T-record column 70-109 Transmitter Name (Continuation) Left-justify and fill with blanks T-record column 110-303 Multiple fields Enter blanks or fill fields per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore T-record column 304-343 Contact Name Left-justify and fill with blanks Name of person to contact if transmission problems T-record column 344-358 Contact Telephone Number & Extension Omit hyphens. and fill with blanks Telephone number of person to contact. For example, 2076241234 T-record column 359-408 Contact Email Address Left-justify and fill with blanks E-mail address of person to contact T-record column 409-750 Not required Multiple fields Enter blanks or fill fields per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore A Record Specifications A-Record – column 1 = ‘A’ A-record column Payment Year Must be 2017 Prior year forms are not accepted; must match year on MEETRS ’Specify a File Name’ screen A-record column 6 Combined Federal/State Filer Must be File should be submitted directly with Revenue Services only; do not submit file through the Fed/State combined filing program A-record column Not required Not required Enter blanks or fill fields per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore A-record column 12-20 Payer’s Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Numeric. Valid 9-digit Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) assigned to the Payer. Do not enter hyphens or alpha characters A-record column 21-24 Payer Name Control blanks or fill fields per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore A-record column 25 Last Filing Indicator Enter blanks or fill fields per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore A-record column 26-27 Type of Return Only form types 1, B, F, 6, A, D, 7, 9, and W will be read. All other form codes should be excluded from file and will be ignored 11 justify 5
B-record, column 55 – 66 Payment Amount 1. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 67 – 78 Payment Amount 2. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 79 – 90 Payment Amount 3. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 91 – 102 Payment Amount 4. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 103 – 114 Payment Amount 5. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 115 – 126 Payment Amount 6. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 127 – 138 Payment Amount 7. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 139 – 150 Payment Amount 8. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 151 – 162 Payment Amount 9. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 163 – 174 Payment Amount A. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 175 – 186 Payment Amount B. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 187 – 198 Payment Amount C. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 199 – 210 Payment Amount D. If not used, zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter
decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 211 – 222 Payment Amount E. If not used, zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 223 – 234 Payment Amount F. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 235 – 246 Payment Amount G. If not used, enter zeros. Numeric Last two digits represent cents. Do not enter decimal or alpha characters B-record, column 247 Foreign Country Indicator Enter ‘1’ or blank Other data entered will be ignored B-record, column 248 – 287 First Payee Name Line Alphanumeric Left justify and fill with blanks; Special characters not allowed B-record, column 288 – 327 Second Name Line Alphanumeric Left justify and fill with blanks; optional – may be B-record, column 328-367 Not required Not required Enter blanks or fill per IRS Publication 1220; MRS will ignore B-record, column 368 – 407 Payee Street Address Alphanumeric Special characters not allowed B-record, column 408-447 Not required Not required blanks or fill per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore B-record, column 448 – 487 Payee City Alphanumeric Left justify and fill with blanks Special characters not allowed B-record, column 488 – 489 State Enter two character state postal abbreviation Must be postal abbreviation per IRS Publication 1220 B-record, column 490 – 498 Payee Zip Code Numeric Left and fill with blanks if only first digits of zip code are known B-record, column 499-722 Not required Not required blanks or fill per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore B-record, column 723 – 734 Payee Maine Income Tax Withheld Numeric Right justify and zero fill. The rightmost 2 digits represent cents. B-record column 735-746 Not required Not required Enter blanks or fill per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore
B-record, column 747 – 748 Enter 23 for all Maine payees. W-2G filers enter 23 if the winnings in Box 1 resulted from a wager that occurred in Maine. Numeric All entries other than ‘23’ will be ignored; there must be at least one Maine payee or the file will be rejected B-record, column 749-750 Blank Enter blanks or carriage return/line feed (CR/LF) characters F Record Specifications F-Record – column 1 = ‘F’ F-record, column 2-9 Number of A records Numeric Must total number of A records in file; otherwise file will be rejected F-record column Not required Not required blanks or fill fields per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore. F-record column Total Maine Withholding reported in file Numeric Must total of Maine withholding reported in B records columns 723-734. Right justify and zero fill. The rightmost 2 digits represent cents. F-record, column Total number of Payees Numeric Must equal total number of B records in file; otherwise file will be rejected. F-record 58-750 Not required Not required blanks or fill fields per IRS Pub 1220; MRS will ignore. Note: You may C-Records and K-Records in the file (they will be ignored), but the upload le before uploading. 49 57 30