Enter the following unemployment information and mark any appropriate checkboxes:

• Calculate interest/penalty (checkbox). Mark this checkbox to have the program calculate the interest and penalty amounts based on the date entered in the Signature information group box. If no date is entered, the system date will be used. When this checkbox is marked, the Interest/Penalty field is disabled.
• Not required to complete tax portion of TX-17 (checkbox)
• Change in business ownership, location, or nature (checkbox)
• Paid by EFT (checkbox)
• Last payroll date
• TX-17 Filing method. Select Diskette or CD from the drop-down list.
• TX-17(Continuation) Filing method. Select Diskette, CD or Internet from the drop-down list.

Select the employer's filing frequency from the drop-down list.

• Quarterly
• Monthly
• Quarter-monthly. If Quarter-monthly is selected as the filing frequency, choose the period of the month for which you are currently filing.

Enter the following signature information.

• Title
• Date. Enter the date form(s) were prepared and signed. Interest and penalty are calculated based on this date if you choose to have the program automatically calculate them. If no date is entered here, the system date will be used.
• Suppress date on forms (checkbox). Marking this checkbox will omit the signature date from all forms.

Enter the amounts of any payments made in each period of each month.