Payroll > Payroll Year End > Reports W-2 > Company/Transmitter Maintenance

This menu provides information used when extracting, printing, and creating the electronic file for the payroll W2 and W3 reports.

The user ID is provided by the social security administration - and is used to file electronically.

Once the information is entered, it will be retained for following years.

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Also see Folder Transfer/Compare if needing to transfer files between WPA and a local folder.

Company Transmitter Maintenance
Submitter	The submitter is the person submitting the electronic file.
EIN	Submitter ID number. Before you can file electronically, you must fill out some paperwork for the IRS and receive a transmitter number. Enter that number in this field.
Employer EIN	Employer's federal ID
Name, Address, Zip	Enter the identifying information for the company you will be filing the W-2's under. This is the name that will print on the W-2's, and on the transmittal file with the IRS.
User ID	Formerly the PIN number field. PIN numbers are supplied by the IRS for Electronic filing. See https://www.ssa.gov/bso/bsowelcome.htm for more information.
Payment Year	This value is carried over from the extract screen.
Preparer Code:	Check the method the W-2's were prepared by.
Type of Employment	The system defaults to use R (Regular) in this field. If you are anything other than regular, you will need to put the appropriate code in this field: Agricultural; Household; Military; MQGE; Railroad.
Sec 457 Plan	Check if you have a Sec 457 Plan. For more information, see instruction for form W-2. Blank -default value.
Kind of Employer:	Check to see if the company is a 501 c Non-Govt. employer, State/Local non-501c employer, State/Local 501c employer, or Federal Govt. employer. If none of these situations applies, then choose the option for None Apply.
Contact name and information	Enter the contact name and information of the person the IRS is to contact in case of questions.
Third Party Sick Pay:	Check to see if your company needs to mark the Third Party sick pay option. Your Customer Success Team can be contacted for assistance on this matter.
Federal Forms/State	Select if the Transmittal form is for Federal or State. Unchecking the Federal box will open up the State box. Currently the only supported states are OK and IL.
State and State EIN	Each state the company has employees should be set up. This information is carried forward from the Payroll Basic Option > States tab. This field cannot be overridden, changes need to be made in Company Maintenance.