Tax Practitioners
Important Payroll Tax Changes for 2011
News
Audit and Collection Information
General Information
What’s New (includes new and recently revised forms and publications)
Top 12 Forms and Publications
Contacts for Electronic Filing, Registration & Payment Methods
Additional Contacts
Other Links and Resources
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Audit and Collection Information
- CUIAB Precedent Decisions - used when deciding tax and benefit claim issues
- Employment Tax Audit Process (DE 231TA)
- Installment Agreements (DE 631P)
- Offers in Compromise (DE 631C)
- Personal Income Tax Adjustment Process (DE 231W)
- Power of Attorney Forms:
- Offers in Compromise (DE 631C)
- Reporting and Payment Following an Assessment for Misclassified Workers (DE 231MW)
- Settlements Program (DE 231SP)
- State Tax Liens (DE 631TL)
- Tax Audit Guidelines (DE 40)
- Withholding Tables (1998-2009)
General Information
California System of Experience Rating (DE 231Z) - how UI rates are determined
2011 DE 4 Print Version or Online Calculator (Microsoft Excel required)
EDD Tax News E-Mail Subscription List
Emergency and Disaster Assistance
Fax on Demand:
(877) 547-4503; press 2 for a fax listing all available documents and document numbers
Holidays: California Official Holidays - offices closed
Legal Holidays - for tax deposit and report purposes
Independent Contractor Reporting
New Employee Registry (New Hire Reporting)
Taxpayer Assistance Center, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (PST)
(888) 745-3886
Third-Party Contract Providers in the Courier and Other Industries
UI Rates/Benefit Charges:
- Obtain your clients’ UI tax rates on diskette or CD-R. (916) 654-3889.
- Obtain your clients’ benefit charges on magnetic media. (916) 654-1257.
Underground Economy Operations
Unity of Enterprise (DE 231UE) - entity changes or related businesses may not require new employer account numbers
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)
Top 12 Forms and Publications in Alphabetical Order
2011 Withholding Tables: Method A (Wage Bracket Table Method)
2011 Withholding Tables: Method B (Exact Calculation Method)
Annual Reconciliation Statement (DE 7)
California Employer’s Guide (DE 44)
Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate (DE 4) - Print Version or Online Calculator (Microsoft Excel required)
Payroll Tax Deposit Coupon (DE 88ALL)
Quarterly Contribution Return and Report of Wages (DE 9)
Quarterly Contribution Return and Report of Wages (Continuation) (DE 9C)
Quarterly Wage and Withholding Report (DE 6)
Registration Form for Commercial Employers, Pacific Maritime, and Fishing Boats (DE 1)
Report of Independent Contractors (DE 542)
Report of New Employees (DE 34)
Top 12 Forms and Publications in Numerical Order
(DE 1) - Registration Form for Commercial Employers, Pacific Maritime, and Fishing Boats
(DE 4) - Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate - Print Version or Online Calculator (Microsoft Excel required)
(DE 6) - Quarterly Wage and Withholding Report
(DE 7) - Annual Reconciliation Statement
(DE 9) - Quarterly Contribution Return and Report of Wages
(DE 9C) - Quarterly Contribution Return and Report of Wages (Continuation)
(DE 34) - Report of New Employees
(DE 44) - California Employer’s Guide
(DE 88ALL) - Payroll Tax Deposit Coupon
(DE 542) - Report of Independent Contractors
(2011 Method A) - 2011 Wage Bracket Withholding Tables
(2011 Method B) - 2011 Exact Calculation Withholding Tables
Contacts for Electronic Filing, Registration and Payment Methods
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT):
- Register for the e-Services for Business or contact the Taxpayer Assistance Center at (888) 745-3886.
- EFT debit payments, call the EFT Helpline at (916) 654-9130.
- EFT ACH debit payments by telephone, call (800) 554-7500 to make a payment.
- Reporting agents and payroll services registered with the State’s data collector, see the Electronic Funds Transfer Bulk Filer Setup Guide (DE 154) or call the EFT Helpline at (916) 654-9130.
Pay taxes by major credit card.
Official Payments Corp.
(800) 2PAY-TAX (272-9829)
Additional Contacts
Account Adjustments for School Employees Fund (SEF) employers: (916) 653-5380
Account Adjustments for other employers: (916) 654-7600
Adding or Deleting Agent From Employer/Clients: (916) 654-8798 or (916) 654-8805
Address Changes for SEF employers: (916) 653-5380
Address Changes for other employers: (916) 654-7041; press 1, 4
Alternate Forms Coordinator: (916) 255-0649
Benefit Charges Petitions: (916) 654-8690
Charges to Reimbursable Employer Accounts: (916) 653-5846
Counseling Services: (916) 654-7263 or (916) 654-9549
Duplicate Accounts: (916) 654-9016
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT): (916) 654-9130
Employer Account Statement (DE 2176) for Reimbursable employers: (916) 653-5846
Employer Account Statement (DE 2176) for SEF employers: (916) 653-5380
Employer Account Statement (DE 2176) for Other employers: (916) 654-7600
Fraud Tip Hotline: (800) 229-6297
Independent Contractor Reporting (ICR): (916) 657-0529
Internet Independent Contractor Reporting (iICR): (916) 653-0691
Internet New Employee Registry (iNER): (916) 653-0691
New Employee Registry (NER): (916) 657-0529
Overpayments: (916) 654-7600
Power of Attorney: (916) 654-7263 or (916) 654-9549
Quarterly Contribution Return and Report of Wages (Continuation) (DE 9C) Wage-Related Questions: (916) 654-9018
Registration for new/reinstated SEF employers: (916) 653-5380 or Fax (916) 653-5576
Registration for new/reinstated other employers: (916) 654-8798 or (916) 654-8805, or Fax (916) 654-9211
Reimbursable Employer Protest Letter Status: (916) 653-5846
Reserve Account Transfers: (916) 654-3889
Tax Rate Information: (916) 653-7795
Taxpayer Advocate Office: (866) 594-4177
UI Rate Petitions: (916) 654-3097
Unity of Enterprise (UE) Changes for Vertical UE (Sole to Corporation, GP to Sole, etc.): (916) 654-7041; press 1, 6
Unity of Enterprise (UE) Changes for Horizontal UE (2 or more businesses united by control, operation, and use): (888) 745-3886
Other Links and Resources
California:
California Tax Service Center - One-Stop tax assistance from California’s tax agencies
Metavante® Payment System
Industrial Relations - Labor Law, Occupational Safety & Health, Workers’ Compensation
Federal:
Important Links
- Register as an Employer
- Rates and Withholding
- e-Services for Business
- Reporting Requirements
- Forms and Publications
Top Links This Month
- Forms and Publications
- File and Pay Taxes
- Rates and Withholding
- e-Services for Business Information
- Am I Required to Register as an Employer?
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