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February 11, 2024

W-2 box 14 code "NYQSL" stands for what?

  • February 11, 2024
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NYC-resident employee of a NYC-based nonprofit has this new acronym in box 14 which I can't find explained online.  It's worth 1.3% of taxable wage, about 3x NY PFL (which also is in box 14).

*IF* it's "[NY] Qualified Sick Leave" does this have any effect for a non-self-employed person?

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    qbteachmt
    Level 15
    February 11, 2024

    Box 14 is a catchall for informational purposes. Back in the covid era, there was Qualified sick leave as an offset, because you couldn't claim the same provisions more than once or for overlapping provisions. This seems like a holdover of that allowance. If not having multiple-employers and/or not self-employed, it's not going to be used.

    "It's worth 1.3% of taxable wage, about 3x NY PFL (which also is in box 14)."

    So, the taxpayer was out sick and got paid for it, already.

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