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Electronic Filing and Payment
for Businesses

The Montana Department of Revenue is committed to providing quality electronic services. Through these services the department will provide accurate, confidential and secure cost effective processing of information and payments.

EPass Montana is Montana’s single sign-on authentication solution to access electronic services. EPass is provided on Montana’s official state website, mt.gov, and allows access to all authorized eGovernment services using one username and password. There are currently two Department of Revenue applications available on ePass, File Transfer Service and Business Tax Express.

Electronic Filing Option for Annual Montana Withholding Report

Electronic Filing Option for Annual W-2 Annual Reporting for Withholding Tax

Business Tax Express

Business Tax Express is a free electronic program for filing and/or payments of withholding tax, lodging facility tax, rental vehicle tax and payments only for oil and gas production tax, cigarette tax, corporation license tax, mineral royalty withholding tax, brewers and beer distributors tax and wineries and wine distributors tax.

You may also submit a payment using the credit card option. A small fee applies to the credit card payment option.

Go to Business Tax Express to register. 

The department generally approves your registration within one day if you are registered on our processing system as a business customer. You will get an approval e-mail, then you are ready to use the application to file and pay withholding tax, lodging facility tax, rental vehicle tax or submit payment for oil and gas production tax, cigarette tax, corporation license tax, liquor stores, mineral royalty withholding tax, brewers and beer distributors tax and wineries and wine distributors tax. Some of the benefits of filing and paying electonically are:

  • Once you begin using the application to file and pay, you can view 2 years of filing and payment history on-line for your business.
  • You can "warehouse" the payment, which means you request a future date for the payment to be taken out of your account.
  • You will receive timely customer support.
  • The application is available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
  • There is no charge for you to make an eCheck payment.
  • A small fee applies to the credit card payment option.
  • There are no costs for mailing or paper checks.

Electronic Credit Payments and Reporting for Withholding Taxes

To submit electronic Federal tax payments online, click here.    

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