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Additional Detail Information of WT-6 Batch Payment Schema Elements

State Transmission Header

• Transmission ID – EFIN + ccyy(4 digit Year) + jjj (3 digit Julian Date) + 7 digit sequence number for a total of 20 digits. (The EFIN is a 6 digit number issued by the IRS to Electronic Return originators.)
• Timestamp – the actual transmission timestamp (format ccyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss)
• Transmitter ETIN – ETIN of the transmitter (The ETIN is a 5 digit number issued by the IRS to transmitters.)
• Process Type – “T” for Test, “P” for Production
• DebitType – Single Debit vs. Multiple Debit
• Transmission Contact – Contact information for transmission issues.
• Software ID – Identifies the software developer/product
• AckAddress – The e-mail address you want the acknowledgement sent to if using the HTTPS Transfer method.

Single Debit – In batch payment situations where a single ACH payment is made, but with detail information on multiple customers.

Multiple Debit – In batch payment situations where multiple ACH payments are made, with one payment for each customer.

Payment Instrument: ACH Debit

• Payment Method Type = 'DBT'
• Routing Transit Number - Transit number for bank from which payment is being made.
• Bank Name - Name of bank from which payment is being made.
• Bank Account Number - Account number from which payment is being made.
• Account Type - 1 = Checking account, 2 = Savings account.
• Account Holder Type - 1 = Business account, 2 = Personal account.
• Account Holder Name - Name that the account is listed under.
• Not IAT Transaction - Changes in banking industry regulation require special treatment of payments from foreign sources. The Department of Revenue does not currently allow IAT transactions, so we require your assurance that this is not an IAT transaction.

Payment Amount:

• Debit Amount - Total amount of the payment being made.
• Origination Date - Date the payment was originated.
• Requested Settlement Date - Date the payment is to be debited from your account and submitted to the Department of Revenue.

Payor Information:

• Type TIN - 'SSN' for social security number or 'FEIN' for federal employer identification number of the employer.
• TIN Type Value - Tax identifier number of the payor. NO DASHES.
• Payor Name - Business or individual name of the payor.

Contact Information:

• Title - Title of the contact person.
• Full Name - Name of the person to be contacted if there is a transmission problem.
• Phone - Contact person phone number, including area code.
• E-mail address - Contact person E-mail address.

Tax Payment/Form Detail Information:

• TIN - Use for Estimated Tax Payments
  • Type TIN - Type of identifier of person/business for which the payment is being submitted.
  • TIN Type Value - Actual FEIN or SSN of the person or business. NO DASHES.
• State EIN - Use for Employer Withholding Tax
  • Type State EIN - "Withholding Account No"
  • State EIN Value - Wisconsin Employers Account Number
• Taxpayer Name - Name of person or business for whom the withholding payment is being made.
• FTA Code - 011 for withholding and 012 for trusts, estates and individual estimated payments.
• State Tax Type Code - 00 for withholding, 11 for estimated trusts, 12 for estimated estates and 13 for estimated individuals.
• Tax Period End Date - Last day of the period included with this payment.
• Tax Liability Amount - Actual liability for the period indicated.

Last updated January 24, 2012