Process Name:

Submit No Wage Report

Role:

•      Employer

•      Agent

Objective(s):

To submit a new Wage Report that reports no wages using the Employer Portal.

Before you begin:

The Employer’s quarterly Wage Report is due.

What happens next:

The Wage Report is submitted to the SC DEW.

1. 

Click the Wage Submission left navigation menu item from the Employer Portal Home screen.

SUITS displays the Select Submission Type step of the Employer Regular Wage Detail Wizard.

Agents may perform the following process by clicking the Wage Submission menu item and selecting the employer ID they would like to submit wages for. The Employer Portal Screen will open and the process will continue as normal.

2. 

Select the File New Report radio button in the Reporting Period panel.

This button is selected as a default.

3. 

Select an item from the Report Quarter/Year dropdown menu.

See Field Definitions for more information.

4. 

Select the No Wage Report - No wages paid in the quarter radio button in the Submission Methods panel.

See Field Definitions for more information.

5. 

Select the appropriate Report Type.

6. 

Click the Next button.

SUITS displays the Wage Reporting Summary step of the Employer Regular Wage Detail Wizard.

7. 

Review the Wage Reporting Summary screen.

The user can select the Previous button to return to the previous step, if needed.

The Wage Reporting Summary screen displays the total of wages reported.

8. 

Click the Next button.

SUITS displays the Calculation Summary step of the Employer Regular Wage Detail Wizard.

SUITS calculates UI taxes, interests, penalties, and credit due based on wages reported for the quarter.

9. 

Review the Calculation Summary screen.

Click the No Wages Submitted checkbox to acknowledge that no wages were paid this quarter.

The Calculation Summary screen displays a summary of:

•      System calculated UI taxes

•      Interests

•      Penalties

•      Credit due based on wages reported for the quarter.

The user can select the Previous button to return to the previous step to correct a record, if needed.

10.

Click the Next button.

SUITS displays the Confirmation screen.

SUITS submits the Wage Report to the SC DEW.

11.

Click the Finish button.

SUITS displays the Home screen.

SUITS sends a wage report confirmation message to the portal inbox “Employer Wage Details”.

The Home screen now displays a green check mark in the Filing cell and the Payment cell associated with the Quarter for which the user just submitted Wages. The green check mark means, ‘No Action’ which means no action needs to be taken on this quarter in terms of wage filing and payment (no payment action needs to be taken because no wages were reported).