My boss didn’t report on my w2 the money for my rent

[Da1nonlysrg77]

I was getting paid partially on payroll and the other part was paid directly from my bosses bank account to my landlords bank account but my boss didn’t add the money he was giving my landlord for my rent onto my w2s, what can I do about that? How can I claim that in my taxes

[rjs · Accepted solution]

You can enter the rent that your boss paid as additional wages that were not reported on a W-2. You will have to pay the Social Security and Medicare taxes that the employer would have withheld if he had included the rent in your W-2.

The rent amount will be reported on Form 1040 line 1g. Form 8919 will be included in your tax return, with reason code H in column (c). Form 8919 will calculate the Social Security and Medicare taxes. The total of these taxes will appear on Schedule 2 line 6 and will be included in your total tax liability.

Follow these steps to enter the bonus. The first few steps might vary a bit in TurboTax Online, depending on what you have already done.

• On the left side click Federal.
• Click Wages & Income.
• Click "I'll choose what I work on" or "Jump to a full list."
• On the screen "Your 2022 Income Summary," scroll all the way down to the last section "Less Common Income." Click the Start button for the last topic, "Miscellaneous Income, 1099-A, 1099-C."
• On the next screen click the Start button for "Other income not already reported on a Form W-2 or Form 1099."
• The next screen asks "Did you receive any other wages?" Select Yes and click Continue.
• The next three screens ask about household employee wages, sick or disability pay, and Medicaid waiver payments. Click Continue on these three screens without entering anything.
• The next screen asks "Did you earn any other wages?" Select Yes and click Continue.
• The next screen asks the source of the other earned income. Select "Employee compensation that was not reported on a W-2." Click Continue.
• On the next screen, "Employee Compensation Not Reported on a W-2," click Continue.
• If you are filing a joint return, you will get a screen asking which one of you the income is for. Select your name and click Continue.
• On the next screen, "Report Your Wage Income," enter the employer's name and EIN from your W-2. For Total Wages Received, enter the total amount of rent for the year. For the Reason Code select "H - I received a Form W-2 and a separate Form 1099-MISC and/or 1099-NEC and the income should have been reported on Form W-2." Select code H even if you did not get a 1099-MISC or 1099-NEC. Click Continue.
• Read the next screen, "Report as Wages," and click Done.

[Carl]

I was getting paid partially on payroll and the other part was paid directly from my bosses bank account to my landlords bank account

Sounds to me like you are not the one paying rent; your employer is. Therefore you would have nothing to report concerning this rental.Now if you are the one contracted with the landlord and you are the one legally obligated to pay that rent, then you first have to report the employer's rent payments as taxable income to you. Then you can claim any renter's credit on the state tax return if the state you're in taxes personal income and offers a renter's credit.

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@Carl wrote:

I was getting paid partially on payroll and the other part was paid directly from my bosses bank account to my landlords bank account

Sounds to me like you are not the one paying rent; your employer is. Therefore you would have nothing to report concerning this rental.Now if you are the one contracted with the landlord and you are the one legally obligated to pay that rent, then you first have to report the employer's rent payments as taxable income to you. Then you can claim any renter's credit on the state tax return if the state you're in taxes personal income and offers a renter's credit.

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If part of the employee's compensation was free housing (the employer paid the employee's rent) that is considered part of the employee's wages and the value of the free housing should have been included on the employee's W-2 and was subject to social security and medicare tax.

The only time that employer-provided housing is not considered part of the taxable compensation is when living in certain housing is a condition of employment -- for example, if the property manager of an apartment complex is required by the owner to live on site and the owner provides a free apartment, that is not part of the employee's taxable compensation.  Housing can also be tax-free for certain religious workers (a pastor's parsonage).  But almost all the time, if the employer provides housing, that is part of the employee's taxable compensation.