Does anyone know what "Category" the CO FAMLI (Colorado Family Leave) withholdings fall under (reported for CO residents in Box 14)?

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January 10, 2024
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I had income withheld for our state's family and medical leave insurance program, and I don't know what to select in the Category dropdown menu.

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rjs

Employee

For the family leave withholding select "Other deductible state or local tax."

laportefogman

Is there a reason this is not called out directly in Turbo Tax like some of the other state programs? It is certainly more confusing this way ☹

rjs

Employee

@laportefogman wrote:

Is there a reason this is not called out directly in Turbo Tax like some of the other state programs?

@laportefogman

I don't know what TurboTax's reason is. I don't have any inside information. My guess is that it's basically inertia. The general category has always been there. When only a few states had family leave it was something novel, and they added an individual entry for each state to the list. When it became a lot of states, they stopped adding individual states, but they left the early ones in the list. They could remove the few individual states that are in the list, then no states would be "called out" individually. The list would be much too long if they listed every state individually, so they're not going to do that. But as I said, this is just my guess.

rjterry21

On the only W2 of 3 that could be directly imported for having a box D Control number, Box 14 "FAMLI" was automatically preselected as "Other deductible state or local tax". That's what I'm using for the other W2's.

DawnC

Employee

Use Other - not classified for any items in Box 14 that are unknown. @rjterry21

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AmyC

Employee

Everyone above is correct, you can use Other for non-classified items.

Since receipt of the benefits starts in 2025 as unemployment with federal tax deductions available, your premiums paid in are considered post tax deductions.

Reference:

Tax Guidance from the CO Department of Revenue

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halhopel

I am to file the 1099-G form under wages > unemployment/paid family leave, right? it keeps giving me an error to review at the end and no matter what I do it will not go away

DawnC

Employee

Yes, that is where a 1099-G for Paid Family Leave goes. You can scroll down and click on Continue/Done and continue preparing your return. The Needs Review message will NOT prevent e-file.

Before you file the return(s), TurboTax will take you through a Complete Check and will flag any errors that will prevent e-filing then. You can continuing preparing your returns and ignore the needs review messages. If there are any errors on the return, the Complete Check in the final review section will prompt you to make changes before submitting the return(s). @halhopel

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