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Maine

Unemployment forms

Contact information

Agency: Maine Department of Labor

Website: https://www.maine.gov/labor/

Unemployment ID format

10 digits

Tax payment details

Deposit schedule	Due date	Payment methods	Zero filing required	Zero EFT accepted
Quarterly	Last day of the following month	Check, ACH	N/A	N/A

ACH/EFT payment information

The Maine Revenue Services accepts ACH Credit and ACH Debit payments of unemployment taxes.

Taxpayers with an annual combined payment liability of $10,000.00 or more for the twelve months prior to January 1, 2015 are required to remit tax payments electronically.

Taxpayers with payment liability below the mandatory threshold are encouraged to remit electronically.

How to apply

The Maine Revenue Services requires all who intend to use either ACH Credit or ACH Debit payment method to apply for approval before submitting tax payment files.

For more information and to obtain the appropriate forms, visit the Maine Revenue Services website and navigate to the Electronic Services page.

Payment and other information

You do not need to complete and submit the Section 12 Application to pay unemployment compensation tax when you file via the internet using Maine FastFile or use the Maine EZ Pay system. Service Bureaus or other third parties that remit tax payments from their accounts on behalf of other companies cannot use the ACH Debit method.

note

When processing ACH files for the Maine Revenue Services, you must use the following state-required information:

Quarterly Unemployment Payment Routing Number: 021052053

Account number: 26066997

UC-1

Filing methods:
Web fill-in, Internet

Internet file format:
ICESA

Form due date:
Last day of the following month (adjusts for non-banking days)

Form filing address (with payments):

Maine Revenue Services,
PO Box 1065
Augusta, ME
04332-1065

Form filing address (without payments):

Main Revenue Services,
PO Box 1064
Augusta, ME
04332-1064

note

Registration is required to be able to see the file transfer option and upload the Maine ICESA file for Income Withholding and Unemployment Taxes as a payroll service or accountant.

Navigate to the Electronic Services page of the Maine Revenue Services website and choose the appropriate link to sign in to your account and upload your files.

Enter the Maine License Number
in the

Transmitter Information

window in the

Process Internet/Magnetic Files

screen.

Schedule 2 (UC-1)

Filing methods:
Web fill-in, Internet

Internet file format:
ICESA

Form due date:
Last day of the following month (adjusts for non-banking days)

note

Registration is required to be able to see the file transfer option and upload the Maine ICESA file for Income Withholding and Unemployment Taxes as a payroll service or accountant.

Navigate to the Electronic Services page of the Maine Revenue Services website and choose the appropriate link to sign in to your account and upload your files.

Enter the Maine License Number
in the

Transmitter Information

window in the

Process Internet/Magnetic Files

screen.

Withholding forms

Contact information

Agency: Maine Revenue Services

Website: https://www.maine.gov/revenue/

Withholding ID format

8 digits or 11 characters formatted as ########, ####-####, or ##-#######@@

Tax payment details

Deposit schedule	Due date	Payment methods	Zero filing required	Zero EFT accepted
Semiweekly (Federal)	3 banking days after the period end	Check, ACH, Internet	No	No
Quarterly	Last day of the following month	Check, ACH, Internet	No	No

ACH/EFT payment information

The Maine Revenue Services accepts ACH Credit and ACH Debit payments of withholding taxes.

Taxpayers with am annual combined payment liability of $10,000.00 or more.

Taxpayers with payment liability below the mandatory threshold are encouraged to remit electronically.

How to apply

The Maine Revenue Services requires all who intend to use either ACH Credit or ACH Debit payment method to apply for approval before submitting tax payment files.

For more information and to obtain the forms needed to apply, please visit the Maine Revenue Services website and navigate to the Electronic Services page.

900ME

Filing methods:
Paper

Form due date:
3 banking days after the period end

Form filing address:

Maine Revenue Services,
PO Box 9101
Augusta, ME
04332-9101

941ME

Filing methods:
Web fill-in, Internet

Internet file format:
ICESA

Form due date:
Last day of the following month

Form filing address (with payments):

Maine Revenue Services,
PO Box 1065
Augusta, ME
04332-1065

Form filing address (without payments):

Maine Revenue Services,
PO Box 1064
Augusta, ME
04332-1064

note

Registration is required to be able to see the file transfer option and upload the Maine ICESA file for Income Withholding and Unemployment Taxes as a payroll service or accountant.

Navigate to the Electronic Services page of the Maine Revenue Services website and choose the appropriate link to sign in to your account and upload your files.

Enter the Maine License Number
in the

Transmitter Information

window in the

Process Internet/Magnetic Files

screen.

Schedule 1

Filing methods:
Web fill-in, Internet

Internet file format:
ICESA

Form due date:
Last day of the following month

note

Registration is required to be able to see the file transfer option and upload the Maine ICESA file for Income Withholding and Unemployment Taxes as a payroll service or accountant.

Navigate to the Electronic Services page of the Maine Revenue Services website and choose the appropriate link to sign in to your account and upload your files.

Enter the Maine License Number
in the

Transmitter Information

window in the

Process Internet/Magnetic Files

screen.

Schedule 2

Filing methods:
Web fill-in, Internet

Internet file format:
ICESA

Form due date:
Last day of the following month

note

Registration is required to be able to see the file transfer option and upload the Maine ICESA file for Income Withholding and Unemployment Taxes as a payroll service or accountant.

Navigate to the Electronic Services page of the Maine Revenue Services website and choose the appropriate link to sign in to your account and upload your files.

Enter the Maine License Number
in the

Transmitter Information

window in the

Process Internet/Magnetic Files

screen.