Payrollix files your taxes automatically. Here is how it works, what we file, and what to do when something needs your attention.
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Payrollix automatically prepares, reconciles, and transmits your federal and state payroll tax returns each quarter and at year-end. You do not file Form 941, 940, W-2, or 1099 — we do. This article explains how that works and what role you play.
A complete list of the federal and state payroll tax returns Payrollix prepares and files for you, plus the amendments we handle when something needs correcting.
The setup data and authorizations Payrollix needs from each client before we can file on their behalf. Most of this is collected once during onboarding and rarely changes.
Tax filings and tax payments are two different things. The filing is the return the agency receives; the payment is the money. Payrollix handles both — this article covers the payment side.
Most returns transmit and accept on the first try. The ones that do not return a specific reject code from the agency and have to be fixed before they can be retransmitted. Here is how Payrollix handles rejects and when you need to do anything about it.
Payrollix files state payroll taxes in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. The mechanism is not the same in every state, but the result is — the return is on file at the agency, on time, with an acknowledgment.
Payroll corrections sometimes change totals on a return that has already been filed. The fix is an amended return — a separate filing that supersedes the original on the specific lines that changed. Payrollix files these the same way it files originals.
Every return Payrollix transmits is filed under an authorization the client has signed. This article explains what those authorizations are, why they are required, and what they let us do.