Drake Accounting - FL - Employer's Quarterly Report Florida RT-6

Article #: 16405

Last Updated: December 05, 2024

 

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Note  This article comprises former KB articles 16405 and 18305. It is herein referred to as KB 16405.

Create and file

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

  • A PDF copy of Form RT-6, Employer's Quarterly report, and Form RT-6A, Employer's Quarterly Report Continuation Sheet.

  • A .txt file for e-file.

Note  The wage data must be filed and the tax paid electronically if there are 10 or more employees in any quarter during the preceding state fiscal year (July 1-June 30). Employers that are required to file the wage data electronically must also file any corrections to the wage data electronically.

To prepare the RT-6:

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

  • Make sure FL is selected, then select RT-6 from the Forms droplist.

  • Select the applicable quarter.

  • Make sure the e-File checkbox is marked (if e-filing), then select Save/Print.

Save/Print creates a PDF copy of the form that can be printed and paper-filed. If e-File was marked, a .txt file for upload to the Florida Reemployment Website is also created.

To e-file:

  • Log in to the FL Reemployment Website.

  • 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 > FL > FLRT6 and selecting the file named FLRT6_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 about Florida reporting and payment, see the FL DOR Reemployment Tax Reporting and Payment Information webpage.

Florida's E-Verify Certification

Florida statute requires that all employers with 25 or more employees and all public agencies use E-Verify to validate that newly hired employees are eligible for employment within the United States. E-Verify is an application that allows employers to quickly and easily verify a new hire’s eligibility to work in the United States.

For more detailed information, see their website and open the menu on E-Verify. This information is used when filling out Florida's quarterly Form RT-6.