
Year-end Processing
With 2020 coming to a close, the year-end processing begins. Listed below are important deadlines. Please review these dates carefully. Any submissions that occur after the respective deadline may result in additional processing fees and/or penalties assessed by government agencies. You will be responsible for any of these fees/penalties.
W-2 Schedule
PROCESSING
Your W-2s will be processed after your final payroll of 2020. To delay this process, submit the year-end packet to place your W-2s on hold.
DELIVERY
W-2s will be delivered via your regular payroll delivery method. To have your W-2s delivered in an alternative method, please submit the year-end packet.
Year-end Packet
Place W-2 on Hold
W-2 Delivery Instructions
Third Party Sick Pay Instructions
1099 Processing Instructions
For a copy of the year-end packet, please send a request to ECCA Payroll+ Support. In addition, a link to the year-end packet will be available in Stack+; all the forms can be accessed from there.
Important Dates
Below are key deadlines for the 2020 year-end process. For helpful tips to guide you through this period, check out our blog for essential steps you should take as well as a free year-end checklist you can download.
November 26
- Thanksgiving Day.
- ECCA Payroll+ is CLOSED.
November 27
- ECCA Payroll+ is CLOSED.
December 11
- Deadline to place W-2s on hold.
- Fringe benefit taxable wages are due for the following:
- S-Corp health insurance.
- Personal use of a company-owned vehicle.
- Group term life imputed income.
- Employer HSA.
- For employers with more than 250 W-2s in the preceding calendar year, they must report the cost of employer-sponsored healthcare.
December 24
- Christmas Eve.
- ECCA Payroll+ will close early at 3:00 PM EST.
December 25
- Christmas Day.
- ECCA Payroll+ is CLOSED.
December 28
- Deadline to report the following to ECCA Payroll+:
- Third Party Sick Pay.
- 1099 Processing instructions.
- Any payroll bonus and year-end adjustment runs must be processed.
January 1, 2020
- New Year's Day.
- ECCA Payroll+ is CLOSED.
January 31
- Deadline to provide your employees with their W-2 forms.
- NOTE: If unable to locate an employee, employers should keep the employee copy of the W-2 for four years.
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ACA Deadline: Employers must provide employees copies of their 1095-B or 1095-C form by this date.
- NOTE: In the past, the IRS has extended this deadline by 30 days to March 2.