I am doing some (non-homework) research about internet reporting of required information. Do you know of any mandatory reports that must be submitted via the internet?
For example:
“I am a widget manufacturer, and every time one of my employees gets injured, I have to report it to the Department of Labor, and the only way to do so is via the DoL website, www.DoL.gov.” Or…
“I’m a truck driver, and I have to report miles driven each year, and how many stops I make. I use form DOT-1234, and I email it to the DOT at forms@ dot.gov every January.” Or…
"I'm a doctor, and Health & Human Svcs requires that I report every bubonic plague case on their website.
Links or info about the authority that requires this reporting would be most appreciated. Thank you for your assistance.
It’s not completely mandatory, but the Ohio Unemployment system makes it pretty hard to do anything offline. You have to log in to make your claim every week and also to check for messages. They do give you the option to do all this over the phone but they don’t seem to make that option super-obvious.
You also have to sign up on some job search Web site in order to qualify for benefits, once you have opted in to using the Unemployment Web site (instead of the phone). I’m not sure what people who don’t use the Web site are supposed to do.
If you call Unemployment to get some help, their wait messages urge you over and over to go to their Web site for help.
Corporate IRS tax returns over a certain size are no longer accepted in paper form. They have to be E-filed. I think the cutoff is $10 million in assets.
Social security W-3 reports for employers of over 250 employees must be submitted by Internet or magnetic media.
Washington state Dept of Revenue requires* monthly sales & excise tax filers to file and pay electronically via a web site unless they get a waiver. The waiver requires you to explain why access to a computer is such a burden to you. The rule is only three months old, so I don’t know how lenient the state is being with those waivers. “Requires” here means that you’ll be hit with a penalty if you do not file electronically.
US Military is going electronic. I know for sure that Army NCOERs (Non-Commisioned Officer Evaluation Report) must be done digitally. It isn’t submitted on the internet. Basically it is filled out on a computer, then it gets digitally signed by the signers. It is then emailed to the personel office.
There are other forms that are electronic only, but I can’t tell you which ones off the top of my head.