Turn EDD e-Services for Business into an API

What you can build on e-Services for Business

• Get payments for an employer account

  Build this

  Selects the employer account you name and reads View My Payments: each payroll tax deposit or account payment, its amount and its status.

  Takes

  Employer account number, paid since (optional)

  Returns

  Payment date, payment type, amount, settlement date, status

• Get new letters and notices

  Build this

  Opens View Letters for one employer account and lists the notices and letters EDD has issued there, each with its Letter ID.

  Takes

  Employer account number, issued since (optional)

  Returns

  Letter title, form number, Letter ID, issued date, link to the letter

• Check return periods and filing status

  Build this

  Reads the periods of one employer account and shows, for each quarter, whether the DE 9 and DE 9C were filed or still show File Return.

  Takes

  Employer account number, year (optional)

  Returns

  Period, return or report, due date, filed or not filed, filed date

• Report a new employee (DE 34)

  Build this

  Files a Report of New Employee(s) for one employer account, for a new or rehired California employee, and keeps the confirmation.

  Takes

  Employer account number, employee name, Social Security number, home address, start date

  Returns

  Confirmation shown on screen, employee name, start date

Automate e-Services for Business with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• New EDD letters for every client account

  Build this

  Starts

  Every Monday at 8:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  For each employer account you represent, get the letters in View Letters.

  Step 2

  Keep the letters that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list grouped by account, with form number, Letter ID and issued date.

• DE 9 and DE 9C not yet filed, checked monthly

  Build this

  Starts

  On the 20th of every month at 9:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  For each employer account, check the return periods and filing status.

  Step 2

  Keep the past quarters where the DE 9 or DE 9C is not filed.

  Step 3

  Stop when there are none, otherwise email you the account, period and due date.

• Payroll tax payments, posted to your accounting system

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 17:00 Pacific time

  Step 1

  For each employer account, get the payments in View My Payments.

  Step 2

  Keep the payments that are new or whose status changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Post account number, payment date, type, amount, settlement date and status to your webhook.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Get payments for an employer account” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "eddservices.edd.ca.gov/get_employer_payments",
    "input": {
      "employer_account_number": "999-9999-9",
      "paid_since": "2026-10-01"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "employer_account_number": "999-9999-9",
    "business_name": "Acme Fabrication Inc",
    "payments": [
      {
        "payment_date": "2026-11-06",
        "payment_type": "Payroll Tax Deposit (DE 88)",
        "amount": 4812.37,
        "settlement_date": "2026-11-07",
        "status": "Pending"
      }
    ],
    "count": 1
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

E-Services for Business’s own options

EDD's application-to-application channel is FSET: bulk filers send DE 9, DE 9C, DE 3D, DE 34, DE 542 and DE 88 deposits from their own software. It is free for software you build yourself after enrollment (DE 547) and certification testing. e-Services for Business also takes bulk return and payment files, and everything else is done on its screens.

Read on November 12, 2026: Federal/State Employment Taxes (FSET), FAQ: e-Services for Business, Electronic Funds Transfer Bulk Payment Guide (DE 154).

Signing in to e-Services for Business

e-Services for Business signs you in through EDD's Employer Services Online with a username and password, then a verification code by text message, phone call or email, valid for five minutes; you can choose email only. With Fous you sign in once through that sign-in with your own account: the login is sealed with AES-256, two-step sign-in by emailed code is handled, and an expired session is signed back in.

Worth knowing

Access is added one account at a time

A representative adds each employer account with Add Access to Another Account and answers two questions, such as wages from a recent DE 9C, a recent payment amount or a Letter ID. One login then reaches every account added.

Amended returns stay in the portal

FSET does not accept amended DE 9, DE 3D or DE 9C returns. Those go through e-Services for Business or on paper with the DE 9ADJ.

Payment cut-offs are at 3 p.m. Pacific

A payment file that has not been processed can be withdrawn under Search Submissions before 3 p.m. PT. A single payment from a bulk file is cancelled only if the request is processed before 3 p.m. PT the day before settlement.

New hire reports have their own hours

The DE 34 and DE 542 can be filed 7 days a week from 5 a.m. to midnight Pacific time, while other services run around the clock. New or rehired employees are reported within 20 days of their start date.

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