If you have any comments or questions, please call us at 304-264-8700 ext. 3 or email us at mark.j.maslauskas@m1.irs.gov or connie.s.dehaven@m1.irs.gov or cathy.a.raney@m1.irs.gov.

Part A - Uploading Files with Dial-up Networking/Web Browser in Windows 95 or 98

Tips:

• You are not going through the Internet using this interface - this is a point to point connection.
   
• Your browser must be capable of file uploads, i.e., Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape Navigator 2.0 or higher.
   
• If you currently access the Internet via a LAN or a PROXY server, you will need to disable those options in your browser and enable "Connect to the Internet using a modem".
   

First time connecting with Dial-Up Network:

The first time you dial-in, you will need to configure your Dial-Up Networking.
If you have logged on previously, skip this part.

1. Select "Make New Connection".
    
2. Type a descriptive name for the system you are calling.
    
3. Select your modem.
    
4. Click "Next".
    
5. Enter area code 304 and telephone number 262-2400.
    
6. Click "Next".
    
7. When you receive a message that you have successfully created a new Dial-Up Networking connection, click "Finish".
    
8. Click "Connect" to dial. If you are prompted for a user name and password, complete according to local procedures, otherwise, click "OK".
    
9. When you receive the message that you have connected to our system, click on your Web Browser (remember, you are not connecting via the Internet-this is a point to point connection.) In the URL Address enter http://10.225.224.2 and press enter.
    

Subsequent Dial-Up Network connections:

1. Click "Connect".
    
2. If prompted for user name and password, complete according to local procedures, otherwise, click "OK".
    
3. When you receive "Connection Complete", click "OK".
    
4. Click on your Web Browser (remember, you are not connecting via the Internet)
    
5. In the URL address enter http://10.225.224.2 and press enter.
    

First time connection to the Electronic Filing System

If you have logged on previously, skip this part.

1. Click "Create New Account".
    
2. Fill out the registration form and click "Create Account".
    
3. Enter your logon name (most users logon with their first and last name).
    
4. Enter your password (the password is user assigned and is case sensitive).
    
5. Create "Create Account".
    
6. If you receive the message "Account Created", click "OK".
    

Subsequent connections to the Electronic Filing System

1. Click "Log On".
    
2. Enter your logon name.
    
3. Enter your password.
    

1. Click "Electronic Filing".
    
2. Click "Information Returns".
    
3. Enter your TCC.
    
4. Enter your EIN.
    
5. Click "Submit".
    
6. The system will then display the company name, address, city, state, zip code, and phone number. This information will be used to contact or send any correspondence regarding this transmission. Update as appropriate and/or Click "Accept".
    
   Click one of the following:
   • Original File
      
   • Correction File
      
   • Test File
      
   • Replacement File (if you select this option, select one of the following:)
      

     File submitted on this system (file was originally transmitted on this system)
      

     Click file to be replaced.
      

     Magnetic media replacement file
      

     Enter the Alpha character from the media tracking slip that was returned with your magnetic media shipment.
      

     IRP-BBS replacement file
      

     If you are replacing a file that was originally submitted on the IRP-BBS, enter the original filename assigned by that system.
      

7. Click "Submit".
    
8. Enter the drive/path/filename of the file you want to upload or click "Browse" to locate the file.
    
9. Click "Upload".
    
   When the upload is complete, the screen will display the total bytes received and tell you the name of the file you just uploaded. If you have more files to upload click "File Another", otherwise,
    
10. Click "Back to Main Menu".
     

In 1-2 business days, you can check the acceptability of your file.

At the Main Menu:

1. Click "File Status".
    
2. Enter your TCC.
    
3. Enter your EIN.
    
4. If "Results" indicate:
    

   "File Good" and you agree with the "Count of Payees" and you have mailed your Form 4804:
    

   You are finished with this file. (Form 4804 is not needed on a replacement file unless the number of payees changes from the original/correction file.)
    

   "File Bad"
    

   Correct the errors and resubmit the file as a "replacement".
    

   "Not Yet Processed"
    

   File has been received, but we do not have results available yet. Please check back in a few days.
    

5. Click on the desired file for a detailed report of your transmission.
    
6. When you are finished, click "Logoff".
    
7. Close your Web Browser.
   

IMPORTANT

Go back into your Dial-Up Network and click "hang-up", otherwise you may stay connected and incur unnecessary phone charges.

Mail the Form 4804 to:

IRS - Martinsburg Computing Center
ATTN: Information Returns Branch
320 Murall Drive
Kearneysville, WV 25430

Please indicate on the envelope the following message:

ONLY CONTAINS FORM 4804 - NO MAGNETIC MEDIA

If you have any questions, please call us at 304 263-8700 extension 3.