This is to set the COVID wages in your W-2.



Box 14-C


The IRS has required that you report any COVID-19 wages paid to employees. Employers will be required to report these amounts either on Form W-2, Box 14, or in a statement provided with the Form W-2. RDA has a created a way to have these wages show on the W-2. We recommend that you track these wages in a spreadsheet that you are then able to import into the system at the end of the year. 


Employers must report the amount of qualified sick leave wages and qualified family leave wages paid in 2021 to employees under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, as amended by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, on either 2021 Forms W-2, box 14, or on a separate statement. This provides employees who are also self-employed with amounts they may need to figure their qualified sick leave equivalent or qualified family leave equivalent credits. See Notice 2021-53 for more information on how to report these amounts.



Requirements

Your current years amounts must be first loaded into the MMREF1 Browse.


Manual Input into Box 14-C


You will see Box 14-C now added in the W2 Master Screen. Enter in "COVID" and then the amount of wages for that employee.


This will then show up on the W-2 in Box 14




Import Wages into Box 14-C


There is an import that you can use to pull that in. 

  • Run the Export W2 Box 14C to download the Spreadsheet. 
  • Range on current year Calendar
  • Your file will download and you then fill in the amounts of each employee and the label needed (COVID). 
  • Save that report
  • Run the Import W2 Box 14C. Select the downloaded report.
  • The amounts will then appear in your MMREF-1 Browse and when you print your W2.


*NOTE: If you have leading zeros in your Personnel Ids, you will need to make sure that your CSV is formatted to include the zeros. If you need assistance with that please contact RDA Support.