Box 5: Medicare wages and tips. Box 5 reports the amount of wages subject to Medicare taxes. There is no maximum wage base for Medicare taxes.

What is the difference between line 1 and line 5 on W2?

Box 1 reports your total taxable wages or salary for federal income tax purposes. The number includes your wages, salary, tips you reported, bonuses and other taxable compensation. Box 5 reports the amount of wages subject to the Medicare Tax.

Are boxes 1/3 and 5 supposed to be the same on W2?

Box 1 (Wages, Tips and Other Compensation) represents the amount of compensation taxable for federal income tax purposes while box 3 (Social Security Wages) represents the portion taxable for social security purposes and box 5 (Medicare Wages) represents the portion taxable for Medicare tax purposes.

How do you calculate gross income from W-2?

Box 1 of the W-2 shows your taxable wages for federal income tax purposes. To arrive at your total salary using Box 1, add your federal taxable wages shown in that box to your nontaxable wages plus your pretax deductions that are exempt from federal income tax.

Is W-2 Box 1 gross or net?

The amount in Box 1 will generally be the “YTD Gross” under the Summary section of your final earnings statement, minus any pre-tax deductions such as health/dental/vision insurance, flexible spending accounts and retirement and tax deferred savings plans, etc.

Is the amount in box 1 and 3 the same on my W2?

The amount in box 1 and box 3 is different on my W2, but the amounts are the same on my husband’s. The amounts in box 1 and box 3 of your W-2 will be different if you had a pre-tax deduction. Some pre-tax deductions reduce your taxable income (box 1) and your social security income (box 3).

What do the codes mean on the W2 form?

Answer. The W2 boxes and codes show the wages you’ve earned and any taxes paid through withholding. To help you understand your Form W2, we’ve outlined each of the W-2 boxes and the corresponding W2 box codes below. Box 1 — Shows your wages, tips, prizes, and other compensation for the year.

What do I need to check on my W-2?

If the “Statutory Employee” box is checked, Box 1 will be carried to Schedule C line 1. Box 14 — Employers can use this W-2 box to report information such as: State disability insurance taxes withheld; Union dues; Uniform payments; Health insurance premiums deducted; Nontaxable income; Educational assistance payments

Why are my W-2 wages lower than my salary?

What you see on your W-2 is your taxable income, not your total salary. What’s more, the amount shown in Box 1 for “wages, tips and other compensation” may be different than the amount in Box 3 for “Social Security wages” or the amount in Box 5 for “Medicare wages,” and all three sums may be less than what you actually earned in 2015.