https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861021#M336661 <P>My wife is a w2 employee, received 10k in disability pay (maternity benefit from the company). It was paid out from the company she works for.&nbsp; Basically she had X weeks paid at Y% post delivery. I think this was verified thru a 3rd party (UNUM) but was paid out by the company she works for.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is this tax free?</P><P>How do I exclude it from income, if so? (Federal)</P><P>How do I exclude it from income in CA if it is allowed to be excluded?&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:09:48 GMT speedway121 2019-10-07T23:09:48Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861021#M336661 <P>My wife is a w2 employee, received 10k in disability pay (maternity benefit from the company). It was paid out from the company she works for.&nbsp; Basically she had X weeks paid at Y% post delivery. I think this was verified thru a 3rd party (UNUM) but was paid out by the company she works for.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is this tax free?</P><P>How do I exclude it from income, if so? (Federal)</P><P>How do I exclude it from income in CA if it is allowed to be excluded?&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:09:48 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861021#M336661 speedway121 2019-10-07T23:09:48Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861036#M336668 <P>Depends on who paid the premiums for the&nbsp; Short Term Disability policy payout she got ... it is taxable income if the employer paid it ... she will get a W-2 form for it in January with the Third Party box marked in box 13.&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:25:41 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861036#M336668 Critter 2019-10-07T23:25:41Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861719#M337137 <P><a href="https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/17697">@Critter</a>&nbsp;Premium was paid by the employer. Received a W2 already and the 3rd party box was NOT checked.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So is it fully taxable then?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 04:27:15 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861719#M337137 speedway121 2019-10-09T04:27:15Z https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861787#M337155 <P>Yes ... it is fully taxable.&nbsp;</P> Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:24:12 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/taxes/discussion/re-my-wife-was-pregnant-received-disability-pay-is-it-tax-free/01/861787#M337155 Critter 2019-10-09T12:24:12Z