Tips to Improve the Processing of Your Withholding Tax Payments
Withholding Payments
- You can use an online application, Business Tax Express, to make your withholding payments electronically. If you would like to participate in the ACH debit program for withholding tax, go to Business Tax Express to register. The department generally approves your registration within one day if you are registered on our processing system as a business customer and will send you an e-mail indicating you are approved. You can warehouse your payment to be made at a later date and you can view two year's filing history online.
- If you choose to make your withholding payments using scannable coupons, please do not cross out or otherwise mark the scannable code bar located at the bottom of the payment coupon. If the code bar is altered in any way, the coupon cannot be processed electronically by our high-speed scanning equipment.
- Please use the coupon provided to you for the current filing period. Using an old coupon may cause inaccurate information, such as an outdated state account ID.
Submitting the Payment
- Electronic payment is the most accurate and time-efficient way to make a payment. Call us at (406) 444-6900 to learn more about electronic funds transfer and ACH debit payments.
- If you pay by check, please include the following information on your check: business' state account ID number, business' federal ID number, tax period (i.e. period end date) and the type of tax liability you are paying. This will help ensure your payment is applied properly to your account.
