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Level 2
posted Feb 29, 2020 7:45:26 PM

NY State Will Not Allow Me to e-file due to Box 14 issue

I am getting the following:

Reason for e-file ineligibility: 

Public employee retirement contributions must be categorized as either subject to tax or tax exempt. The only valid tax category entries for public employee retirement contributions on W-2 box 14 are either 1) NY IRC 414(h) Subject...etc.

 

The problem is I do NOT have public emp retirement contributions in this box just VPDI and NYPFL. That's it. This is ridiculous that I can not file.

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Expert Alumni
Feb 29, 2020 8:12:50 PM

Go back to your W2 entry in Federal Taxes, and make sure the drop down for Box 14 has the NY Nonoccupational Disability Fund tax selected.  

Level 2
Feb 29, 2020 8:24:12 PM

I did and I get the exact same response. This is infuriating. Keeps telling public employee retirement contributions are subject to tax (in box 14). Again, NYPFL is not a retirement contribution. Same with VPDI. 

Expert Alumni
Feb 29, 2020 8:27:22 PM

@arteagagd Try leaving the Box 14 blank.

Level 2
Feb 29, 2020 8:37:29 PM

Thanks I deleted all numbers in box 14 included 414H that was earned in NJ and NY seemed to flag it. Can file now.

Level 1
Mar 1, 2020 8:13:57 AM

I had 414H on a NJ w2.  Just delete all box 14 information. It is not required and informational only

Level 2
Mar 1, 2021 1:00:37 PM

Same thing here  .. I have an RSU ... and am guessing that the number in box 14 is the proceeds after withholdings ..  What do I choose as tax category?

 

I cant efile NY State now

Expert Alumni
Mar 2, 2021 5:26:38 PM

@TaxedDonkey Since Box 14 is 'informational only' you could leave it blank on your W-2 entry to see if that resolves your New York Efile issue.

 

Click this link for more info on W-2 Box 14

 

This link has details on New York Box 14 Efile Error.

Level 2
Mar 3, 2021 6:57:22 AM

I found the issue .. its was not my W-2 but my wife's ..she is a NJ state employee and had a 414h in her w2 ....and even though hers was a NJ w2.

 

I had modified it and called it 414-NJ

New Member
Apr 18, 2022 9:13:44 AM

THANK YOU!!!  This drove me crazy last year and I wound up filing by mail, but this fixed it.

New Member
Apr 15, 2023 9:05:25 AM

NY State Will Not Allow Me to e-file due to Box 14 issue

I am getting the following:

Reason for e-file ineligibility: 

Public employee retirement contributions must be categorized as either subject to tax or tax exempt. The only valid tax category entries for public employee retirement contributions on W-2 box 14 are either 1) NY IRC 414(h) Subject...etc.

 

The problem is I do NOT have public emp retirement contributions in this box just VPDI and NYPFL. That's it. This is ridiculous that I can not file.