16377: AL - Creating and Filing the UC-CR-4/4A (DAS)

For filing to the Alabama Department of Labor (DOL), DAS produces:

• A .txt file for upload to the Alabama eGov website.
• A PDF of Form UC-CR-4/4A, Quarterly Contribution Report for record-keeping purposes only. 

Alabama requires the UC-CR-4/4A to be e-filed.

See Related Links below for required setup before creating the state wage report. 

To prepare the UC-CR-4/4A:

• Select the Employees or On the Fly menu, then select State Tax & Wage Forms.
• Make sure AL is selected, then select UC-CR4 UC-CR4A from the Forms droplist.
• Select the applicable quarter.
• Review the form and make any necessary entries or edits.
• Make sure the e-file checkbox is marked, then select Save/Print.

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Save/Print creates the watermarked PDF of Form UC-CR-4/4A for record-keeping purposes, as well as the .txt file for upload to the Alabama DOL.

To e-file:

• Log in to the Alabama DOL eGov account.
• Follow the menu options to upload the wage file.
• The file for upload can be found by browsing to the drive where DAS is installed > DrakeAccounting20YY > DAS20YYData (beginning in DAS2021) > Clients > client code > EFile > AL > ALUCCR4UCCR4A and selecting the file named ALUCCR4UCCR4A_YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC.txt (where YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC is the date and time of file creation).

For more information regarding e-filing the UC-CR-4/4A, see the Alabama Department of Labor eGov webpage.