Hi, What category I have to choose for BOX 14 'NY WAGES'?

[taxring]

Hi, In Box 14  - Description is "NY WAGES", what do I select for Category ? The amount is equal with the one on box 18.

[MaryK4 · Accepted solution]

You will want to use Other-not on the list for the NY Wages.  New York has a requirement that the total income must be reported on the W2, so some employers use the Box 14 to indicate NY Income for employees who do not earn all of their income in New York. You have the same amount so there is no issue.

[kemaenhout]

I work mostly out of NH. My W2 shows  NY in Box 15  and my total annual earning in Box 16. I only worked 1 month in NY.  Box 14 shows the code NYRCINCOM and what looks like 1-2 months of income ... Does this make sense ? What will Turbotax use if you download the W2? Thanks

[BillM223]

@kemaenhout

Box 14 is used by employers to tell the employee something, generally about amounts removed from income like taxes and premiums. There are a few standardized abbreviations, but most are not, so we have no way of knowing what NYRCINCOM refers to.

You need to call the HR or payroll department what this refers to (it may just be that $X in Wages in box 1 is from NY).

In this case, TurboTax won't do anything with it. Use category of "Other".

However, if you are filing a NY nonresident return, this may indicate what you should enter in the NY interview as NY source income. But you have to enter that, TurboTax can't do it automatically.