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I have S Corp paid health insurance set up to affect Federal and State taxes, but on the W-2 this amount is only showing up under Federal Wages, not State. I am having to manually override the State wages for all of my clients. Why isn't this working?
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Thanks for visiting the Community, Bethyde.
I can help you make sure that the S-Corp medical and life insurance payroll item affects the Federal and State taxes in the W-2 form.
If you are a 2% shareholder and offer the same medical insurance plan to all your employees, the tax tracking type typically used for this payroll item is "S-Corp Pd Med Premium". However, if the 2% shareholders have a different plan from the other employees, or do not offer the plan to their employees at all, the tax tracking type typically used for this is "Fringe Benefits". This article will give you more details: How to set up S-corporation medical payroll items.
First, ensure that you're using the correct tax tracking type. This will determine how the item should affect the tax forms or its taxability. Based on the tax tracking type, QuickBooks will also automatically selects the taxes that are almost always affected by this payroll item.
Here's how:
The screenshots below show these steps as well.
If you need to change the selections in the Taxes screen, I'd suggest consulting your accountant or tax advisor for assistance. You can also click the Default button to revert QuickBooks automatic settings.
Once done, please try creating the W-2 form again.
That should help you affect the State taxes in the W-2 form. I'd appreciate if you can update me on how it goes. I'll be here if there's anything else you need.
Thanks for visiting the Community, Bethyde.
I can help you make sure that the S-Corp medical and life insurance payroll item affects the Federal and State taxes in the W-2 form.
If you are a 2% shareholder and offer the same medical insurance plan to all your employees, the tax tracking type typically used for this payroll item is "S-Corp Pd Med Premium". However, if the 2% shareholders have a different plan from the other employees, or do not offer the plan to their employees at all, the tax tracking type typically used for this is "Fringe Benefits". This article will give you more details: How to set up S-corporation medical payroll items.
First, ensure that you're using the correct tax tracking type. This will determine how the item should affect the tax forms or its taxability. Based on the tax tracking type, QuickBooks will also automatically selects the taxes that are almost always affected by this payroll item.
Here's how:
The screenshots below show these steps as well.
If you need to change the selections in the Taxes screen, I'd suggest consulting your accountant or tax advisor for assistance. You can also click the Default button to revert QuickBooks automatic settings.
Once done, please try creating the W-2 form again.
That should help you affect the State taxes in the W-2 form. I'd appreciate if you can update me on how it goes. I'll be here if there's anything else you need.
I have done everything right. It will not add this amount into the State wages on the W-2.
Thanks for your quick response, Bethyde.
When recreating the W-2 form, please click the Start New Form button. This will ensure that the changes applied in the payroll item will reflect on the tax form. I've attached a screenshot below for your visual point of reference.
If it's still doing the same thing, please share a screenshot for the Taxes screen of the S-corp payroll item.
Please let me know how this turns out. I'm right here if you need more assistance.
I just changed the "Calculate based on quantity" to "neither" (QB had automatically chosen "based on quantity") and now it works. Thanks for your patience.
Hi there, @Bethyde.
You're most welcome! I'm glad to hear that these resources help you get back on track.
Thank you for dropping by. Please know that the Community has your back if you need assistance. Wishing you and your business continued success.
I am running into the same problem with it not flowing into state wages. I have set up everything as you have described and have tried creating a new form, but it still doesn't flow to box 16 on the W-2. Might you have any other suggestions?
Thanks
Hi there, virtuebuilder,
Thanks for joining the conversation. I can help you get past the issue with the S-corporation payroll item on your W-2 form.
The way your payroll items affect your tax reporting depends on the Tracking Type you selected during the setup. In your case, since the S-corp item didn't flow on box 16 of your W-2 form, we can create a Wage Base adjustment to get your work done. Let me guide you how to do that:
The adjustment should correct your W-2 form. You may want to check this article to know more about adjusting payroll taxes in QuickBooks Desktop: Adjust payroll liabilities
Please let me know how the troubleshooting goes, virtuebuilder. I want to make sure everything's all set on your end. Have a good one!
Hi,
I have set up the payroll item for the SCorp Pd Med Premiums like you have mentioned and added the premium amounts under each shareholder on the "pay info tab", so do I have to create a zero paycheck in order for this to flow through to the W2? If so, I am not following the "Help in QB desktop" very well on how to do this. Please, can you help.
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