Reading up on this online, the IRS recommends using box 14:
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However, the report QB support recommends may not work for a lot of employers. Just showing the total amount does not account for salary changes through the year. The best solution I could find is using data from our timeclock reports, inputting the numbers into a spreadsheet to auto-calculate the totals, and then adding it to Box 14. It's cumbersome, but it's going to give us more realistic data since we had a lot of pay rate changes in 2025. We have wiggle-room for best estimates with the IRS too since the 2025 tax year transition period allows for a margin of error.
