To submit your payroll information for WOTC certified employees:
- Log into your Account, and select the Tax Credit tab.
- Select Reports from the left navigation panel.
- Select Upload Payroll Data.
- Select Download Payroll Template. This will download a CSV file. Open it in your preferred spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
- When updating the CSV file.
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Do not change the columns in the first row. These are:
- Employee Name
- Last 4 digits of SSN
- DOB
- Hours Worked
- Total Wages
- Pay Period - From
- Pay Period - To
- The following columns are auto-populated. Do not change the data for the columns:
- Employee Name
- Last 4 digits of SSN
- DOB
- For each employee, add the following information for each pay period from 2019 through 2021:
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Hours Worked: Total hours worked in 2020, 2021, and 2022 through midnight December 31, regardless of any payroll cycle. Please note this value can not be 0 - if the employee is salary, then provide the hours calculated per pay period. For example, if they are salary with a weekly pay period and the expected hours are 30, then use 30.
- If your payroll cycle spans a year-end (most do) , then we recommend providing an estimate of the amount as of midnight December 31st.
- Alternatively, if your payroll spans year-end and you want to give us the 1st January pay period, then please indicate and we can pro-rate.
- Total Wages: Total wages in in 2021, 2022, and 2023 through midnight December 31, again regardless of any payroll cycle. If your payroll cycle spans a year-end (most do) , then provide an estimate.
- Pay Period - From: From the employee’s start date, first payroll in 2020. If they were already employed as of January 1st 2020, then use 1/1/2020. The date must be in the format M/D/YYYY. For example, February 5 2021 is 2/5/2021.
- Pay Period - To: The end of the pay period for the employee. The date must be in the format M/D/YYYY. For example, February 5 2023 is 2/5/2023.
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Hours Worked: Total hours worked in 2020, 2021, and 2022 through midnight December 31, regardless of any payroll cycle. Please note this value can not be 0 - if the employee is salary, then provide the hours calculated per pay period. For example, if they are salary with a weekly pay period and the expected hours are 30, then use 30.
- Save the file as a CSV file. No other formats will be accepted.
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Do not change the columns in the first row. These are:
- Upload the template by selecting Upload File, and selecting the CSV file.
The following is an example of a typical submission for two employees, and the pay periods for them in 2020:
Once complete, we will have your information and use it to create your final tax package.