Overview

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

• A PDF of form UC-1, Unemployment Contributions Report.

• A .txt file for e-file.

Preparing the Report

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

2. Make sure ME is selected, then select UC-1 from the Forms droplist.

3. Select the applicable quarter.

4. Review the form and make any necessary entries or edits.

5. 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 Maine REEMPLOYME website is also created.

e-Filing the Report

1. Log in to the ME REEMPLOYME website.

2. 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 > ME > MEUC1 and selecting the file named MEUC1_YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC.txt (where YYYY-MM-DD_HR_MIN_SEC is the date and time of file creation.