Reporting Calendar

Month
Activity
ONESOURCE Tax Information Reporting Feature or Function
January
  • Import year-end tax data into ONESOURCE Tax Information Reporting
  • Review reconciliation and management reports
  • Send recipient statements by January 31
  • Send recipient copies of Forms 1095-A, 1095-B or 1095-C to individuals or recipients by January 31
  • Print and file Puerto Rico 480.7A and Puerto Rico 499R-2 by January 31
  • File state annual 1099 filings for District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maine, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as required by January 31
  • File Massachusetts 1099-HC forms by January 31
  • File prior year fourth quarter state reporting as required
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Supports user-definable ASCII import files
  • Provides import report by form and box number for reconciliation
  • Writes failed records to a separate file or error log for review and edit
  • Printing, inserting and mailing may be outsourced to Thomson Reuters
  • Allows multiple or partial batch prints for a single year
  • Supports Xerox or HP printers (and printers that support Adobe(R) PDF format)
February
  • Receive recipient inquiries and enter corrections
  • Send corrected recipient statements
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File paper Forms 1095-A with IRS and Health and Human Services Department by February 28
  • Employers and health insurance companies: File paper Forms 1095-B or 1095-C with IRS by February 28
  • Print and file all other Puerto Rico forms by February 28
  • Print and file Canada T4A, T5 and T5008 forms by February 28
  • File all other state annual filings as required
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Tracks and prints corrections pre- and post-IRS filing
  • Allows immediate or batch printing of corrections
  • Prints required statements for a name or TIN correction
  • Creates IRS original, correction test and replacement files
  • Creates IRS files by payer and by form
  • Prints transmittal Forms 4804
  • On-screen review of statement and transaction detail
March
  • File 1042-S statements by March 15
  • Send recipient 1042-S statements by March 15
  • Print and file Canada NR-4 statements
  • File forms 1099 and W-2 electronically by March 28 if no extension
  • Electronically file Forms 1095-A, 1095-B or 1095-C by March 31
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Prints 1042-S
  • Printing, inserting and mailing may be outsourced to Thomson Reuters
  • Allows multiple or partial batch prints for a single year
  • Supports Xerox or HP printers (and printers that support Adobe PDF format)
April
  • Receive and load B Notice tape for prior year
  • File current year first quarter state reporting as required
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • File 1099 forms on extension by April 30
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Allows import of B Notice tape (CP-2100)
  • Allows ten-key entry of notices received on paper
  • Automatically tracks 2-in-3 tax year rule for 2nd B Notice letter
  • Automatically tracks corrections and creates correction files
  • User may run multiple correction files and recipient statement prints for a single payer
May
  • File Forms 5498, 5498-ESA and 5498-SA
  • Send Forms 5498, 5498-ESA and 5498-SA to recipients
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • File corrected 1099 forms (that were on extension) by May 31 to minimize penalty assessments
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Prints transmittal Forms 4804
  • Creates IRS files by payer and form
June
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
July
  • File current year second quarter state reporting as required
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • File corrected 1099 forms (that were on extension) before August 1 to avoid maximum penalty
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
August
  • Receive and load TIN penalty notices (972-CG)
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Allows import of penalty notice tape (972-CG)
  • Ten-key entry of notices received on paper
  • Automatically reconciles tax year B Notice information
  • Automatically counts penalty notice response groupings by payer
  • Automatically tracks corrections and creates correction files
  • Generates support for penalty abatement letter
September
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
October
  • Receive and load B Notice tape for prior year
  • File current year third quarter state reporting as required
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Allows import of B Notice tape (CP-2100)
  • Allows ten-key entry of notices received on paper
  • Automatically calculates return deadlines for all B Notices, both imported and manually entered
  • Automatically tracks 2-in-3 tax year rule for second B Notice letter
November
  • Mail B Notice letters and W-9s to recipients
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Prints B Notice letters and W-9s in batches sorted by payer
  • Printing, inserting and mailing may be outsourced to Thomson Reuters
  • Users may submit test filing to obtain IRS approval for electronic filing
December
  • Receive and load W-9s from recipients
  • Begin backup withholding as appropriate
  • File state independent contractor reports as required
  • State health insurance marketplaces: File ACA monthly coverage information
  • Reports W-9s that have not been returned
  • User may classify recipient records for responding to penalty notices
  • Use the B Notice update feature to identify bad name/TIN combinations and update them to W-9 certified name/TIN information before next year's filing