AL - Employer's Return of Income Tax Withheld Forms (DAS)

For filing to the Alabama Department of Revenue (DOR), DAS produces:

• A PDF copy and a .txt file of Form A-1, Employer's Quarterly Return of Income Tax Withheld.
• A PDF copy and a .csv file of Form A-3, Annual Reconciliation of Income Tax Withheld.
• A PDF copy and a .txt file of Form A-6, Employer's Monthly Return of Income Tax Withheld.

If the "Amount Remitted With This Return" on Form A-1 or Form A-6 is $750 or more, Alabama requires these forms to be filed and paid electronically.  The A-3 is required to be electronically filed for employers who are submitting 25 or more W-2's, or who have filed and paid electronically during the year.

See Related Links below for required setup before creating the withholding returns.

To prepare:

• Select the Employees or On the Fly menu, then select State Tax & Wage Forms.
• Make sure AL is selected, then select the desired form (A-1, A-3, or A-6)​.
• Select the applicable period if preparing Forms A-1 or A-6.
• Review the form and make any necessary entries or edits. 
• Make sure the e-File checkbox is marked (if e-filing), then select Save/Print.

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Save/Print creates a PDF copy of the selected form that can be printed and paper-filed.  If e-File was selected, a  .txt or .csv file will be produced for upload to the Alabama DOR's electronic filing system, My Alabama Taxes (MAT).

To e-file:

• Log in to the Alabama MAT account.
• Follow the menu options to upload the withholding tax file. 
• The file for upload can be found by browsing to the drive where DAS is installed > DrakeAccounting20YY > DAS20YYData > DAS20YYData> Clients > client code > EFile > AL > ALAX (where X is the form number) (in DAS20 and prior the file location is DrakeAccounting20YY > Clients > client code > EFile > AL > ALAX) and selecting the file named ALAX_YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC (where YYYY-MM-DD_HR MIN_SEC is the date and time of file creation). The file type will either be .txt or .csv depending on AL requirements (listed above).

For more information about preparing these forms, see the Withholding Tax Tables and Instructions for Employers and Withholding Agents guide.