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AZURE Bulk Filing Overview

The Arizona UI Tax Reporting for Employers (AZURE) system allows any filer to upload single or multiple quarterly Unemployment Tax & Wage Reports in XML format and submit ACH Credit payments via a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) process. 

The AZURE Bulk Filing System Overview

  • Receives XML files containing Tax & Wage report data for multiple employers in a XML file format.
  • Sends two acknowledgements; one for file receipt and one for file validation.
  • Receives corresponding ACH credit payment data from the bank.
  • No limits on the size of employers/employees when filing with the following exceptions:
    • Test files are not to exceed a maximum of 1000 employers per file.​
    • Production files are not to exceed a maximum of 5000 employers per file.

The steps required to use AZURE

Contact information

For more information or assistance, please contact the UI Tax Employer Accounting Unit at (602)771-3689 or (602)771-6601.  You may also email your questions to [email protected].

► AZURE FAQs.
► AZURE User Requirements.

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