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U.S. Tax Reporter Year End 2019
Hello community,
This is our U.S. Tax Reporter Year End 2019 blog. If you have questions about 2019 Year-End reporting, you can post it here. This blog will be updated with tips, best practices and, SAP Notes related to this subject.
SAP notes:
2817168 – U.S. Tax Reporter Year End 2019 Announcement
2835543 – TR: Q3/2019 Functional changes for U.S. Tax Reporter
2826499 – Year End 2019 Phase I for U.S. Tax Repórter
2837192 – W-2 / 1099-R Forms, Envelopes and PR Approval letter for year 2019
2835958 – TR: Wrong PDF form displayed in Online W-2 via ESS
2854591 – TR: Increased Decimals for Form 940 in Tax Reporter
2861877 – Prerequisite objects for SAP Note 2842519
2842519 – Year End 2019 Phase II for U.S. Tax Reporter.
Manual steps – to run the report NOTE_2842519
2866964 – TR: Massachusetts PFML and Oregon Statewide Transit Tax not being shown in Third-Party W-2 and W-2C
2867063 – TR: PSD code XXXXXX-XX format for PA localities is not being reported for the Third-Party W-2 and W-2c electronic file formats
2875358 – Prerequisite objects for SAP Note 2869546
2869546 – TR: Q4/2019 Functional changes for U.S. Tax Reporter
Manual steps – to run the report NOTE_2869546
2875381 – Prerequisite objects for SAP Note 2869548
2869548 – Year End 2019 Phase III for U.S. Tax Reporter
Manual steps – to run the report NOTE_2869548
2877329 – TR: Incorrect record and positions being reported in SUI electronic file for Maryland
2856009 – TR: Missing 1W record when generating a SUI electronic file for New York
Important corrections:
2852878 – BSI: Technical Correction changes
2853869 – TAX: Additional withholding not considered and Regular wages classified as Supplemental
2864644 – BSI: Tax data synchronization error during transition from TaxFactory 10.0 to TaxFactory 11.0
2870221 – Post-implementation objects for SAP Note 2845529
2855926 – BSI: internat error US_UPDATE_TXIT_FROM_TAXES in BSI Tax Calculation
2876817 – V_BTXRATE & V_BTXOVFR: not saving Experience Rate and incorrect number of digits for Tax Type
2877989 – PY-US: Technical changes for future development and corrections
2878074 – BSI: Update to BTXRATE read
2878011 – [US] Form 941 data missing for column 2 in steps 5a to 5d.
2888732 – TR: Oregon Statewide Transit Tax incorrectly being reported as negative value in Form W-2C
Publication 1494
2871698 – GARN: IRS Publication 1494 for tax year 2020
To be able to access the Year-end 2019 in the Globalization finder page you need to be logged on (similar to SAP Service Marketplace) because it is a gated area and would need authorization.
To review the planned Legal changes for US, start the Announcement of Legal Change application. In ‘Adapt Filters’ you can define an SAP ERP U.S. Tax Reporter Year End view with a default filter, for example for component PY-US-TR and Planned Delivery Date between 01/Oct/2019 and 31/Jan/2020.
ASUG Webcast: HCM U.S. Payroll and Tax Reporting 2019 Year End Update
When: October 03, 2019 (1 hr with 30 min ext max on need basis)
•09:30 AM (PT)
•10:30 AM (MT)
•11:30 AM (CT)
•12:30 PM (ET)
This presentation will provide an Annual Year End update for SAP customers on HCM U.S Payroll. Learn whats new and what is coming next for:
•SAP ERP HCM U.S. OP Payroll and SAP EC Payroll
•SAP Payroll Tax Calculation
•SAP HCM U.S. Tax Reporter
•SAP HCM U.S. Year End Support
Register via the ASUG event page.
Regards,
Graziela
Hello Community,
We are on TF 10.0.W, can anyone tell me which TUB includes the 2020 Tax Tables.
Kind Regards,
Debbie
Hi Debbie,
TUB 179, please post the question related to W-4 on blogs:
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/12/07/w-4-form-for-year-2020/
or
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/12/16/w-4-employees-withholding-certificate-and-federal-income-tax-withholding-for-2020/
Regards,
Graziela
Hello community,
Following notes released:
2875358 – Prerequisite objects for SAP Note 2869546
2869546 – TR: Q4/2019 Functional changes for U.S. Tax Reporter
Manual steps – to run the report NOTE_2869546
2875381 – Prerequisite objects for SAP Note 2869548
2869548 – Year End 2019 Phase III for U.S. Tax Reporter
Manual steps – to run the report NOTE_2869548
Regards,
Graziela
We are attempting to apply note 2869546 and are getting the below error messages did we miss a note?
Looks like we might have just missed the pre-requisite note.
Travis.. we got the same error. Can you tell me what the pre-req note number is that you applied to get this to work?
Thanks!
Matt
Hi Matt,
I´m working on the incident you have opened.
Regards,
Graziela
Matt,
Were you ever able to get a resolution or find out what pre-req note was needed?
Hi Katherine,
Please, apply the new version of note 2869546.
This note has been udpate.
Regards,
Graziela
Thank you for the response. We will give it a try.
Katherine
On second look we are still getting the error also pre-requisite note didn't solve the issue. We are submitting an OSS incident to SAP now.
Hi Travis,
I´m working on the incident.
Regards,
Graziela
Can we get an update on the solution? We are also facing this issue. Should we also open a ticket?
Thanks,
Katherine
Hi Graziela -
My apologies for posting on this site, but my company's cybersecurity will not allow me to post to the two W4 blogs. We applied the new enhancement notes that came out on Friday, but still cannot view the new W4 fields in ESS.
The component controller context node IT0210 has the new fields, but the context node IT0210 in the view V_W4 does not. What step am I missing? Thank you.
Hi Susette Sullivan,
Can you check whether you have an enhancmement in view V_W4?
Regards,
Virginia
Hi Virginia - I replied on the W-4 Form Year 2020 blog. Thank you.
We are getting the below error in the Tax Reporter Log when running the Tax Reporter simulation for W2's in the background. Our Basis team confirmed our ADS connection is working fine has anyone else seen this issue? We also run the configuration checker and no errors are detected. We are opening a ticket with SAP.
Update this error message occurred when we ran it yesterday when we do the run today there are no errors now. We did runs prior to 01/01/2020 and there were no errors then so not sure if this is a sporadic issue with Tax Reporter or if there was a sporadic issue with the ADS connection?
Does anyone has issue with delete tax form results using PU19->Utilities->delete prod pcl4? when we tried to delete form results, we get message after some time saying 'maximum runtime exceeded' where log manager is empty with no form number however online W2 results still exist and not deleted in IT3228. we implemented note: 2865992 and tested again still has same problem. Does anyone has similar problem?
Thanks
Gayathri
Hi,
Does anyone has any idea on below error message in log manager for US Tax reporter run?
Thanks
Gayathri
DISREGARD.
Note 2866964 – TR: Massachusetts PFML and Oregon Statewide Transit Tax not being shown in Third-Party W-2 and W-2C
Is anyone else still having issues with the PFML presenting on temse after this note has been applied? Disregard the issue is with a customized output file we have.
Has anyone had issues applying the 4th Quarter OSS note (2869546) or Phase III OSS note (2869548)? Have you noticed that it doesn’t update all the changes in your system?
We have applied both notes, but the mag media changes are not showing up in our system. For note 2869546 there should be changes for State of Maryland (HR_F_MMREF_UI_MD) and State of Arizona (HR_F_CSV_UI_AZ). The form changes are added because these are in the zip files. For note 2869548 there should be changes for State of Idaho, the MMREF-1 and State of Maine, the MMREF-1. Again the form changes are added with the zip files, but the mag media updates are not happening.
Are you applying these notes to your client 000 or all clients?
Thanks!
Graziela/Community,
PA EE Unemployment Tax and Local Service Tax - Box 14
Our payroll group is stating that PA is requiring that EE UI and LST taxes be reported in box 14 of W2. Is this a change that has or will be provided by SAP? Or, is everyone expected to make the change in configuration via Tax Form groups?
Cherylnita, we are a PA based employer and do not report either of these on the W2 and we haven't found any regulation on mandatory reporting requirements or any changes to reporting requirements. (PA Dept of Revenue – only cares about income tax, PA UC – wants the tax and wages reported by the employer and for eligibility for an employee to claim UC benefits, PA DCED – didn’t have any thing on W-2 reporting for LST.)
Jeff,
Thank you for your response, this helps me tremendously.
Graziela/Community - Does SAP provide MMREF formatted files for reporting year end W-2 information to PA Tax Collection Districts (TCD)? Per my research, TCD's such as York/Adams and Berkheimer accept electronic filing in MMREF Federal format. I'm not finding these local formats under "Define Original Tax Forms" (T51T8).
Thank you
Cindy, a good reference is OSS note#: 1797029 - PA Act 32 - Frequently Asked Questions for
Tax Reporter and below is the section for monthly reporting and there is also guidance for the W2 in the note:
4. Generating reports on a monthly basis
SAP introduced an option for supporting the generation of forms on a monthly basis in the beginning of 2012 with Note 1672059. Therefore, if your company needs to file monthly, it is possible to create a new tax form class in the Customizing activity "Payroll USA -> Tax Reporter -> Tax Form Definition -> Custom Forms -> Create user-defined tax form classes" setting attribute "Tax form class generation type" with value "R". This tax form class then needs to be mapped to a form. SAP Note 1672059 describes in detail how to execute this procedure.
Hi,
We have applied the Year End Phase III note and created the From HR_F_940_SCHA_19 copying from HR_F_940_SCHA_16. When we run the Tax reporter for From 940, the both the form created.
We can able to see HR_F_940_SCHA_19 and HR_F_940_SCHA_16 created. Seems HR_F_940_SCHA_16 is duplicate as we have the new form HR_F_940_SCHA_19.
Do we need to deactivate the form HR_F_940_SCHA_16? If yes, please let me know the procedure.
Thanks,
Mugunth.
Hi Muguntha Ramanujam Thiruvenkada Ramanujam ,
Have you applied SAP Note 2875381 (Prerequisite objects for SAP Note 2869548)? Check if there is a missing step.
Regards,
Virginia
Yes we have applied 2875381 and Year End Phase III. The Note has not been delimited the form and HR_F_940_SCHA_16. Not the table T5UX7 is showing Form HR_F_940_SCHA_16 and HR_F_940_SCHA_19 valid until 12/31/9999. I need to manually delimit the form HR_F_940_SCHA_16. Previous OSS notes delimits these forms when we use the Cust transport attached in the OSS note. This note not having any Cust or Sys transports. As i have seen the previous update, SAP always releasing the HR_F_940_SCHA_** along with HR_F_940_**. This time i can see the new form HR_F_940_SCHA_19 and i am not seeing any form HR_F_940_19. Are you planning to release new form HR_F_940_19 or still we need to use HR_F_940_16.
Please let me know.
Thanks,
Mugunth
Hi,
When we run PU19 it is not creating a W-2 self-sealer pdf. It creates the employee copy, W-3, W-2 audit report, W-2 authority copy, W-2 state/local summary and W-2 emp copy ESS. We created self-sealer pdf's last year. Any suggestions?
Thank you.
Hi,
While reviewing our 2019 W2's, we found out that box 18 is doubled for cases where employee lives in one PA local and works in other PA local. where as taxes withheld for both locals, /701 is same for both locals. SAP adds /701 of both locals and duplicate box 18. These cases should have /701 not duplicated.
We have an employee who lives in PCD0 and works in PAK6 which has PAK6 as remittance Authority.
When we run US W2 for this employee, we could see her box 18 is doubled with /701 wages of both locals.
PAK6 YTD for /701 is 100000.00
PCD0 YTD for /701 is 100000.00
Total of both 200000.00 (box 18)
This is incorrect as BOX 18 in this case should report only one /701 which is 100000.00
Anyone encounters the same?
Thanks
Gayathri
Gayathri - have you gotten any answer on this yet? We apparently have the same issue per my payroll users.
Jeff Wible - can you elaborate on this one?
Thanks!
I just double checked our 2019 W2's and 95% have the same scenario as Gayathri explains in his post (PA locals for both Work and Residence Tax) and we do not have this issue so I am not sure. We use the standard W-2 form for Online (HR_F_W2_MULT_11) and a custom SAP Script form for printed copies.
The difference may be that we withhold and report /701 for the Residence and the Local Services Tax /784 for the Work site if the worksite locality requires it (and zero for Worksite if not). Per PA tax law you are not to deduct and report local taxes (/701) for both Residence and Worksite.
We logged a case with BSI as well for this case. BSI not supposed to deduct both resident and work tax here and should deduct tax for local with higher rate. we have no response from BSI so far.
Thanks
Gayathri
Did you ever receive a resolution? We are now facing this same issue.
Thanks,
Katherine
I have logged OSS and have no response so far.
Thanks
Gayathri
In the middle of December, Ohio released the updated school districts tax rate changes along with new districts. As of the latest TUBS update, the school district changes have not been released.
We have several teammates who will be affected by both the tax changes and the new authorities. Is it possible to get an estimate time frame of when these will be released by BSI?
Thanks,
Katherine
Hi Graziela/Community,
We are seeing a new issue this year after generating Online W2's for 2019. IT 3228 (for employees with over 7 years of online W2's, i.e. 2012 through 2018) is not displaying the 2019 detail record. It appears that the vertical scrollbar for the window is not enabled. Is anyone else experiencing this or is this a known issue?
Regards,
Max
Hi Max,
Have you received any update from SAP?
Thanks,
Hareesh
Hi Max Hamilton,
Can you open an incident under component PY-US-TR? In the incident, inform that you want to be added as pilot for your 3228 infotype scenario?
Regards,
Virginia
Hi,
I am seeing similar issue today when we ran PR W2C. Log manager shows PR W2C form generated but not updated in IT3228.
we have employee with online W2 exist for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 , 2019 so far.
Thanks
Gayathri
Hi Virginia and Hareesh,
I opened an incident and received the pilot note that fixed the issue. Now all 8 years of online W2's are available on IT3228..
Thank you and regards,
Max
Hi,
Anybody facing issue with NJ employee created duplicate W2 form. We have employee in NJ and it is creating 2 pages for W2 form. If anybody faced the same issue, please let me know.
Thanks,
Mugunth.
We are not having that issue, rather SAP is generating a non-compliant form for NJ. There are 3 acceptable formats, a preferred and 2 alternates. SAP is creating none of those. The closest one would be the 3rd format with all amounts in Box 14.
https://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/current/njwt.pdf
SAP is outputting a mixture of the allowable formats:
DI in Box 14
UI/HC/WD in box 14
and FLI amount in Box 19 and text FLI in Box 20
What are you seeing output?
We are getting the same out put as mentioned. Thanks Linda.
SAP is outputting a mixture of the allowable formats:
DI in Box 14
UI/HC/WD in box 14
and FLI amount in Box 19 and text FLI in Box 20
Thanks,
Mugunth.
We've submitted an oss note, I'd suggest you do as well.
Linda - have you gotten any response from SAP on this issue?
They have not provided a solution, they've asked us to review some configuration and we have not yet. I'd suggest you submit a note. They responded that in their system it was working.
Hi,
This is little urgent. When we generate the W2, the HR_F_MMREF_1 file got created with incorrect Header. The first and second line is flipped up. We are getting the error "No header line defined for the file" when we download the form.
Anybody is facing this issue? Please let me know.
Thanks,
Muguntha Ramanujam.
Hi Graziela,
After generating 2019 W2's, some of the employees who has IT3228 valid from 01/01/2012 are not able to view their 2019 W2's online on IT3228. Is there a fix already for this issue?
Thanks,
Hareesh
Hi ZX Perry ,
Can you open an incident under component PY-US-TR? In the incident, inform that you want to be added as pilot for your 3228 infotype scenario?
Regards,
Virginia
Hello Graziella/ Community,
For an employee working in NE and residing in KS, the Reportable wages got generated for residence tax authority even though he Nexus indicator was maintained as 0 in T5UTRC. Have anyone come across this issue ? Please share if anyone has come across similar issues
Were anyone able to check and suggest on the issue as we are facing many Nexus Indicator related issues
HRSP 74 introduced a bug that is causing issues with our W2C processing through ESS.
There was a sort of all forms added in the code that was added, and a subsequent selection did not take it into consideration.
In ESS, people are getting the W2C when Clicking on the W2, and the W2 when clicking on the W2C. If the person has multiple locations, it will not bring up the proper forms at all.
We are opening a HIGH OSS message, but wanted to know if this has been reported. It seems like others would have the problem.
OSS note 2835958 fixed a sort issue, but when the form is selected, it does not take the new sorted table into consideration.
*$*$----------------------------------------------------------------$*$*
*$ Correction Inst. 0020751259 0000606087 $*
*$ Req. Corr. Instructions 0020751259 0000526180 Note 0002757111 $*
*$--------------------------------------------------------------------$*
*$ Valid for : $*
*$ Software Component EA-HRCUS $*
*$ Release 608 SAPK-60859INEAHRCUS - SAPK-60873INEAHRCUS $*
*$*$----------------------------------------------------------------$*$*
*&--------------------------------------------------------------------*
*& Object METH CL_HRESS_REP_LIST_FEED_W2
*& IF_FPM_GUIBB_LIST~GET_DATA
*& Object Header CLAS CL_HRESS_REP_LIST_FEED_W2
*&--------------------------------------------------------------------*
...
ENDLOOP.
"Gives default sorting
*>>>> START OF DELETION <<<<<
SORT lt_q3228_us_lin BY seqnr ASCENDING
foryear DESCENDING
*>>>> END OF DELETION <<<<<<<
*>>>> START OF INSERTION <<<<
SORT lt_q3228_us_lin BY foryear DESCENDING
seqnr DESCENDING
*>>>> END OF INSERTION <<<<<<
...
*&--------------------------------------------------------------------*
Thanks
Hi David,
Have you had any issue of not able to view 2019 W2 on IT3228? Basically IT3228 displays only 7 years W2.
Thanks.
We are only trying to see 2019 for this person. They do not have other years.
We have located the coding issue, so just wondering why nobody else seems to be seeing this.
Issue is happening because of the newly introduced code as part of HRSP 74 with note https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2835958
As part of the note the sort on the table that display is changed in method CL_HRESS_REP_LIST_FEED_W2=>
IF_FPM_GUIBB_LIST~GET_DATA.
But when method CL_HRESS_REP_LIST_FEED_W2=>IF_FPM_GUIBB_LIST~PROCESS_EVENT
get's called after selecting the form Table lt_w2_information is not sorted the same way as it's
displayed. In method CL_HRESS_REP_DATA_ONLINE_W2_US=>GET_DATA doesn't have the sort
statement like it does in method CL_HRESS_REP_LIST_FEED_W2=>
IF_FPM_GUIBB_LIST~GET_DATA
Somebody must be monitoring our conversation as this was just released
Hi,
we have similar issue. Do you have any solution or fix for this? I dont see any note in market place.
Thanks
Gayathri
This is fixed with pilot note by SAP.
Thanks
Gayathri
We applied this just released OSS note and it fixed our system.
hi Graziela,
Should there be a HR_F_MMREF_1_DC file for the DC W2? I don't see it in Tax Reporter and it's using the HR_F_MMREF_1 version when I run employees with DC taxes.
Also, can the NAICS code field (RV location 333) on the Maryland W2 be taken from a field? We have multiple companies with different NAICS codes using the same file layout and I don't know how to populate different NAICS codes.
Thanks!
Sue
Hello -
Does anyone have an issue with W-2's not being created if an employee has more than 4 entries for box 12?
We have several employees that have 5 entries for box 12 and when we run Tax Reporter it only creates one of two W-2's the person should have. I can see the structure P10_SHR_F_W2 only has 4 entries listed for box 12, but not sure that is what is preventing both W-2's from processing.
Thanks in advance for any comments/suggestions!
Hi,
We have about 150+ employees where PCL4 created but no PCL1. this made the missing online W2 in IT3228. Does anyone has similar problem?
Thanks
Gayathri
Hi Graziela,
Is there any timeline for using FIORI to access W2's?
We are prototyping Fiori and one requirement is for all current ESS functionality to be available.
Thanks,
Stanette
Online W2 not supported in Fiori by SAP however you can customize.
Thanks
Hello,
Has anyone tested State Unemployment quarterly reports for 2020? We are having issues with the tax rate not being picked up correctly from BTXRATE.
Thanks!
Hi Anna,
Please, confirm if you have notes:
2876817 – V_BTXRATE & V_BTXOVFR: not saving Experience Rate and incorrect number of digits for Tax Type
2877989 – PY-US: Technical changes for future development and corrections
2878074 – BSI: Update to BTXRATE read
2878011 – [US] Form 941 data missing for column 2 in steps 5a to 5d.
Regards,
Graziela
Hello Graziela,
We applied note 2876817 before end of 2019. Note 2878074 does not apply since it is for v.608. I will apply the other two notes and see if the problem is fixed.
Thank you, Anna
Hello Graziela,
SAP Notes have been applied and issue is resolved.
Thank you, Anna
Hello
All these notes are applicable for BSI 10 version?
2876817 – V_BTXRATE & V_BTXOVFR: not saving Experience Rate and incorrect number of digits for Tax Type
2877989 – PY-US: Technical changes for future development and corrections
2878074 – BSI: Update to BTXRATE read
2878011 – [US] Form 941 data missing for column 2 in steps 5a to 5d.
Regards,
Ahilan
Hello all,
SAP note released:
2888732 – TR: Oregon Statewide Transit Tax incorrectly being reported as negative value in Form W-2C
Regards,
Graziela
Hi,
we have PR W2/W2C not showing box 16 code I eventhough EXSI mapped with Wage type.
anyone experiencing this?
Thanks
Gayathri
Hi all,
We are testing the latest round of W-2 Notes, most specifically the Phase III Note which delivers the Washington PFML functionality, but we've hit a snag. The Note works, in that in our test system, employee contributions to WA PFML are being reported on the W-2 in Box 14.
The problem is that when we issued the original W-2s in January, we didn't have that functionality, so we didn't report anything in Box 14 for any employees, and now that we're in the season for reprints and corrections, our Payroll Office insists that they'd like to keep it this way for 2019 reporting (we'll start reporting PFML contributions for tax year 2020 on next year's W-2s).
I know that we can configure the behavior of this reporting by configuring V_T5F99K2, option TR004, but the only valid options are 0, 1, or 2. 0 means report only PFL taxes, 1 means report only PML taxes, and 2 (the default) means report combined PFML taxes.
There is no option to suppress all PFML reporting and print nothing for this in Box 14, but that's what our Payroll Office wants us to do.
Does anyone have any suggestions that do not involve modifying SAP standard code? Since Washington State says that reporting PFML employee contributions on the W-2 is optional, it seems there should be an option for employers to not report it.
Cheers,
Matt
If you look at the manual instructions
"Manual Instructions for SAP Note 2866964"
it shows where this information is added to the tax form. You should be able to blank this out for 2019 and get it to stop printing.
The manual instructions are not in the NOTE itself, but in a PDF attached to the note.
Thanks, David.
As it turns out, with continued testing. the reprints show the Box 14 data in Test mode, but if they are done in Production mode for an employee whose original W-2 did not have Box 14 data, then the reprint also will not have Box 14 data. In other words, it truly is a reprint of the previously-generated W-2.
So, we don't have a problem after all. Only newly-generated W-2s have the Box 14 data. This is good to know!
Cheers,
Matt
Hi, We would like to set FSA limit for the year 2750, Changed constant value HFSA1, activated switch HCFSA but still limit is not applied could you share some inputs.
Thanks & Regards
Venkatesh
Hi Venkatesh Orusu ,
Can you ellaborate more on your question? If you can describe your scenario in more details so that I can help with a solution.
Kind regards,
Virginia
Hi,
Is there an SAP report for the Employer Report of Special Wage Payments, Form SSA-131? I couldn't find anything and have been manually creating it.
Thanks,
Sue
Hi,
Has a Blog been setup yet for 2020 Tax Reporter Year End? I see for the 2019 this occurred around mid-August so I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed seeing the link.
thanks,
Juli
I have now found the link to the 2020 YE blog.
https://blogs.sap.com/2020/08/18/u.s.-tax-reporter-year-end-2020/