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Authorize QuickBooks as your District of Columbia unemployment Third Party Agent

SOLVED•by QuickBooks•6•Updated December 15, 2023

Learn how to register with the D.C. Department of Employment Services in the District of Columbia for electronic payment and filing services.

If you are an employer in D.C. and using QuickBooks Online Payroll or QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted, you must register your company and set up QuickBooks as your Third Party Agent (TPA) for us to pay and file on your behalf.

If you've never activated your online DOES account, follow these steps first.

  1. Go to https://essp.does.dc.gov/.
  2. Select Employer.
  3. Select Register for a new Account.
  4. Follow the on-screen steps to complete your registration.

Assign QuickBooks a Third Party Agent (TPA) role in your DOES Employer Registration account.

To see a video tutorial of this process, go to DOES Employer Self Service Portal Help & Support and click  4 How to assign an agent. 

Note: You must have already registered for a DOES account. You also need a completed and signed copy of the DC POA (Power of Attorney) Form OUCTAX-1 saved to your computer to upload to the state website.

  1. Sign in to your DOES ESSP account.
  2. Select Account Maintenance.
  3. Select Agent Assignment.
  4. Select Add Agent.
    • Note: If there's already a TPA assigned to your account, enter an End Date for each of the Roles assigned to the previous TPA. The date should be the last day of the last quarter your previous TPA reported for you.

  1. Enter QuickBooks agent account number:
    • QuickBooks Online Payroll: DC7X6W.
      Note: Our name will appear as PayCycle, Inc.
    • QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted: DC4j6B.
      Note: Our name will appear as Computing Resources, Inc.

  1. Select Search.
  2. In Agent Assignment screen, select Select POA to select and upload a completed and signed copy of the DC POA (Power of Attorney) Form OUCTAX-1 document that establishes your relationship with QuickBooks. The document must be in PDF format.

  1. Add the following info in the TPA section
    • Name of Reporting Agent:
      • QuickBooks Online Payroll: PayCycle Inc.
      • QuickBooks Desktop Payroll Assisted: COMPUTING RESOURCES INC
    • Address: 6888 Sierra Center Pkwy Reno, NV 89511

  1. Select Upload to save the selected file.
  2. Select the checkboxes next to the following Roles:
    • Wage Reporting  
    • Payment Submission
    • Account Maintenance
  3. Enter the Access Begin Date for each Role. The Begin Date must be the first day of the first quarter QuickBooks will be reporting for you. (i.e. If you came on service with QuickBooks in November, the begin date will be 10/01/2020, the first day of the 4th quarter.)
  4. Leave the End Dates empty then select Save.

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