How to Register Paper or MeF Products

The following documentation provides information on the Product Registration process for MeF Certification via the Georgia Tax Center (GTC).

Important Information

  • Paper Certification must be done if you are also submitting an MeF Certification.
  • Each MeF product must receive corresponding paper form approval before final MeF approval will be granted.

Paper Certification

  • Register Paper Products
    1. Log into the GTC website
    2. Under the I Want To section, click Manage my vendor information.
    3. Click Product Registration.
    4. On the Certification Type step, select Paper. Click Next.
    5. Complete the Product Information step. Click Next.
    6. Complete the Paper Forms step.
    7. Select the applicable IDs and the applicable contact(s) from the list. Click Next.
    8. Review the agreement. If everything is correct, click the Submit button.
    9. Click Yes to confirm you want to submit the web request. 

    A confirmation page will appear with the confirmation number of the submission. Click the OK button to return to the Software Vendor Management screen.

  • Revise Paper Product Registration
    1. Log into the GTC website
    2. Under the I Want To section, click Manage my vendor information.
    3. Click Product Registration.
    4. Click Yes to update an existing request. Click Next.
    5. Select the paper product you would like to revise. You can only revise one product at a time. Click Next.
    6. Click through the web request, making changes to the information as needed, until you reach the Review Agreement step. If everything is correct, click Submit.
    7. Click Yes to confirm you want to submit the web request. 

    A confirmation page will appear with the confirmation number of the submission. Click the OK button to return to the Software Vendor Management screen.

MeF Certification

  • Register MeF Products
    1. Log into the GTC website
    2. Under the I Want To section, click Manage my vendor information.
    3. Click Product Registration.
    4. On the Certification Type step, select MeF. Click Next.
    5. Complete the Product Information step. Click Next. 
      For form years 2018 and forward, an additional question will appear under Product Information: “Will you support unlinked returns?”
    6. Complete the Supported Form Limitations step based off the form type selected in the previous step. Click Next.
    7. Select the applicable IDs and the applicable contact(s) from the list. Click Next.
    8. Review the agreement. If everything is correct, click the Submit button
    9. Click Yes to confirm you want to submit the web request. 

    A confirmation page will appear with the confirmation number of the submission. Click the OK button to return to the Software Vendor Management screen.

  • Revise MeF Products
    1. Log into the GTC website
    2. Under the I Want To section, click Manage my vendor information.
    3. Click Product Registration.
    4. Click Yes to update an existing request. Click Next.
    5. Select the MeF product you would like to revise. You can only revise one product at a time. Click Next.
    6. Click through the web request, making changes to the information as needed, until you reach the Review Agreement step. If everything is correct, click Submit.
    7. Click Yes to confirm you want to submit the web request. 

    A confirmation page will appear with the confirmation number of the submission. Click the OK button to return to the Software Vendor Management screen.