NJ Preparers Help!

[Snaggletooth]

A corporate client had operations in NJ and issued W-2s to NJ employees.

The NJ employees are complaining, saying we did not put anything in Box 14. I have recommended to my client that we separately disclose the amounts of New Jersey SDI and SUTA withheld. Both of these are potential deductions for the Federal Return. Additionally, there may be a ceiling on these two taxes, such that if more is taken out by virtue of two or more employers, they might get part of this back on their NJ return.

Are NJ employers required by NJ law to put this in Box 14? I think Box 14 is optional for employers to provide information.

The 35 NJ employees are all Union and are furious. They are threatening a lawsuit. I think if we provide them the information there will be no harm thus no case. They are claiming NJ Form 2450 for a refund of these taxes and that NJ will not honor their claim unless the information appears on their W-2.

[Nashville]

Bump

Going to bump this thing to the top to keep it from falling onto the second page and being out-of-sight.

Besides, I would hate for the NJ preparers to be deprived of their golden opportunity to comment and provide guidance...

[Black Bart]

I'll help!

Going to bump this thing to the top...I would hate for the NJ preparers to be deprived of their golden opportunity to comment and provide guidance...

We need to give our Jerseyite colleagues a chance to chime in.

While I don't know a thing about Yankee tax policies, I've had some social interaction up that way. Stopping in a Trenton ice-cream parlor many years ago, I asked for an "ahs-cream cone." A guy in a white apron and tall chef's hat stopped what he was doing, broke into a big grin, and, turning left and right, motioned the other employees over. Then, still smiling, said to me: "Talk for them"!

We all got a good laugh out of it.