If you are in New York, you will have to designate it taxable or nontaxable:
414h is for public employee retirement contributions. Public employee retirement contributions may be subject to New York tax even though they are not subject to federal tax. ALL NYS public employee retirement contributions, EXCEPT Long Island Railroad and Staten Island Railroad, are subject to New York tax. Public employee retirement contributions from other states are not subject to New York tax.
The following 414(h) retirement contributions shown on federal form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, ARE TAXABLE by New York State:
* A member of the New York State and Local Retirement systems, which include the New York State Employees' Retirement System and the New York State Police and Fire Retirement System.
* A member of the New York State Teachers' Retirement System.
* An employee of the State or City University of New York who belongs to the Optional Retirement Program.
* A member of the New York City Employees' Retirement System, the New York City Teachers' Retirement System, the New York City Board of Education Retirement System, the New York City Police Pension Fund, or the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund.
If you are not in New York, you can use Other (not classified).
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