MRGA Georgia Qtly Unemployment & W-2 Magnetic Media 

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MRGA Georgia Mag Media allows the user to generate magnetic media compliant with the Magnetic Media Information as required by the State of Georgia. This report includes the following data: Employee Name, Social Security Number, Employer Account Number, Reporting Period, and State Quarter Wages Subject to Unemployment Insurance. It also generates a summary report that reports the information required to complete the Magnetic Media Transmittal Sheet that must also be submitted.

MRGA Georgia Magnetic Media Reporting for Sage MAS 90 Magnetic Media allows the user to:

Generate magnetic media compliant with the Magnetic Media Information as required by the State of Georgia, including:

• Employee Name
• Social Security Number
• GDOL Employer Account Number
• Reporting Period
• State Quarter Wages

Generate a Magnetic Media summary report, after the creation of the magnetic media file, that reports the information needed to complete the Magnetic Media Transmittal form that must be submitted with the magnetic media.

Note that MRGA requires that Sage MAS 90 Magnetic Media.

FAQ

Format Being Used

The file is generated in the Georgia GDOL Wage Record format. This is a 80-character per line (plus CR, LF) format. The name of the file produced by MRGA is “W” + 8-Digit GA Acct Number + “.WGS”. This file is located in the company’s Payroll data folder.

Why Unemployment Wages Might be Incorrect

The most common reason Unemployment Wages for a particular employee are reported incorrectly is that a deduction was not made because an Earnings Code was not set up correctly so a deduction would be made in Unemployment Wages.

The program reports exactly what is contained in Qtd Wages Subject To Unemployment field the Employee’s P/R Employee Tax Summary File record (for technical readers, this is the PR3[9] numeric).

To correct Unemployment Wages before reporting, use the Fix button in Employee Maintenance (click the Tax Summary button and then the Fix button). Supervisor rights are required to access the Fix button.

The Magnetic Media Summary Totals are Different Than Another Report

Note that the specification for the magnetic media report differs from the specification for a printed report. For example, employees with negative numbers for wages or zero wages cannot be reported in the magnetic media file according to the specification.

The Quarterly Tax Summary Report may not match the Magnetic Media Summary Report due to either the Limit not being applied, deduction codes for Cafeteria plan, or non-taxable wages not being set up properly.