I received W2, and 1099-MISC in the amount of my donation to a certain charity (according to my contract with employer). How should I enter that situation in my taxes?

[gene2]

My contract calls for my employer to contribute money on my behalf to certain charity for my membership there. I received 1099- MISC for that amount.

[Opus 17]

Please explain in more detail.  Do you mean employer?  I can't understand your facts as written.

[gene2]

It is correct: employer. Sorry for my spelling error.

[Opus 17]

I still don't understand.  Your employer is treating the charity donation as part of your salary, but is reporting it on a 1099 instead of your W-2?

[gene2]

I was told that it is wrong, but that what they do year after year. They pay on my behalf and they give me 1099-MISC.

[Opus 17]

So it's wrong-ish.

They're treating the contribution as an employee benefit.  Since it does not fall within the list of tax-preferred benefits (like health insurance), the value is taxable income to you.

What's wrong is, any compensation they give you for performing your work duties should be added to your W-2, and subject to FICA and medicare withholding, along with regular withholding.

In Turbotax, after you enter the 1099-MISC, I believe there is a page of special circumstances and one of the boxes you can check is "I received this money from my W-2 employer and it should have been included on my W-2."  Turbotax should prepare a substitute W-2 form and you will pay income tax plus 7.65% employee share of medicare and social security instead of income tax plus 15% self-employment tax. 

[gene2]

Thank you very much. Very helpful.