The myriad forms governments typically need from the world of business are frequently frustrating enough, but in its ongoing bid to become more business friendly and especially more user friendly, the Michigan Department of Treasury is streamlining online operations for business owners.
Michigan’s businesses now have an easy option for conducting taxpayer transactions after several recent enhancements were made to the Michigan Treasury Online website, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury.
Effective immediately, businesses can upload their W-2s and other wage statements, request fuel credit refunds and perform other paperless taxpayer duties through a cleaner, redesigned website. For the last year, Treasury has worked to make MTO an effective and user-friendly resource for business taxpayers by improving and expanding its internet services.
Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri is pleased with the results, saying, “Treasury is committed to enhancing our taxpayer services and experiences.” He adds, “We carefully listened to the business community about what works and what doesn’t work when conducting business online. As a result of those conversations, changes were made to the Michigan Treasury Online website to ensure our taxpayers are adequately served.”
Through MTO, business taxpayers can:
- Create and maintain personal user profiles to access web services
- Use a single sign-on for all MTO related services
- Electronically register a business for Michigan business taxes
- Connect to Treasury business accounts through a variety of platforms
- Manage registration information with Treasury
- File and pay Sales, Use and Withholding (SUW) taxes and Essential Services Assessment (ESA)
- Print and save tax return drafts
- Print or retrieve emailed confirmation numbers
- Manage payments and payment information
- View and print all filed returns and payments
- Request fuel credit refunds
- Upload W-2 and other wage statements
- View Treasury-issued correspondence and sales tax licenses
By the close of 2017, Treasury hopes to have 160,000 SUW taxpayers actively using Michigan Treasury Online, accounting for approximately half of Michigan’s SUW taxpayers.
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