Employer and Third-Party Agent Instructions for Submitting Files in BEACON - Unemployment Insurance
BEACON, Maryland’s unemployment insurance (UI) system, provides a central online portal for claimants, employers, and third-party agents to complete UI tasks and receive information.
To use BEACON, an employer or agent must create an account (for instructions, see the BEACON Account Activation and Registration for Employers and Third-Party Agents webpage).
You can file wage reports (also called contribution reports) in BEACON by entering employee and wage information using one of the following file formats:
- CSV
- XML
- ICESA
- EFW2
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Instructions for Third-Party Agents Third-Party Agent Acknowledgement File Format Sample Files: |
You need credentials to submit wage files by FTP in BEACON. (to obtain them, email ui.employeractivation@maryland.gov and use “FTP Wages” as the subject of the email). To obtain these credentials, please e-mail ui.employeractivation@maryland.gov and use “FTP Wages” as the subject of the e-mail. For more about wage reports, see the BEACON Employer FAQs.
- Download: Payment Allocation File Specifications
- Power of Attorney Authorization Form
- Download: Employer-Agent ACH Credit File for Payments
For more information about BEACON, see:
- BEACON System Overview
- BEACON Tutorial Videos for Employers & Third-Party Agents
- BEACON Employer FAQs
For questions, contact the Employer Call Center at 410-949-0033.