W-2'S RETIREMENT PLAN BOX

I am processing my W-2's and I noticed that some of the w-2's have the retirement plan box marked.  I didn't mark these but maybe the person before me did.  We do have a 401k plan here.  Is this box something that you have to manually mark?

Thanks,

LJS

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    The marks come from the employee's setup - misc tab - retirement box.  Apparently someone has marked particular employees.  There are rules about who would be marked.  Maybe your accountant can help you verify who should and shouldn't be marked.

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    The Retirement plan check box in Employee Setup is used to indicate that an employee is covered by a retirement plan. If it is checked, that information will carry over into box 13 of the W-2. If you are in Aatrix and use codes D, E, F, G, S, or H in box 12, you may get an error message that box 13 needs to be corrected (if there is no checkmark). You can add the checkmark in the W-2 grid in Aatrix to proceed with processing the W-2s. As Rhonda suggested, speak with your tax professional to be certain you are meeting all reporting requirements.