FEIN 

          Address                                                Contact Person 

          City, State, Zip                                      Phone # and Extension 

                           EFW2 Format (512 bytes only) 

                           Data:       W-2 

                           Media:       CD Rom 

          List all employers included in this filing (attach additional sheets if needed) 
          Employer Name                                         FEIN                                      # of W-2s 
                                                                                                           
          * File name must be w2report or w2report.zip. Any other file name will be rejected and returned. 

  Note: Please complete a separate Media Transmitter Report for each CD ROM. Package CD ROMs appropriately to ensure 
  against damage during shipping.  Mail all completed reports along with Form WV/IT-103 Annual Reconciliation and media to: 

          Mailing Address:                                    Courier or Overnight Deliveries (ONLY): 

          West Virginia State Tax Department                    West Virginia State Tax Department 

          TAAD/ Withholding                                     Revenue Center / Withholding 

          PO Box 3943                                                                1001 Lee Street East 

          Charleston, WV 25339-3943                                    Charleston, WV 25301-1725 

          Do not submit this form unless you are mailing a CD Rom 

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