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W-2 box 14

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:43:46 GMT

My W-2 has an amount in box 14 with a description of S125 for my health insurance premiums. The premiums are not subtracted from my box 1 income. S125 is not an option when entering box 14 in TurboTax, so how do I enter this amount?

Re: W-2 box 14

DoninGA — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:54:33 GMT

Box 14 on a W-2 is used by employers to report various types of other information. If the dropdown for box 14 does not show a description specific to the entered description in box 14 then choose Other (unclassified) and then enter the amount.

Re: W-2 box 14

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 23:56:25 GMT

I tried that, but it doesn't appear to be subtracted from my taxable income. The health insurance premiums should be subtracted from income since they are pre-tax benefits.

Re: W-2 box 14

DoninGA — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:03:51 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:

I tried that, but it doesn't appear to be subtracted from my taxable income. The health insurance premiums should be subtracted from income since they are pre-tax benefits.

It those health insurance premiums are in fact pre-tax then it is your employer's responsibility to correctly reflect your gross income in box 1 of the W-2. If that premium payment is included in box 1 then you need to have your employer give you a corrected W-2.

Re: W-2 box 14

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:04:42 GMT

Ok, thank you!

Re: W-2 box 14

Mike9241 — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:48:12 GMT

please see this about S125 plans. Your wages (box 1) have likely already been reduced for any portion that came out of your paycheck. Check with your employer. (not every employer use cafe 125 )

https://budgeting.thenest.com/s125-w2-23923.html

Re: W-2 box 14

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:54:34 GMT

I did the math and the benefits are included in box 1.