16398: AZ - Filing the UC-018 (DAS)

For filing to the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), DAS produces:

• A PDF copy of Form UC-018, Unemployment Tax And Wage Report, and Form UC-020, UI Tax Wage Listing Continuation.
• A .txt file for e-filing.

See Related Links below for required setup information before creating the state wage report.

To prepare the AZ UC-018:

• Select the Employees or On the Fly menu, then select State Tax & Wage Forms.
• Make sure AZ is selected, then select UC-018 UC-020 from the Forms droplist.
• Select the applicable quarter.
• Review the form and make any necessary entries or edits.
• Make sure the e-File checkbox is marked (if e-filing), then select Save/Print.

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Save/Print creates a PDF of the form that can be printed and paper-filed.  If e-File was marked, this will also create a .txt file for upload to the Arizona Unemployment Tax and Wage System. 

To e-file:

• Log in to the Arizona Unemployment Tax and Wage System account. 
• Follow the menu options to upload the wage file. 
• The file for upload can be found by browsing to the drive where DAS is installed > DrakeAccounting20YY > DAS20YYData> Clients > client code > EFile > AZ > AZUC018UC020 (DrakeAccounting20YY > Clients > client code > EFile > AZ > AZUC018UC020 in DAS20 and prior) and selecting the file named AZUC018UC020_YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC.txt (where YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC is the date and time of file creation).

For more information on creating and filing the AZ UC-018 Form, see the AZ Employer Handbook on Unemployment Insurance Tax.