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  • Product: Accounting CS
  • Subject: Payroll tax forms

COVID-19 changes to Form W-2

W-2 Box 14 will display 1 or more of the following items due to COVID-19.
  • ARPA 511
     with the amount from pay items with the special type ARPA self care.
  • ARPA 200
     with the amount from pay items with the special type ARPA other care.
  • ARPA ESL
     with the amount from pay items with the special type ARPA extended child care.
  • EPSLA 511
     with the amount from pay items with the special type COVID-19 self care.
  • EPSLA 200
     with the amount from pay items with the special type COVID-19 other care.
  • EFMLEA
     with the amount from pay items with the special type COVID-19 extended child care.
note
  • With the 2021.4.0 update, we automatically marked the
    Box 14 - Other
     checkbox on the Payroll Items screen for pay items with 1 of the 3 ARPA special types.
  • With the 2020.4.0 update, we automatically marked the
    Box 14 - Other
     checkbox on the Payroll Items screen for pay items with 1 of the 3 COVID-19 special types.
W-2 Box 4 will calculate the net amount of the employee portion of FICA-SS and the deferred amount for the year.
  • With the 2020.4.0 update, we added
    Deferred FICA-SS repayment
     as a special type deduction item. This amount will be reported on a Corrected W-2.

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