This registry entry is required if you will be filing your Federal W2’s electronically (as magnetic media) to avoid truncation of the lines included on the report. This registry is also required for state electronic W-2 reporting, including for the state of Maryland.
Testing Your Registry Entries
The system does not verify the validity of registry entries. Be sure to test your registry entries after completing them to verify that they are functioning correctly.
Setting Values are Uppercase-Lowercase Sensitive:
The Setting Value is case-sensitive: be sure that you enter the value exactly as specified in the documentation. If the documentation specifies a value of true, do NOT enter True or TRUE.
A related registry entry, sys-w2-ef must also be completed.
The Registry Entry Federal and State EIN and Registry Company Name Entry must be also be set correctly.
The most recent copy of RW2EF.rpt must be imported into your database.
See Report W2 Electronic File for instructions on running this report.
Id: sys-report-RW2EF
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