Box 18: Local wages, tips, etc. If your employee’s wages are subject to local income tax, include their total taxable wages in Box 18. Leave this box blank if the employee works in a locality with no income tax. The amount you list in Box 18 might be different than Boxes 1 and 16.

What should be in box 18 on w2?

Box 18: Local wages. Box 18 reports the total amount of wages subject to local, city, or other state income taxes. Often different than Box 16 and Box 1 (Federal Wages).

What is Box 19 w2?

Box 19: Local income tax withheld. Box 19 reports the total amount of taxes withheld from your paychecks for local, city or other state income taxes.

What is the box 19 on the W2 form?

Box 19: Local income tax – This box reports the total amount of local, city, or other state taxes that was withheld from the employee’s wages (from Box 18). This box can be used to report taxes for two localities, separated by the broken line.

Is the box 18 local wages blank on my W-2?

My W-2 Box 18 Local wages, tips, etc. is blank but Box 19 Local Income Tax is not. I’m using H&R Blocks program and it tells me Box 19 local withholding … read more

How many tax payments are in box 19?

If you have 2 (or more) different local tax payments in box 19, you should report BOTH/ALL as separate line items. See the image below to see how these (multiple local taxes) are reported. You can report up to 5 local tax payments on 1 W-2. June 1, 2019 9:10 AM Box 18 has two numbers (they are the same as box 1 and box 5).

Do you need to enter information from box 18?

You only need to enter the information from box 18 IF there is an amount in box 19. You can skip over or delete any line items that do not have an amount in box 19. If you have 2 (or more) different local tax payments in box 19, you should report BOTH/ALL as separate line items.