These standards provide guidelines to be followed by taxing authorities who handle withholding, unemployment insurance, information reporting, and payroll issues.

The "PIRC Design Standards" address electronic filing of wage documents, forms design, manual and automated return processing, and government compliance.

The "Guarantee Success by Supporting Various Efile Roles" document explains the various partners who will interact with an agency's electronic filing system, so that the agency can be certain that the requirements of all partners are met.