Mandatory PUC Electronic Filing Delayed Past First Quarter 2011

Because the new Unemployment Compensation Management System, or UCMS, is not yet available, employers and employer representatives should continue to file quarterly report  including reports for the quarter ending March 31, 201 using magnetic media or e-TIDES until further notice. Paper return filers will receive first quarter 2011 forms to file on paper for at least one more quarter.

All employers and their representatives will be notified when the new UC system becomes available. At that time, paper forms will be phased out.

Thank goodness for this extension. Those of us who do income taxes and also prepare payroll taxes would have had less than two weeks to register and file all clients on the new system in April.

Note that there is still no projected date for the implementation of UMCS. PA Labor & Industry will be informing us of any updates. Implementation has now been postponed twice. However, I am all for getting it right the FIRST time, especially with something as important as unemployment, which affects nearly every employer and worker in the state.

Mandatory PUC Electronic Filing Delayed Past First Quarter 2011