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Before you sign up, please make sure that the company from which you purchased your tax software will not retrieve acknowledgements for you. For more information about signing up, or confirming a current sign-up, go to sign-up procedures. Information On The 120-byte Acknowledgement What Makes AKSYS the Best Acknowledgement Service?
What's New For Revenue Departments?

What's New For Transmitters?
Policy regarding late notices. The price per acknowledgement charged by AKSYS depends on the number processed and on related costs. Because of the loss of another state's acknowledgements for the 2006 filing season, and an increase in the cost of providing the service due to rising energy and labor charges, AKSYS has raised its rate to 16 cents effective December 1, 2005. The rate could increase, without notice, if the number of participating revenue departments decreases further or if costs of services and products related to providing the service rise. Transmitters who have their AKSYS services interrupted because they have not paid their bill by the due date can be charged at a higher rate.
AKSYS employs two systems to pass acknowledgements to its transmitter customers. They are the dialup system and the Internet system.

The Dialup System and Your Acknowledgement Files
All transmitters who are signed up for acknowledgement services from AKSYS have two current acknowledgement files on the dialup system. One file (file name extension .01) is for acknowledgements for state personal income tax forms. The other file (file name extension .11) is for state Form 1065 acknowledgements.

Your Web page and Your Acknowledgement Files on the Internet System
All transmitters who are signed up with AKSYS have a page at this site. If you requested that copies of your current acknowledgement files also be placed at this site, you can access the files directly or through your page. The name of your page is the area code of the telephone number you provided when you signed up + the last four digits of the telephone number + .htm. For example: If the number you provided when you signed up was 999 123-4567 the name of your page would be 9994567.htm and the name of your acknowledgement file for state personal income tax forms would be 999456701.txt. The name of your file of Form 1065 acknowledgments would be 999457611.txt. You can go directly to your page or to either file by entering the name of the page or file after this site address in the address box of your browser. Using the example provided above, the address box then would read http://gacaksys.com/9994567.htm or http://gacaksys.com/999456701.txt. or http://gacaksys.com/999456711.txt In order to use all of the functions available from AKSYS, you should NOT use WWW in the site address. At your page, you can request the reposting of acknowledgments, and you can link to a current acknowledgement file. If you requested that your acknowledgement files not be placed here at the site, the hyperlinks at the acknowledgement file buttons at your page will link only to dummy files.

Systems Status

Dial-up Systems.	>>>>>>>	All dial-up systems are up at (719) 475-9079 for transmitters. Transmitters, use your access code. Do not wait for prompts, but send your access code from 5 to 15 seconds after your computer connects. Revenue departments, please use the toll-free number provided to you.

Internet Systems	>>>>>>>	Internet systems are up.

Operating Procedures
Entry	Description	Link

1.	Information Notes for New Subscribers (10-28-2005)	Info Notes
2.	a. What is an acknowledgement ? (10-28-2005)	What?
	b. Why do I need an acknowledgement for every return I file electronically to a state revenue department? (10-28-2005)	Why?
	c. What does an acknowledgement file look like? (11-21-2005)
	An acknowledgement file with a dummy record (11-21-2005)	A real dummy file!
	An acknowledgement file with acknowledgements (11-21-2005)	A real live file!
3.	Excerpts of Individual Sections of AKSYS Specification: AK-050195, Volume 2, Operating Instructions
	1. AKSYS -- A General Description (11-22-2005)	Section 1
	2. How AKSYS Communicates With Transmitters (11-30-2005)	Section 2
	3. Connecting With AKSYS (11-30-2005)	Section 3
	4. Fees and Payment (11-21-2005)	Section 4
	5. Sample Files (11-30-2005)	Section 5
	6. Procedures For Revenue Departments (11-30-2005)	Section 6
	7. Toll-Free Service and Security (11-22-2005)	Section 7
	8. Internet Operations (11-22-2005)	Section 8
	9. Repostings AKSYS now can repost acknowledgements by social security number, ETIN, EFIN, and Return Sequence Number. a. How to Request Repostings (Rehangings) b. When to Request a Reposting c. AKSYS's Responses d. Repost Failure Records e. What you get: How does AKSYS respond to requests for repostings using social security numbers, ETINs, EFINs, or Return Sequence Numbers. (11-30-2005)	Section 9
	Sample Web page (11-22-2005)	Sample
	The 120-Byte Acknowledgement Record (10-28-2005)	Appendix 1

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