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title: "IP Reporting: Overview"
description: "#### Industrial Insured / Independent Procurement (IP) Quick Start Overview For Industrial Insured /Independent Procurement (IP) transaction reporting, you will be using the ipFile system. ##### **Step 1 – Register for an Account** - Visit [https://www.slai.org/ipfile/](https://www.slai.org/ipfile/) - Click “New User? –…"
url: "https://www.slai.org/docs/independent-procurement-filing-taxes/ip-reporting-overview/"
updated: "2025-10-22"
category: "Ind. Procurement Filing & Taxes"
---

# IP Reporting: Overview

#### Industrial Insured / Independent Procurement (IP) Quick Start Overview

For Industrial Insured /Independent Procurement (IP) transaction reporting, you will be using the ipFile system.

##### **Step 1 – Register for an Account**

- Visit [https://www.slai.org/ipfile/](https://www.slai.org/ipfile/)
- Click “New User? – \[REGISTER\]”
- Complete the registration form and click \[REGISTER\] at the bottom

##### **Step 2 – Wait for Registration Confirmation**

- Respond to Registration Confirmation with Insurer Info, if necessary (it’s almost *always* necessary if you have a captive)

##### **Step 3 – Log In and Report Policies/Endorsements**

- It’s easy.  Just click \[ENTER A FILING\] and follow the instructions.
- The law requires that you report (file) a policy within 90 days of the effective date. The law requires that you report (file) an endorsement within 90 days of the endorsement's issue date.
- The reporting site is relatively straightforward and easy to use. If you have any questions, contact us at [ipfile.help@slai.org](mailto:ipfile.help@slai.org).

##### **Step 4 – Wait for Invoices**

- The filing fee invoice from the SLAI (that’s us) will arrive instantaneously via email.
- The tax invoice from the Illinois Department of Insurance (that’s *not* us) will arrive via the U.S. postal service, or via email.
- Don’t mix up the two – filing fee gets paid to the SLAI … tax gets paid to the State.

##### **Step 5 – Pay Filing Fee and Tax**

- Pay according to the instructions on the invoice.
- Don’t send your **tax** payments to the SLAI (this is a common mistake and it *happens all the time* – be careful).

We will always be here to answer any questions and assist you in any way we can.  Please feel free to [contact us](https://www.slai.org/contact/).