| | Box 2 wage discrepancies on the 941 |
| Resolution | Watch this short video on how Sage BusinessWorks calculates Box 2 figures on the 941. Verify the calculated amount agrees with your Company Totals report - Print the PR, Reports, Company Totals Report - Check Detail for the specific quarter you’re reconciling.
- Use the formula in the table below to calculate the amount that appears in Box 2 of 941.
- Compare your calculated amount to your Company Totals Report.
| Add | QTD Gross Pay | | Plus | QTD Cash tips | | Plus | QTD Charged tips | | Plus | QTD FWT-taxable company paid employee deductions with category 'Company-Individual' or 'Company-System' (Deduction Report: Period activity for quarter.) | | Minus | QTD Non-FWT-taxable employee deductions (pretax) with category 'individual' or 'System' (PR, Reports, Deductions Reports, Period Activity, select desired quarter) | | Plus | QTD FWT-taxable Other Pays not added to gross (PR, Reports, Other Pay Reports, Period Activity, select desired quarter) | If you find any discrepancies between the company totals and 941 Box 2 -
Are any employees marked as 'Ag employee' in PR, Employees, Maintain Employees, Status? -
Was any payroll check manually calculated after an automatic payroll calculation? -
If you inactivated any pretax deductions in Manual Payroll Calculation, you must also adjust the taxable income
TIP: The 941 line 2 will still be correct if you inactivated deductions and FWT wages weren’t adjusted
- Go to PR, Utilities, Other Pay, Maintain
- Check for any Other Pays setup as FWT taxable but not selected as Add to Gross
NOTE: Select 'Add to Gross' for any other pay that's taxable for FWT

How to determine if you have Manual Calculated Checks - Perform a Custom Export to export only employees with a Manual Calculated payroll check.
For example, bonus Checks, Severance Checks, or Termination Checks. - See Custom Export for Manual Calculated Checks.pdf for instructions.
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