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Payment Technical Specification

The Kansas Department of Labor will accept the Payment file format found below. The layout defined below only indicates the fields required by the Kansas Department of Labor. Please review our specification carefully to determine exactly what records and fields are required.

The following requirements are used to reject an entire file:

  • Must be readable.
  • Must be ASCII text data format.
  • Must not put your organization over the 100mb maximum submission per day.
  • All Records must be 381characters in length (each record is a separate line ended by CR LF)
  • File must be of type zip, gz, bz2, txt, or dat. All other files will be rejected. Any compressed file must be of type txt or dat after it is decompressed. Any compressed file can only contain one file.
  • File name must be less than 75 characters.
  • File must not exceed 5mb. If a file is larger than 5mb than we suggest either compressing it using zip, gz, or bz2 or breaking it up into multiple files.

File Layout:

Code H

LOCATION
FIELD NAME
FIELD LENGTH
FIELD SPECIFICATIONS
Required
1-1
Record Identifier
1
Constant "H"
x
2-10
Transmitter FEIN
9
Transmitter's Federal Employer's Identification Number Use only the 9 numeric characters.  NO hyphens, prefixes or suffixes
x
11 - 60
Transmitter Name
50
Name of the organization submitting (transmitting) the file
x
61 - 100
Transmitter Street
40
 
Street address of the transmitter
x
101 - 125
Transmitter City
25
City of the transmitter
x
126 - 127
Transmitter State
2
The standard 2 character FIPS postal Code abbreviation for the transmitter's state
x
128 - 132
Transmitter Zip
5
 
Transmitter's Zip Code
x
133 - 136
Transmitter Zip +4
4
Transmitter's 4 digit extension of the zip code.  Include the hyphen in position 159.  If unknown, fill with blanks.
 
137 - 166
Transmitter Contact
30
Name of individual from transmitter organization who is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of this file.
x
167 - 176
Telephone Number
10
10 digit voice telephone number where the transmitter contact can be reached
x
177 - 180
Extension
4
Voice telephone extension or voice mail box of transmitter contact
 
181-220
Transmitter Email
40
Transmitter's email address.  
 
221-381
Blanks
161
Fill with Blanks.
 

Code D

LOCATION
FIELD NAME
FIELD LENGTH
FIELD SPECIFICATIONS
Required
1-1
Record Identifier
1
Constant "D"
X
2-7
Employer Account Number
6
6 digit Kansas account number.
X
8-57
Client Name
50
Client's name.
X
58-67
Client Phone1
10
Client's telephone number including area code. Numbers only, no parenthesis or dashes.
X
68-77
Client Phone2
10
Client's telephone number including area code. Numbers only, no parenthesis or dashes.
78-117
Client Email
40
Client's email address. 
X
118-197
Client Mailing Address
80
123 N Main, Topeka, KS, 66603-3434
X
198-247
Account Name
50
Name of the account holder.
X
248-248
Account Type
1
'C' for Checking or 'S' for Savings.
X
249-257
Routing Number
9
Right justify and zero fill.
X
258-275
Account Number
18
Left justify and blank fill.
X
276-355
Account Address
80
123 N Main, Topeka, KS, 66603-3434
X
356-361
Payment Period
6
Enter the last month and four-digit year for the calendar quarter for which this payment applies; e.g., “032004” for January-March of 2004. 
X
362-373
Order Amount
12
Right justify and zero fill. Include dollars and cents with the decimal point assumed.
X
374-381
Date to Process
8
MMDDCCYY. Numbers only, no separators.
X
   


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