State Agencies Bulletin No. 689

Subject
2006 W-2 Year-End Processing
Date Issued
December 28, 2006

Purpose

To provide the 2006 W-2 year-end processing schedule and policies.

Year-End Processing Schedule

The 2006 Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statements will be prepared by OSC and mailed directly to the employees’ addresses on file in PayServ by January 31, 2007.

W-2s for the 2006 calendar year will include earnings paid in paychecks dated:

Institution: 1/5/06 through 12/21/06
Administration: 1/11/06 through 12/27/06

In most circumstances, an employee who has worked for more than one State agency during the year will receive one Form W-2. Workers’ Compensation supplemental payments will continue to be included on the W-2 statements.

Note:
In order to be included in the 2006 W-2 Statement, AC 230s for calendar year 2006 must be received by OSC no later than 12/27/06 for the Institution cycle and 1/03/07 for the Administration cycle. If these deadlines are not met, agency payroll offices will need to prepare corrected W-2 Statements for affected employees.

Refer to Payroll Bulletin No. 661 for the AC-230 processing schedule.

2006 Form W-2

The information which will appear on the W-2 Statement is described below:

Box 1 Wages, Tips and Other Compensation
Federal taxable wages.
Box 2 Federal Income Tax Withheld
Total federal income tax withheld.
Box 3 Social Security Wages
Wages subject to Social Security taxes, not to exceed $94,200.00.
Box 4 Social Security Tax Withheld
Social Security tax deducted, not to exceed $5,840.40.
Box 5 Medicare Wages
All wages subject to Medicare taxes. There is no salary cap on Medicare wages.
Box 6 Medicare Tax Withheld
Medicare tax deducted.
Box 9 Advance EIC Payments
Total earned income credit paid to an employee.
Box 10 Dependent Care Benefits
Total dependent care deductions.
Box 12 Codes (Amounts not included in Box 1)
E -
Section 403(b) contributions
G - Section 457(b) deferred compensation plan
P - Excludable moving expense reimbursements (not included in Boxes 3 and 5)
Box 13 Checkbox
[ ] Retirement Plan [ ] Third Party Sick Pay
Box 14 Other
Amounts to be reported:
  • 414 (h) All non-taxable retirement contributions made to New York State or City Retirement Systems or to TIAA/CREF. This amount must be reported for State and Local taxes. If there is a minus sign (-) with this amount, State and Local taxes have already been paid.
  • UTA Uniform/Tool Allowance.
  • EXP Taxable Expense. This code is used for payments of “lieu of expenses,” non-overnight meal allowances, excess per diem reimbursements or personal car mileage.
  • FRB Taxable Fringe Benefit. This code is used for the taxable value of personal use of an employer-provided vehicle.
  • EDA Educational Assistance Payments.
  • TXP Taxable transportation fringe benefits (parking) in excess of IRS excludable amounts.
  • PPL Pre-Paid Legal Expense.
  • IMP Imputed Income. The value of the employer’s contributions for employees with Domestic Partner Health Insurance.
  • WCX Workers’ Compensation excluded amount. This is the amount awarded by the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board which is excluded from the current year gross pay for a work-related injury.
  • IRC125 For City University of New York (CUNY) employees only, this amount includes Dependent Care, Flexible Spending Account and Non-Taxable Health Insurance, is excludable for Federal income tax, FICA and Medicare taxes, and is not included in Boxes 1, 3, and 5. This amount must be reported for State and Local taxes.
  • MNA The amount of military pay exempt from NYS income tax as provided by NY Tax Law.
    Note: This is applicable to members of the New York State organized militia only and paid in agencies 01071 and/or 01072.
  • TPS The amount of sick pay paid by a third party.
Box 15 State
A two-letter code from the list below indicating which State income taxes were withheld:
  • NY - New York
  • IL - Illinois
  • DC - District of Columbia
  • VA - Virginia
Box 16 State Wages
The State wages reported are the same as the amount of Federal wages required to be reported in Box 1 - Wages, Tips and Other Compensation.
Box 17 State Income Tax
The total State tax withheld is reported in this box.
Box 18 Local Wages
The total Local wages are reported in this box. New York City wages are on the top line and Yonkers wages are directly below in the same box. For a part-year New York City resident, the amount reported is the Federal taxable amount for the period during which the employee was a New York City resident. The Yonkers wages are the same amount as the Federal wages required to be reported in Box 1.
Box 19 Local Income Tax
The total Local taxes withheld are reported in this box. New York City tax withheld is on the top line and Yonkers tax withheld is directly below in the same box.
Box 20 Name of Locality
The name of the locality if Local income tax was withheld for New York City and/or City of Yonkers.

Employer’s Name and Address
This information will be printed on all copies of the W-2 and includes the New York State Federal ID # (14-6013200), City University Federal ID # (13-3893536), NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation Federal ID # (14-1499804), NYS Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation Federal ID # (86-1167163), SUNY Construction Fund Federal ID # (14-6019701) or Industrial Exhibit Authority Federal ID # (16-1332929).

Note:
The following statement appears on the outside of the W-2 Statement envelope: “Important Tax Document Enclosed.”

Employees in agencies other than CUNY should retain their last paycheck stub/direct deposit advice statement of 2006 for a record of Non-Taxable Health Insurance paid in 2006. Executive branch employees participating in the NYS-Ride Transportation Benefit Program should retain their last paycheck stub/direct deposit advice statement for 2006 for a record of participation in the program. Although these amounts are deducted from Boxes 1, 3, and 5 to calculate the taxable salary for Federal income tax and Social Security and Medicare taxes, the amount paid for health insurance and the NYS-Ride Transportation Program in 2006 do not appear on the W-2.

See Attachment
Taxable Gross Calculations

CUNY employees with deductions for the Pre-Tax and After-Tax Transit Benefit should retain their last paycheck stub/direct deposit advice statement of 2006 for a record of participation in the CUNY Transit Benefit Transportation Spending Account Program. Although the pre-tax amount is deducted from Boxes 1, 3, and 5 to calculate the taxable salary for Federal income tax and Social Security and Medicare taxes, the amount paid for the Pre-Tax Transit Benefit and the After-Tax Transit Benefit in 2006 do not appear on the W-2. Deductions for Dependent Care, Flexible Spending Account and Non-taxable Health Insurance for CUNY employees are reported as IRC125 in Box 14.

W-2 Distribution

The agency return address will be used for all 2006 W-2 Statements.

OSC has implemented mailing of W-2 Statements to employees' addresses currently in PayServ.

W-2 Corrections

Agencies should not release a corrected W-2 to an employee until the correction is approved by OSC.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be directed to the Payroll Deductions mailbox