Publication 72 (3/16) Electronic Reporting of Form NYS-45 Information Section 1 - Introduction This publication, which supersedes the 10/14 version, describes specifications, formats, and layouts for reporting Form NYS-45, Quarterly Combined Withholding, Wage Reporting, and Unemployment Insurance Return, using the Tax Department’s Online Services (at www.tax.ny.gov). This upload submission will include data from Form NYS-45, Part A - Unemployment insurance (UI) information, Part B - Withholding tax (WT) information, and Part D - NYS-1 corrections/additions. However, Part C - Employee wage and withholding information, must be reported via upload according to specifications described in Publication 69, Electronic Reporting of Quarterly Combined Wage and Withholding Tax (or Publication 911, Electronic Reporting of Quarterly Wage and Withholding Tax Information Based on Federal Formats), and cannot be included on this upload. Payroll services that report for at least 10 employers may volunteer to use this upload. Prior approval by the New York State Tax Department is required. Payroll services electing to file via upload must submit a test file for approval. Note: The approval process involves several steps, and it can take up to 30 days for you to receive your agent identification number and become certified to submit an upload. Record retention Employers/payers must retain a copy of the uploaded files, or be able to reconstruct the data, for at least four years after the due date of the returns submitted in the upload. Section 2 - Overview of Form NYS-45 upload Upload record types 1 — Header record 5 — DOL Part A - Data on number of employees per month, and Form NYS-45 lines 1–11 and 24 6 — WT Part B data - Form NYS-45 lines 12-20a/b 7 — WT Part D data - Data on Form NYS-1 corrections as reported on Form NYS-45 9 — Trailer record Structure Recd type = 1 Header Recd type = 5 Part A Employer 1 Recd type = 6 Part B Employer 1 Recd type = 7 Part D Employer 1 (up to 9 entries) Recd type = 5 Part A Employer 2 Recd type = 6 Part B Employer 2 Recd type = 7 Part D Employer 2 (up to 9 entries) etc. Recd type = 9 trailer All data records must have a fixed length of 200 bytes. Rules Required records - Header and trailer records - Part B record required for an employer if Part D record reported for that employer - Part D record for an employer must follow the Part B record for that same employer - Part A record for an employer is not required if Part B record for that employer is present - Part B record for an employer is not required if Part A record for that employer is present - Separate upload for UI and WT information may be submitted (flag in header record indicates which types of information are present) Payments For each submission, include two remittances (check or money order only) made payable in U.S. funds to NYS Employment Contributions and Taxes for: - unemployment insurance liability for all employers reported on the upload (the payment should equal the amount displayed in the Total UI box on Form NYS-45-V); and - withholding tax liability for all employers reported on the upload (the payment should equal the amount displayed in the Total WT box on Form NYS-45-V). See Section 5 for detailed requirements. |
Page 2 of 9 Publication 72 (3/16) Certification process Same validation rules are applied in certification as in production - A single error on the upload (not meeting specifications) will result in rejection - Payroll services will not be permitted to file in production unless they are first certified - Certification process will provide description of failure - Withholding tax identification number (WTID) will be validated as part of upload processing. The check digit must be calculated according to the New York State calculation rules, which are in Publication 83. Section 3 - Submission of test upload Payroll services electing to file via upload are required to file a test upload using the format specified in this publication. Tax regulations require the Tax Department to certify upload submissions are processible, prior to the acceptance of return information on upload. The testing process reduces the potential for unprocessible upload submissions. Unprocessible upload submissions constitute a failure to file that may result in penalties. Test upload submissions must be submitted using an Agent identification number of 400 in the same upload format that will be used to submit actual return information. Live data must be used so that both the Labor and Tax Departments can fully test the upload. Submit records for both WT and UI unless the upload will be used for only one of the departments. The Tax Department will notify the payroll service within 30 days of receiving the test submission if it has been successfully processed and certified. The Tax Department will also provide the payroll service with its unique Agent identification number. Section 4 - File preparation Payroll services must consult Publication NYS-50, Employer’s Guide to Unemployment Insurance, Wage Reporting, and Withholding Tax, for definitions and descriptions of the information that must be reported. Payroll services should also consult Forms NYS-45 and NYS-45-I, Instructions for Form NYS-45, to understand how these specifications are structured. You must submit your file in an acceptable upload format. New York State will notify you if it is unable to process your upload. Refunds of unemployment insurance cannot be requested via upload. Only one current quarter upload may be filed per quarter. Any report for a prior quarter should be filed separately using a different electronic filing method. New York State will not accept amended information on upload. Amended information must be submitted on a paper Form NYS-45-X. If you have questions about what to file and when, see Need help? on page 9. If you have technical questions about this publication, please call (518) 457-7105. Separate remittances must be submitted with each upload – separate remittance(s) for the total UI liability for all employers labeled UI Payment on the memo line of the remittance, and separate remittance(s) for the total WT liability for all employers labeled WT Payment on the memo line of the remittance. Section 5 - Submission requirements Only one upload per agent identification number, per quarter is allowed. The due dates for Form NYS-45 returns are as follows: Quarter Due date* January 1 to March 31 April 30 April 1 to June 30 July 31 July 1 to September 30 October 31 October 1 to December 31 January 31 * When the actual due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, New York State Tax Law permits you to file on the next business day. Each quarter, payroll services using this format: • must submit their upload created exactly according to these specifications; • must print their Form NYS-45-V, Payment Voucher for Form NYS-45 Submitted Online; this voucher will show the total UI and WT amount(s) due; • do not send individual checks or money orders for each employer; |
Publication 72 (3/16) Page 3 of 9 • must create a separate check or money order for each liability as follows (current process only accepts checks or money orders): o The UI liability payment for all employers reported on the upload must equal the amount displayed in the Total UI box on Form NYS-45-V; and o the WT liability payment for all employers reported on the upload must equal the amount displayed in the Total WT box on Form NYS-45-V. o If the liability amount due for one UI or WT payment exceeds $99,999,999.99, you will need to submit multiple checks or money orders that total the amount due for that liability. NYS cannot process any one check or money order for an amount greater than $99,999,999.99. o The check(s) or money order(s) and the payment voucher must be sent in together for your file to be processed. • must write the upload confirmation number and NYS Employment Contributions and Taxes on the checks or money orders and mail them with your Form NYS-45-V payment voucher*, postmarked on or before the due date, to: NYS TAX DEPARTMENT RPC-NYS-45-V UPLOAD PAYMENT PO BOX 15148 ALBANY NY 12212-5148 If using a private delivery service, send to: NYS Tax Department, RPC-NYS-45-V Upload Payment, 90 Cohoes Ave, Green Island NY 12183 * Do not send any other returns, correspondence, or payments to this address. The amount of the check or money order must match the payment voucher. Section 6 - Technical specifications All data records must have a fixed length of 200 bytes. Deviations from the prescribed record formats are not acceptable. Field values that are alphanumeric (such as name and address) must be left-justified, filled with blanks, and not have any special characters. Field values that are numeric must be right-justified and zero-filled with implied decimal (if applicable). Data must be recorded in uppercase letters only. File name must conform to Windows file naming convention, have no spaces, and end in .RPT File must be created in a text-based application using ANSI encoding. Caution! Importing, copying, or converting file data from one format to another may cause file failures. Section 7 - File formats A. Record name: header record (record “1”) All data records must have a fixed length of 200 bytes. Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 1 Header identifier 1 Symbol used to identify the record must equal 1; as the header (1) the header record must be the first record in the filing and can only appear once in the filing 2–4 Agent identification 3 Three-digit number, preassigned by the must be 3 numeric number Labor Department 5–34 Agent legal business 30 Thirty-character legal business required field, left justify; blank fill name name, identifying the reporting agent - only specific characters allowed; see Table F 35–40 Date upload is prepared 6 In the format of MMDDYY where MMDDYY MM = month, DD = day, YY = year 41 Withholding tax 1 B if both UI and WT information only valid characters are B, W, or identifier included on upload, or U W if only withholding tax information included on upload, or U if only UI information included on upload 42–200 Blank 159 |
Page 4 of 9 Publication 72 (3/16) B. Record name: detail record UI-information (record “5”) All data records must have a fixed length of 200 bytes. Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 1 Detail identifier 1 mbol to identify the record as Sy must equal 5 the detail entry (5) 2–4 Agent identification 3 Three-digit number, preassigned by the must be 3 numeric number Labor Department 5–11 Employer registration 7 UI employer registration number; must be 7 numeric number 7-digit number preassigned by the Labor Department 12 Blank 1 13-42 Employer’s name 30 Thirty-character name, identifying the required field, left justify; blank fill employer’s name - only specific characters allowed; see Table F 43-53 WTID 11 Number assigned by the Tax left justify; blank fill Department (usually the FEIN) - must be 9 or 11 alpha-numeric 54-56 Period 3 Period for the reported record in QYY must be current processing format: quarter and year Q = quarter • January 1 – March 31 = 1 • April 1 – June 30 = 2 • July 1 – September 30 = 3 • October 1 – December 31 = 4 YY = year (last two digits) 57-67 Total remuneration 11 Total remuneration paid for employment whole dollar amounts only; right during this quarter justify; zero fill 68-78 Excess remuneration 11 Remuneration included in the Total whole dollar amounts only; right remuneration that exceeds the UI justify; zero fill wage base paid each worker during the year 79-89 UI wages subject to 11 Total remuneration minus Excess whole dollar amounts only; right contributions remuneration justify; zero fill 90-93 UI rate 4 UI rate assigned to the employer (for must be numeric example, record a UI rate of 3.525% as 3525) 94 Blank 1 95-105 UI contributions due 11 UI rate times UI wages subject to dollars and cents with no decimal; contributions right justify; zero fill 106-116 Amount previously 11 Any amount previously underpaid that dollars and cents with no decimal; underpaid should be added to the contributions due right justify; zero fill 117-127 Amount previously 11 Any amount previously overpaid that dollars and cents with no decimal; overpaid should be subtracted from the right justify; zero fill contributions due 128-138 Remittance 11 The amount included in the dollars and cents with no decimal; accompanying remittance for this right justify; zero fill particular employer 139-144 Number of employees 6 Number of full-time and part-time right justify; zero fill — first month workers in covered employment who worked during or received pay for the th week that includes the 12 day of the first month. If there is no employment in the payroll period, enter zeros. |
Publication 72 (3/16) Page 5 of 9 Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 145-150 Number of employees 6 Number of full-time and part-time right justify; zero fill — second month workers in covered employment who worked during or received pay for the th week that includes the 12 day of the second month. If there is no employment in the payroll period, enter zeros. 151-156 Number of employees 6 Number of full-time and part-time right justify; zero fill — third month workers in covered employment who worked during or received pay for the week that includes the 12thday of the third month. If there is no employment in the payroll period, enter zeros. 157 Identify or status 1 must default to zero (0) change flag 158-168 Re-employment service 11 Multiply UI wages subject to must be numeric; right justify; fund contributions by .00075 (dollars and zero fill; no decimal cents) 169-200 Blank 32 C. Record name: detail record - WT summary information (record “6”) All data records must have a fixed length of 200 bytes followed by a carriage return and line feed. Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 1 Detail identifier 1 mbol used to identify the recordSyas must equal 6 the detail entry (6) 2–4 Agent identification 3 Three-digit number, preassigned by the must be 3 numeric number Labor Department 5–15 WTID (withholding tax 11 Number assigned by the Tax Department left justify; blank fill identification number) (usually the FEIN) - must be 9 or 11 alpha-numeric 16 WTID check digit 1 Calculate and enter check digit for WTID. must be numeric Computation rules for the WTID check digit are in Publication 83. 17 Blank 1 18-47 Employer’s name 30 Thirty-character name, identifying the required field, left justify; blank fill employers’ name- only specific characters allowed; see Table F 48 Seasonal indicator 1 Enter if seasonal; otherwise set to1 zero must be 0 or 1 49-51 Period 3 Period for the reported record in QYY must be current processing format: quarter and year Q = quarter • January 1 – March 31 = 1 • April 1 – June 30 = 2 • July 1 – September 30 = 3 • October 1 – December 31 = 4 YY = year (last two digits) 52-62 New York State tax 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; withheld right justify; zero fill 63 Blank 1 64-74 New York City tax 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; withheld right justify; zero fill 75 Blank 1 76-86 Yonkers tax withheld 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; right justify; zero fill 87 Blank 1 |
Page 6 of 9 Publication 72 (3/16) Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 88-98 Total tax withheld 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; right justify; zero fill - must equal the sum of New York State tax withheld, plus New York City tax withheld, plus Yonkers tax withheld 99 Blank 1 100-110 WT credit from 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; previous right justify; zero fill quarter’s return 111 Blank 1 112-122 NYS-1 payments 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; made for the right justify; zero fill quarter 123 Blank 1 124-134 Total payments 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; right justify; zero fill - must equal the sum of WT credit from previous quarter’s return, plus NYS-1 payments made for the quarter 135 Blank 1 136-146 Total WT amount due 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; right justify; zero fill - must equal total tax withheld minus total payments 147 Blank 1 148-158 Total WT overpaid 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; right justify; zero fill 159 Blank 1 160 Apply overpayments to 1 - Set to 0if account is not overpaid must be 0, 1, or 2 credit or refund for WT refund - Set to 1 if overpayment to be refunded or applied to outstanding liabilities - Set to 2 if overpayment to be applied to next quarter (credit) 161-168 Ceased paying wages 8 Enter if employer permanently ceased Must be MMDDYYYY; if none, date paying wages zero fill 169-177 Payroll service federal 9 FEIN of payroll service identification number 178 Does the employer 1 0 = no box checked must be 0, 1, or 2 offer dependent health 1 = Yes care insurance benefits 2 = No 179-200 Blanks 22 D. Record name: WT NYS-1 corrections/additions (record “7”) All data records must have a fixed length of 200 bytes followed by a carriage return and line feed. If record 7 is included, it must be preceded by record 6. Repeat for each line of corrections/additions to be made in Part D. Limited to nine occurrences per employer (if more than nine occurrences for same employer, entire return must be submitted on paper). Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 1 Detail identifier 1 Symbol used to identify the record as must equal 7 the detail entry (7) 2-4 Agent identification 3 Three-digit number; pre-assigned by must be 3 numeric number the Labor Department |
Publication 72 (3/16) Page 7 of 9 Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 5-15 WTID 11 Number assigned by the Tax left justify; blank fill Department (usually the FEIN) - must be 9 or 11 alpha-numeric 16 WTID check digit 1 Calculate and enter check digit for must be numeric WTID. Computation rules for the WTID check digit are in Publication 83. 17 Blank 1 18-47 Employer’s name 30 Thirty-character name, identifying the required field, left justify; blank fill employers’ name - only specific characters allowed; see Table F 48-50 Blanks 3 51-54 Original last payroll 4 Format where MMMMDD= month MMDD date reported and DD = day of originally reported NYS-1 (for example, 0204 for February 4) 55 Blank 1 56-66 Original total withheld 11 dollars and cents with no reported on NYS-1 decimal; right justify; zero fill - if greater than zero, must have entry in original last payroll date reported in 51-54 67 Blank 1 68-71 Correct last payroll 4 Day of originally reported NYS-1 (for must be MMDD; otherwise zero date example, 0512 for May 12) fill 72 Blank 1 73-83 Correct total withheld 11 dollars and cents with no decimal; right justify; zero fill - if greater than zero, must have entry in correct last payroll date reported in 68-71 84-200 Blanks 117 E. Record name: trailer record (record “9”) All data records must have a fixed length of 200 bytes followed by a carriage return and line feed. Position Element name Length Remarks Field edits 1 Trailer identification 1 mbol used to identify the recordSy as must equal 9; the trailer (9) must be last record in file 2-4 Agent identification 3 Three-digit number pre-assigned by the must be 3 numeric number Labor Department 5-10 Total number of 6 Number of employer records submitted right justify; zero fill; employer records on this upload for record types 5, 6, and must total the number of 5, 6, reported on upload 7 and 7 records 11-21 Total amount paid with 11 Total amount paid reported on this dollars and cents with no decimal; upload upload right justify; zero fill; must equal the WT and UI remittances added together 22-32 Number of records5 11 Records reporting NYS-45 Part A data right justify; zero fill; for unemployment insurance must equal number of 5 records 33 Blank 1 34-44 Number of records611 Records reporting NYS-45 Part B data right justify; zero fill; for withholding tax must equal number of 6 records 45 Blank 1 46-56 Number of records711 Records reporting NYS-45 Part D data right justify; zero fill; reflecting changes to NYS-1 must equal number of 7 records 57-200 Blanks 144 |
Page 8 of 9 Publication 72 (3/16) F. Special characters: only specific ASCII characters are allowed in the upload DEC HEX CHAR DEC HEX CHAR DEC HEX CHAR 32 20 Space 64 40 @ 96 60 ` 33 21 ! 65 41 A 97 61 a 34 22 " 66 42 B 98 62 b 35 23 # 67 43 C 99 63 c 36 24 $ 68 44 D 100 64 d 37 25 % 69 45 E 101 65 e 38 26 & 70 46 F 102 66 f 39 27 ' 71 47 G 103 67 g 40 28 ( 72 48 H 104 68 h 41 29 ) 73 49 I 105 69 i 42 2A * 74 4A J 106 6A j 43 2B + 75 4B K 107 6B k 44 2C , 76 4C L 108 6C l 45 2D - 77 4D M 109 6D m 46 2E . 78 4E N 110 6E n 47 2F / 79 4F O 111 6F o 48 30 0 80 50 P 112 70 p 49 31 1 81 51 Q 113 71 q 50 32 2 82 52 R 114 72 r 51 33 3 83 53 S 115 73 s 52 34 4 84 54 T 116 74 t 53 35 5 85 55 U 117 75 u 54 36 6 86 56 V 118 76 v 55 37 7 87 57 W 119 77 w 56 38 8 88 58 X 120 78 x 57 39 9 89 59 Y 121 79 y 58 3A : 90 5A Z 122 7A z 59 3B ; 91 5B [ 123 7B { 60 3C < 92 5C \ 124 7C | 61 3D = 93 5D ] 125 7D } 62 3E > 94 5E ^ 126 7E ~ 63 3F ? 95 5F _ |
Publication 72 (3/16) Page 9 of 9 Need help? Private delivery services Tax Department website: www.tax.ny.gov If you choose, you may use a private delivery service, (for information, forms, and publications) instead of the U.S. Postal Service, to mail in your form and payment. However, if, at a later date, you need to Withholding Tax Information Center: (518) 485-6654 establish the date you filed or paid, you cannot use the Text Telephone (TTY) Hotline (for persons with hearing and date recorded by a private delivery service unless you speech disabilities using a TTY): (518) 485-5082 used a delivery service that has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury or the Commissioner of New York State Department of Labor Taxation and Finance. (Currently designated delivery Unemployment Insurance (UI) Division services are listed in Publication 55, Designated Private Telephone assistance is available 8:30 A.M. to 4:25 P.M. Delivery Services.) If you use any private delivery service, (eastern time), Monday through Friday. send Form NYS-45-V to: NYS Tax Department, RPC-NYS-45-V Upload Payment, 90 Cohoes Ave, Green For information on UI rates or registration: 1 888 899-8810 Island NY 12183 To confidentially report employer fraud call toll free: 1 866 435-1499 For additional UI phone/fax numbers and addresses, see Publication NYS-50, Employer’s Guide to Unemployment Insurance, Wage Reporting, and Withholding Tax, Section 6, Need help? or visit the Labor Department’s website at www.labor.ny.gov |