PR297 and PR299 - 2021 US Payroll Year-End updates

This feature enhancement added these 2021 updates:

For YE2019, Massachusetts added Paid Family and Medical Leave to the state reporting. This was added on the PR297, but missed on the PR299. The reporting of Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave is added to the positions 371-381 of the EFW2 RS record.

JT-1545042: TID is not populating at the end of the RS record for Indiana
Note: The issue was discovered during the later part of the 2020 Year-End. The fix for this issue will be included in the 2021 Year-End GA release.

Puerto Rico:

The Puerto Rico W-2PR form contains these changes for tax year 2021:
  • Added a new box in the first column of Employer's Email Address.
  • All the boxes for Box 1 and 2 in the first column are adjusted to make room for the new box.
  • Resized the boxes containing the Employee's First Name, Employee's Last Name(s), and the Control Number into smaller ones.
  • Revised the Code A description for Boxes 16, 17, and 18 of Exempt Salaries to include the Column of Items Subject to Alternate Basic Tax.

Connecticut:

Connecticut has a new reporting requirement for the federal W-2 form for tax year 2021. The amount withheld from the employee for the Connecticut Paid Leave program is to be reported in Box 14 (Other) with the label CTPL.
Note: This is for the W2 form, no code changes is required for this change.

Federal:

Updated the Social Security and Medicate rates and limits

POST GA RELEASE (GA.2):

These are the updates for the Puerto Rico electronic filing:
  • Added the Employer’s Email in the RE Employer Record in positions 279-318
  • Modified the Box F-Others Indicator values
    Note: Values 1-6 are changed to Values 1-3 with updated descriptions.
  • Set a limit to the Social Security Wage Base for Tax Year 2021 not to exceed $142,800.
  • Set a limit to the Contributions to CODA PLANS not to exceed $26,000.
US FEDERAL:
  • 2022 DC limits
  • The 2022 RRTA rate remains at 4.9% (same as 2021)
Related Documentation KB 2219302: 2021 U.S. Year End Update Information
Related JT JT-1587063: 2021 US Payroll Year-End updates