State Agencies Bulletin No. 1303

Subject
Form 1042-S (Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding) for Calendar Year 2013
Date Issued
February 28, 2014

Purpose

To inform agencies of the content information for the 2013 Form 1042-S.

Background

According to the IRS instructions for Form 1042-S, amounts subject to reporting on Form 1042-S are those that are paid to foreign persons (including persons presumed to be foreign) that are subject to withholding, even if no amount is deducted and withheld from the payment because of a Treaty or Exemption code 2013 Form 1042-S will include earnings paid in paychecks dated:

Administration: 1/02/13 through 12/31/13
Institution: 1/10/13 through 12/26/13

2013 Form Content

The information which will appear on the Form 1042-S Statement is described below:

Box 1 Income Code
The two digit code populated in this box identifies the type of income received. This code is populated on the 1042 Tax Balances page.
Box 2 Gross Income
The amount is the gross sum of all payments made for the calendar year 2013.
Box 3 Withholding Allowances
This box contains the value of the withholding allowance(s) as claimed in the Federal Tax Data page.
Box 4 Net Income
This box is only populated if there is an amount in box 3.
Box 5 Tax Rate
This box is populated with the tax rate applied to the amount in box 2 or box 4.
Box 6 Exemption Code
The exemption code identifies the authority for the exemption or tax rate. The only exemption codes that apply to the types of payments made by the State of New York are Exemption Code 04 (Exempt under tax treaty) and 00 (Not Applicable).
Box 7 Federal Tax Withheld
This box is populated with the value of the Federal tax withheld. This box will contain a value of “0” if no taxes were withheld.
Box 8 Withholding by Other Agents
The State of New York does not withhold for other agents. This box will be populated with the value “0”.
Box 9 Total Withholding Credit
The amount in this box should always match the amount in box 7.
Box 10 Amount repaid to Recipient
Not applicable.
Box 11 Withholding Agent’s EIN
This box is populated with the Employer Identification Number for the company the Form 1042-S is being issued under.
CUNY 13-3893536
NYS 14-6013200
Box 12a Withholding Agent’s Name
This box is populated with the name of the Company the Form 1042-S is being issued under.
City University of New York (CNY)
State of New York (NYS)
Box 12b-12d Withholding Agent’s Address
This box is populated with the address of the Company the Form 1042-S is being issued under.
Box 13a Recipient’s Name
This box is populated with the name of the recipient.
Box 13b Recipient Code
This box is populated with the recipient code. The recipient code that applies to Form 1042-S issued by the State of New York is recipient code (01) individual.
Box 13c-13e Recipient’s Address
This box is populated with the address of the recipient from personal data.
Box 14 Recipient’s U.S. TIN (if applicable)
This box is populated with the employee’s Social Security (SSN) Number as written in the National ID field on the Modify a Person page or the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) as written on the Federal Tax Data page.
If the employee has no SSN or TIN, this box will be blank. The SSN or TIN box will also be blank.
Box 15 Recipient’s Foreign Tax Identifying Number (if applicable)
Populating this box is optional and the information is not maintained in PayServ.
Box 16 Country Code
This box contains the two character country code for the country the recipient claims residency. This value will differ from the value populated on the Federal Tax Data page due to the number of characters permitted.
Box 17-25 Various
Not applicable

1042-S Distribution

The Office of the State Comptroller will create and mail Form 1042-S directly to agency payroll offices on or around February 28, 2014. Please note that Federal regulations mandate that forms be delivered to employees on or before March 14, 2014.

Questions

Questions regarding this bulletin may be e-mailed to the Tax and Compliance mailbox.