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Screen MJC2106 - Michigan Cities Employee Business Expense (1040)

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General information

Use this screen to indicate, on a per-employer basis, the amount of employee business expense deduction for the city income tax return. The corresponding Form 2106 Business Expense Worksheet is used to summarize the amount of expense applicable to each city return.
Allocation of part-year and nonresident expenses are based on the wage allocation calculated by days or hours worked in the city, which is entered in the
MJCW2
 screen.
Employer W2 to which expenses apply
Form 2106 expenses for part-year and nonresidents are based on wage allocation information entered in the
MJCW2
 screen. Selection of the matching W2 is mandatory for this calculation, and needed by all taxing Michigan cities.
Outside sales person
Expenses on line 4 qualify for the expense of an outside sales person or have been reimbursed and the reimbursement amount is included in wages. Line 4 business expenses are included in the deduction calculation. Use of state use code
2
 in the federal
2106
 screen automatically marks this field.
City code
The city code transfers from the corresponding field in the federal
2106
 screen. Use this field to direct employee business expense amounts to a particular city return. If you are processing multiple city returns for a client and you leave this field blank, the expense amounts transfer to all integrated city tax returns.
Employee business expenses, federal Form 2106: Lines 1- 7
These amounts transfer from federal Form 2106, line 8. You may edit the amounts that transfer to these fields if the amounts relevant to the city return differ from the federal amounts. Note that you may enter
0
 (zero) if none of the expense is relevant to the city return. Employee business expense amounts are summarized on a per-city, per-employer basis on the Form 2106 Business Expense Worksheet.

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