What NYS Is Requesting Professional Tax Preparers to Inform Employers

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is  professional tax preparers to ensure  any of their clients who are employers to know that they must provide the following information to each of their employees whose work schedule and/or employment status has been impacted as a result of COVID-19 related issues,  NYS Employer Registration No: Federal Employer Identification No, Employer Name, and ; Employer Address.

“Please make sure that all relevant employees, including those who have already been impacted by COVID-19, are promptly provided this information. You may use Form IA 12.3 to provide this information to your employees,” NYS commands.

In the letter the Agency says,  “During this COVID-19 Pandemic, many workplaces have been directly impacted by closures or workforce reduction. Your clients who are employers are required by law (12 NYCRR § 472.8) to provide certain information to their employees to help them promptly complete the unemployment insurance benefits application.

“Please help us get the word out by sharing the following information as widely as possible: by email to your New York State withholding tax or Unemployment Insurance clients, on your website, and on social media,” the agency wrote.