The IRS has released the 2018 Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3. Form W-2 is used by employers to report employee wage information to the IRS.
There are a number of changes from the previous revision:
- Two new codes (Codes GG and HH)
- Code GG- Income from qualified equity grants under section 83
- Code HH- Aggregate deferrals under section 83elections as of the close of the calendar year
- Code GG- Income from qualified equity grants under section 83
- Leave-based donation programs to aid victims of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the 2017 California Wildfires
- Employees may donate their vacation, sick, or personal leave in exchange for employer cash payments made before January 1, 2019, to qualified tax-exempt organizations providing relief for the victims of Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Harvey, Hurricane Irma and Tropical Storm Irma, Hurricane Maria and Tropical Storm Maria, and the California Wildfires that began on October 8, 2017
- Suspension of exclusion for qualified moving expense reimbursements
- The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act also temporarily makes the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt a qualified hazardous duty area. Treat this hazardous duty area as a combat zone for the exclusion from income of certain combat pay under section 112 and exclusion from wages under section 3401(a)(1)
- New qualified equity grants under section 83
- New section for “Qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement”
- Penalties have increased due to inflation
- FSA limit has increased
To view the Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3, please click here.
