REVIEW ALL PRE-PRINTED DATA FOR ACCURACY. If correction is necessary, or you are reporting a change of address, enter corrections on Form UIA 1025, Employer Request for Address Change.
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING UIA 1020-R
Line 1: Use this form only when you have been assigned
a Reimbursing UIA Account Number. Your UIA account number starts with 08 and is the irst seven digits of the
account number.
Line 2: If your Federal Employer Identiication Number (FEIN) is not pre-printed here, enter it here.
Line 3: Correct quarter ending dates are 03/31, 06/30, 09/30 and 12/31, plus the appropriate year. Month must be two digits, as shown.
Line 4: Enter total wages paid in the quarter (dollars and cents), including cash value of all compensation paid in any medium other than cash, such as meals, lodging and
rent. Only cash wages should be reported for agricultural and domestic services. Do not include elected oficials or voluntary ire ighters. If you have further questions, please call the Reimbursing Unit. The igure you enter
should match what you report on Form UIA 1017, Wage Detail Report.
Line 5: Include in the count all workers (full-time or part- time) who worked during, or received pay (subject to un- employment insurance wages) for the payroll period that includes the 12th of the month. Do this for each month of
the quarter for which your are iling. Include those work-
ers who are on leave with or without pay. List one digit per box. For example 239 employees for the irst month
would be reported as
AUTHORITY: Effective with the 2nd quarter of 2005, every reimbursing employer is required to submit a quarterly payroll report on or before the 25th day of the month following the end of the calendar quarter as provided by Section 13 of the Michigan Employment Security (MES) Act (MCL 421.13). By statute, timeliness is determined by
the Unemployment Insurance Agency’s (UIA) receipt date, not the date of mailing. Reports must be iled promptly,
even if an appeal involving liability issues is pending.
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS – SUBMISSION OF THIS FORM IS MANDATORY: You must ile a report for each
calendar quarter even if you have no covered workers
or no wages to report. Failure to ile a report for each
quarter will result in a penalty charge being assessed.
Each quarterly report iled should include only the wages
paid in the quarterly period reported. A separate report
must be iled for each employer or legal entity in order to
obtain the needed information. Correction of a previously iled report must be made on Form UIA 1021-R, Amended
Reimbursing Employer’s Quarterly Payroll Report. Do not adjust wages on a current report to compensate for a prior error.
Form UIA 1020-R replaces LARA Form 3104. However,
for employers with multiple worksites, please continue to ile Form BLS 3020, Multiple Work Site Form. Contact the
Bureau of Labor Market and Statistical Initiatives, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Section, at 313-456- 3071, regarding Form BLS 3020.
PENALTY CHARGES: Penalties are $10.00 for each report received after the due date as provided in Section 54(c) of the MES Act. In cases of negligence, willful neglect, or fraud, the Act provides for more severe penalties.
YOU MUST FILE THIS REPORT EVEN IF YOU HAVE NO
PAYROLL FOR THIS QUARTER. KEEP A COPY FOR YOUR RECORDS.
MAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Mail completed Form UIA 1020-R to:
Unemployment Insurance Agency
PO Box 33598
Detroit, Michigan 48232-5598
FURTHER INFORMATION
UIA forms mentioned here are on our website: www.michigan.gov/uia
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
FOR NEW REIMBURSING EMPLOYERS
You must register with the MI Dept. of Treasury and the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) using Form 518, Registration for Michigan Taxes. Form 518 is available at www. michigan.gov/treasury or www.michigan.gov/uia. You may also register directly with our Agency online at www.michigan.gov/ uia. If you are requesting reimbursing payment status at the time of registration, you must also provide a copy of your IRS 501(c)(3) exemption letter and be sure to provide an estimated total calendar year gross payroll when you register. Failure to provide a copy of the IRS 501(c)(3) exemption letter and the annual gross payroll amount on your registration, will delay your registration with the UIA. You may fax your IRS 501(c)(3) exemption letter to the Reimbursing Unit at 313-456- 2132. Call the Reimbursing Unit at 313-456-2081 for questions regarding registration.
If you have not received a UIA account number prior to submitting Form UIA 1020-R, YOU MUST EITHER CONTACT THE REIMBURSING UNIT OR SUBMIT A COMPLETED COPY OF FORM 518 AND YOUR IRS 501(c)(3) EXEMPTION LETTER ALONG WITH FORM UIA 1020-R. Because you have no UIA account number, mail the required forms directly to the Reimbursing Unit at:
Unemployment Insurance Agency
Tax Ofice, Suite 11-500
3024 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48202
