Authorize QuickBooks as your Massachusetts unemployment Third Party Agent

Learn how to authorize QuickBooks to act as your payroll agent in Massachusetts (MA).

When you set up your new payroll service, or when you add a new employee in MA, you need to authorize us as your payroll agent with the state.

The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) requires you to do this through their website. Once you do, we'll be able to send electronic payroll tax payments and forms on your behalf through any of our payroll products. This takes just a few minutes to complete. Choose your payroll product below for instructions.

Authorize QuickBooks as your payroll agent

1. Sign into the Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance site.
2. Select Additional Services.
3. From Access management, select Manage third party administrator access.
4. Select Add third party administrator.
5. Select Next.

6. Enter our agent ID
   • QuickBooks Online Payroll: 100182 (this may show as Paycycle)
   • QuickBooks Desktop Payroll: 100035 (this may show as Computing Resources Inc.)

7. Select Next.
8. From Select the account(s) you'd like to grant access, select the Employer box.
9. From Do you want to grant this third party administrator access to perform benefit charges protest or wage and separation mailing? Select No.
10. Select Next.
11. Review the info, then select Submit.

When you’ve finished, we'll complete your enrollment.

• If you have QuickBooks Online Payroll: It'll take 5 days to complete your enrollment.
• If you have QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Enhanced or Assisted: It'll take two weeks to complete your enrollment.