dwood
New Member

Is my ESPP comp income included in my W-2 Box 1? Box 14 lists ESPP of $358. But my paystub lists $358 as ESPP earnings and as deductions, so taxable income is unchanged

So I'm not sure why $358 is listed at all.  Is it to tell me I need to add it to wages?  If this is the case I'm puzzled why it wouldn't have been added to Box 1 already.

Related question.  As context I am very familiar with how to use TurboTax for ESPP.  Upon entering my 1099 and 3922 information from eight different lots I sold last year, TurboTax calculated my ESPP compensation income of $2,000 (nowhere close to $358).  Now I'm very confused.  It appears it has NOT been added to my W-2, but that quirky $358 is showing up on my W-2 for ESPP (which makes no sense).  Help!  I'm so confused.  Maybe it is my payroll that is the problem and not me.  My gut is telling me just to tell TurboTax to treat the $2,000 as income since I'm not seeing it anywhere on W-2 or in paystubs. And ignore the $358 since it was added and subtracted from the same paystub leaving taxable income unchanged.