1. US Payroll Year-End Processing Guide
  2. Generating Workfiles for Year-End Electronic Filing

Generating Workfiles for Year-End Electronic Filing

This section provides an overview of electronic filing workfiles and discusses how to:

  • Generate the EFW2 workfile.

  • Generate the Federal W-2 EFW2 electronic filing workfile.

  • Generate the state W-2 EFW2 and 499R-2 electronic filing workfiles.

  • Generate the 1099 electronic filing workfile.

  • Set up processing options for the Federal Electronic Media program (R8907865).

Note: The W-2 electronic filing specifications are no longer called MMREF-1 and MMREF-2. They are now called EFW2 and EFW2C respectively. Please note that not all programs and forms show the new names.