WARP on the Web - Overview

By transmitting your Unemployment Insurance (UI) data via Warp on the Web, you meet the requirement to report employer UI data to DOLI. WOW offers another advantage as well: the data you transmit actually accumulates on a password-protected database so that you can access any data you have previously submitted via WOW.

WARP on the Web - NOW FASTER AND MORE HELPFUL!

What is WARP on the Web?

Can I Download Data directly from my Office's Payroll Package right into WARP on the Web?

Can I Access or Change My Previous Data?

When can I submit my Reports via WARP on the Web?

What is my Taxable Wage Base?

What is my Unemployment Insurance Rate?

How Do I Make my Payment?

What is a Transmitter?

Can I submit wages from another state that I'm using toward my taxable wage base in Montana into WOW?

Can I submit negative wages in WOW?

WARP on the Web - NOW FASTER AND MORE HELPFUL!

Employers (and transmitters who submit data on behalf of employers) all across the state of Montana can use WARP on the Web (WOW) to store and submit unemployment insurance tax information via the internet. Employer data is available online (with an authorized password) anytime, even after the required quarterly report has been completed and transmitted to the Department of Labor and Industry. No more diskettes. No more hardcopy.

If an employer chooses the electronic ACH Debit payment option supported by WOW, even using postal mail to send in quarterly checks can be a thing of the past.

WOW has a "bubble help" feature that displays quick reminders of how to correctly enter all necessary data. WOW displays a helpful hint about each field or button as the user passes their mouse pointer over the labels and buttons. For more detailed help, the Help link at the top of each WARP screen allows users to quickly open a help file that provides a more thorough explanation of all fields and buttons on WOW, screen by screen.

What is WARP on the Web (WOW)?

WOW (WARP on the Web) is Montana's employer tax and Wage Automated Reporting Program On the Web. It is the program which an employer, or their designated representative can electronically submit quarterly Unemployment Insurance reports and payments via the Internet. This application will:

Record employee wages
Compute excess wages
Compute taxes due for unemployment insurance
Eliminate filing paper quarterly reports for UI
Accept ACH Debit Payments

Can I Download Data directly from my Office's Payroll Package right into WOW?

WOW does not accept direct downloads from other software packages (like Peachtree). We do offer two conversion spreadsheets to convert ICESA formats into the downloadable CSV format.

What is my Unemployment Insurance (UI) Rate?

Each employer receives their Unemployment Insurance Rate on their annual Rate Notice, which is mailed directly to every employer statewide from the Department of Labor and Industry. WOW has a built-in function that will look up your UI Tax Rate for you automatically and post it to the Quarterly Report Creation screen when filing a report.

Can I Access or Change My Previous Data?

WOW allows employers (and authorized businesses that transmit for employers) to review all tax and wage data submitted via WOW for previous quarters. WOW will not allow an employer to change report data transmitted for previous quarters, but will allow amended reports to be submitted anytime after the original has been sent (from the Quarterly Report Creation screen).

On the Quarterly Report Creation screen, WOW offers the option to submit an amended quarterly report for any prior reporting period (if that prior report was submitted via WOW).

Currently WOW only allows one uploaded file per quarter so any previously uploaded data will have to be changed manually before an amended return can be filed.

Because UI was moved from the Department of Revenue to the Department of Labor and Industry in 2004, employers will still be required to file a hard copy amended report for reporting periods prior to the first quarter of 2004.

When can I submit my Reports via WARP on the Web?

The WOW system is generally available for use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
State Law (MCA 15-30-204) effective January 1, 1999 states that "(2) (a) Every employer is required to file a quarterly report in the form required by the department."and" (b) The report is due on or before the last day of the month following the close of the calendar quarter."

What is My Taxable Wage Base?

The Taxable Wage Base changes from year to year. WOW has a built-in function to look up the Taxable Wage Base for you and post it on the Quarterly report creation page when filing a report.

The Taxable Wage Base for 2010 has been set at $26,000.

Experience rated employers are required to report all wages paid to employees on a quarterly report, but to only pay taxes on wages paid up to and including the Taxable Wage Base amount for each employee.

Any wages paid to an employee over the Taxable Wage Base are considered Excess Wages.

Governmental rated, governmental employers and Non-profit employers electing the reimbursable method of payment pay tax on total wages and do not have excess wages

How Do I Make my Payment?

Click on "Pay UI Online" from the Main Menu or from the Payment History screen, click the "New Payment" link, to display the " Add/Modify Payment " screen. From this screen, select a Payment Method. WOW will display the choices available for the employer. Then fill in the payment amount, and the applicable year and quarter.

Payment submission methods currently supported by WOW include:

ACH Debit - Register for the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Debit ability by completing the downloadable ACH Registration Form in PDF format. (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF files. Click on this icon to download the reader).
Business/Personal Check or Money Order - Send your quarterly payment amount due by check to: Department of Labor and Industry, P.O. Box 6339, Helena, MT 59604

When mailing your check be certain to include the UI5E report or a copy of the UI5 report generated from WOW. Payments must be postmarked on or before the last business day of the month following the end of the quarter for which you are paying.

Can I submit wages from another state that I'm using toward my taxable wage base in Montana into WOW?

WOW contains screens that allow entry of taxable wages from another state for the purpose of calculating excess wages for the year automatically on the Quarterly Report Creation screen. These wages should only be entered if an employer has wages for the year, in montana.

Can I submit negative wages in WOW?
No, you cannot submit negative wages. If a negative wage exists, the wage should not be included and the quarter that the over payment exists in, should be amended. Amended reports should be submitted for the year/quarter in which wages are being amended. To amend in WOW, please see the instructions for the Quarterly Report Creation screen.

Unemployment Insurance Division

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