The following list explains the codes shown in box 12 of form w 2.
Box 12 letter f.
C taxable costs of group term life insurance over.
You may need this information to complete your tax return.
Box 12 will report a single letter or double letter code followed by a dollar amount.
These are the letter codes you ll need to enter into turbotax.
Uncollected social security or rrta tax on tips.
Include this tax on form 1040 schedule 4 line 58.
They just give your employer space to provide more information you need to prepare your tax return.
Codes d through g s and h provide information on any contributions made to the employee s retirement.
A uncollected social security or rrta tax on tips.
For each pair of one or two letter codes and dollar amount in boxes 12a 12d enter this pair in the row when you are your w 2 information in turbotax for example d and 1 000.
Include this tax on form 1040.
The w2 box 12 codes are.
These lowercase letters don t mean anything.
Each w2 form box 12 code is either a single or double letter code.
Don t enter these line labels.
Include this tax on form 1040 schedule 4 line 58.
At the start there is only one row for box 12 in turbotax but if you have more box 12s on the w 2 then click on add another row just underneath to add another.
The upper case capital letters in box 12 stand for different things and are listed below.
Each amount entered in box 12 has an uppercase code that stands for something.
For example if a j is placed in box 12 it means the employee received non taxable sick pay.
B uncollected medicare tax on tips.