For filing to the California Employment Development Department (EDD), DAS produces:

• A .csv file of the data reported on Form DE-9C, Quarterly Contribution Return and Report Of Wages (Continuation), for upload.

• A PDF version of the DE-9/DE-9C for record-keeping purposes only.

  Important  California state law mandates electronic submission of tax returns, wage reports, and payroll tax deposits for all employers.

To prepare the CA DE-9:

• Select the Employees or On the Fly menu, then select State Tax & Wage Forms.

• Make sure CA is selected, then select DE-9 DE-9C 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.

Save/Print creates the watermarked PDF for record-keeping purposes, as well as the .csv file for upload to the CA EDD.

To upload the file:

• Log in to the CA e-Services for Business website.​

• Follow the menu options to upload the 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 > CA > CADE9 and selecting the file named CADE9_YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC.csv (where YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC is the date and time of the file creation.)