PA SGOC Filing Deadline Extended - New Deadline Date not yet announced

PA Department of Revenue presses 'pause' on accepting 2014 activity being entered on their website until technical issues are resolved.  They also officially announce they will be extending the filing deadline date.

References:
http://www.revenue.pa.gov/GeneralTaxInformation/Tax%20Types%20and%20Information/Pages/Small%20Games%20of%20Chance/SGOC%20-%20Eligible%20Organizations%20and%20Club%20Licensees.aspx#.VMoHJ_54pK0

Having difficulty filing your gaming activity with the PA Department of Revenue?

Update: As of Monday January 12th the State modified the website to allow Negative Net proceed amounts. If you entered your activity into the website prior to 1/12/2015 and you had negative net proceeds (that you could not enter) - you may wish to inquire about your need to re-enter your activity.

Having difficulty filing your gaming activity with the PA Department of Revenue?

The time has finally arrived for your organization to file your 2014 gaming activity with the Department of Revenue. Now that the Department’s website is up-and-running, a number of difficulties have surfaced. Here is a list of some of the complications Licensee’s are finding with filing:

-          - Saving the information you’ve typed into the website is not possible

       - If your Organization netted a negative amount for a given week (a common occurrence) for a game, you cannot input the negative number, you must input a “0”

-           - If you input all of your 2014 activity, but find that you’ve made a mistake, you must re-enter your information in its entirety and hope that you haven’t made another error in the process

To this point, the only news regarding e-filing is that the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue will be making changes to allow for reporting of negative net proceeds. We maintain regular communication with the PA Department of Revenue, and we’ll keep you updated as information is made available.

As the leading ticket tracking software company in Pennsylvania, our promise is to make this very difficult process simple. We ensure that our Customers games are tracked by game and week in each of the required BLCE Schedules, and then file our Customers yearly activity with the Department of Revenue so that our Customers don’t have to.  Additionally, our Customers are able to edit their data at any time.

We are the ONLY Company approved by the PA Department of Revenue to file your gaming activity electronically. Our goal is to simplify tracking and reporting small games of chance. Our Customers do not have to worry about keeping large amounts of gaming records and filing yearly activity with the Department of Revenue, because our software does all of this for you.

For most Organizations, Gaming is their most vital source of revenue. Call us today, we’d be happy to show you how we make winning simple. 

Paul Jubas

Vice President

Myers Integrated Systems

PA Dept of Revenue Website available for 2014 SGOC activity

https://www.doreservices.state.pa.us/sgoc/Default.aspx

The Pa Department of Revenue website is available for organizations licensed to conduct small games of chance.  If your organization makes over $20,000 a year from gaming, you have until January 31, 2015 to file your 2014 activity into the State’s website.

Many organizations will now be finding themselves spending weeks compiling inconsistent gaming records, then taking those records and spending countless hours manually entering their gaming records into the Department of Revenue’s website

Why is this process so difficult?

Because all of the following must be accounted for:

1.    All Games that were in play and out of play in 2014, Gross Revenue/Total Expenses/Total Prizes and Proceeds amounts need to be grouped/tallied and reported.

2.    Processes must be implemented to lower the risk of employee theft

3.    Each game must be tracked using up to 14 different Schedules provided by the PA Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.

4.    For all 2014 gaming activity each of the 8 Game types need to be grouped by business week, Expenses/Proceeds etc. Tallied and entered into the States website.

5.    All of your Gaming 60% transactions (donations) and a summary of your 40% transactions need to be entered into the States website.

SIENNA, our easy to use ticket tracking software, simplifies this complicated process.

By choosing SIENNA, our Customers do not have these difficulties. SIENNA simplifies all of the difficult aspects of running a successful gaming business.

SIENNA provides your organization with all of the following:

-       Tracks all information required by the BLCE as sales and payouts are made

-       Significantly reduces the ability for bar staff to steal gaming money

-       Provides daily reports for reconcilement

-       The ONLY ticket tracking software that files your gaming activity electronically to the Department of Revenue, so you don’t have to.

With features like Membership Tracking and customized alerts, your organization will find itself saving time, money, and simplifying all of the processes required to run a successful gaming business. Above all else, you will be safeguarding this all-important revenue stream. As the only ticket tracking system that is approved by the PA Department of Revenue, SIENNA provides the simplification and compliance that your organization needs to succeed.

Happy New Year and May you all have a Blessed 2015!

D. Kelly Myers

www.myersintsystems.com
"Think outside the Jar"

Resources: Same as listed above; https://www.doreservices.state.pa.us/sgoc/Default.aspx