The Alabama Quarterly Wage Record Magnetic Media Reporting Guide - Alabama Department Of Industrial Relations Page 5

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DISKETTE OR CD REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALABAMA
These are the instructions for reporting quarterly wages to the Alabama Department of Industrial
Relations (DIR) by diskette or CD. All diskettes or CD’s should be virus scanned before
submission to DIR. If DIR detects a virus, the diskette (s) or CD (s) may be returned unprocessed.
We request that each employer who wishes to report by diskette or CD to submit test data on a
diskette or CD along with the completed MAGNETIC MEDIA REPORTING REQUEST FOR
AUTHORIZATION form at least 30 days prior to the filing of your first report via diskette or CD.
Please send these to:
State of Alabama
Department of Industrial Relations
Room 3205
649 Monroe Street
Montgomery, AL 36131
ATTN.: Wage Record Control Clerk
The diskette or CD should be marked "FOR TEST PURPOSES ONLY" on an external label along
with the name of the employer and Alabama tax reporting account number. The purpose of this test
diskette or CD is to verify that we can process your data successfully before you begin reporting to
us by diskette or CD. After the testing, you will be notified as to the results. Your diskette or CD
will be returned with this notification.
The following pages will give a description of the record types that DIR needs to process your
diskette or CD properly. All record types are required by DIR. Please note that the sum of reported
total wages of all wage records should equal the total wages as reported on the quarterly CR4,
CR4A, UC10R, etc. tax forms.
The equipment at DIR can read 3 1/2, inch diskettes or CD’s created on equipment compatible with
IBM. The data set name on the internal header label must read "ALAWAGES".
Generally, the items in DISKETTE OR CD REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ALABAMA are
self-explanatory. However, if you have any questions regarding the use of the record formats, or
have some problems related to your operation, please do not hesitate to contact us on the matter.
We will be glad to assist in any way possible. Please contact the Department of Industrial Relations
Building, 649 Monroe Street, Montgomery, AL 36131; or, call (334) 242-8450.
NOTE: Alabama will now accept the Federal format as listed in the Social Security Administration
Publication (SSA Pub. No. 42-007, July 2000) on magnetic media reporting. Alabama requests the
following from employers using the Federal format system: diskette or cd internal file name;
ALREPORT, and external label, containing the following: Federal format, 128 bit record length,
ALA tax account #, and reporting quarter and year.
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