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Enroll clients for Michigan electronic filing

For payroll compliance (annually licensed)
You can file Michigan unemployment insurance either as an Employer Representative (filing for each client individually) or as a Third-Party Administrator (filing for multiple clients using a bulk file format). The latter method requires that you upload a Power of Attorney file to the State of Michigan, to let them know which clients' files you will manage.
To enroll your clients for e-filing as a third-party administrator, follow these steps.
  1. Set up a Third-Party Administrator account with the Michigan Web Account Manager (MiWAM) online at www.michigan.gov/uia.
  2. Select
    Actions
    ,
    Enroll
    , then
    Michigan Electronic Filing
    . In the
    Michigan e-Enrollment
     screen, all Michigan clients who aren't currently enrolled for Michigan electronic filing (all clients that don’t have the
    Enrolled in e-Filing
     checkbox marked in the
    Michigan Additional Information
     window are listed in the Enrollment grid.
  3. Using the filtering fields, filter the clients as necessary to limit the number of clients in the grid to those you want to enroll currently.
  4. Make sure that
    Add Clients
    , the default option, is selected as the current Action.
  5. In the Enrollment grid, mark the checkboxes next to the clients you want to enroll.
  6. In the
    POA Beginning
     and
    POA Ending
     columns, enter the dates for the Power of Attorney to begin and end. These dates are used within the enrollment file and are required.
  7. For each client in the grid, select
    Yes
     or
    No
     in the enrollment option grid columns to specify what functions your firm will handle for the client and whether or not your firm will have power of attorney over a function for that client. The options/columns are as follows.
    • Account Maintenance
       defaults to No.
    • Tax Issues and Assessments
       defaults to no.
    • POA: Confidential Info
       defaults to yes.
    • POA: Oral/Written Comm
       defaults to yes.
    • POA: Sign Returns
       defaults to yes.
    • POA: Agreements
       defaults to no.
    • POA: Receive Tax Forms
       defaults to no.
    note
    Some of the enrollment options within the file default to
    Yes
     or
    No
     and can't be changed from the application. Those fields are as follows.
    • Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) account number.
       The application enters the client's Unemployment ID.
    • FEIN.
       The application enters the client's FEIN.
    • Reports and Payments.
       Defaults to Yes.
    • Benefit Services.
       Defaults to No.
    • Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC).
       Defaults to No.
    • WOTC Begin Date.
       Defaults to blank-filled.
    • WOTC End Date.
       Defaults to blank-filled.
    • Receives Claims Control Forms.
       Defaults to No.
    • Receives Contested Claims Forms.
       Defaults to No.
  8. Select
    Create
     to create enrollment files for the selected clients.
  9. Once the files have been created, you can preview the files in either Agency or Report format, recreate selected files, or delete selected files by selecting
    Manage e-Enrollment
     and using the
    Manage e-Enrollment Files
     screen.
  10. The files are stored in the file location listed at the bottom of the
    Michigan e-Enrollment
     screen. If you want to modify the file location, select
    Setup
     then
    File Locations
     and modify the path in the
    Electronic/Internet/Magnetic
     field in the
    File Creation
     tab.

This article applies to:

  • Product: Accounting CS
  • State: Michigan
  • Subject: Payroll checks,Payroll tax forms

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